Pyrian on 1/6/2017 at 03:50
It was originally a reference to Fahrenheit 451, but it kind of took on a life of its own. IIRC, Ion Storm studio's outer physical door literally had that as its code, and new employees were expected to just know that.
Jason Moyer on 1/6/2017 at 04:19
It was the door code at Looking Glass Studios.
Bucky Seifert on 1/6/2017 at 05:45
I know Neon Struct has it. I don't remember what level but it was the code for the office you had to break into.
Judith on 1/6/2017 at 06:54
Typically, it was also the first code you came across in a game. Not sure how many games toyed with this idea, but e.g. in Prey it's not the first one, but it's a key to your office where you get major plot reveal (so it's kind of first important one).
Jenuall on 1/6/2017 at 14:39
As well as being the code to your office on Talos 1 Prey also has another nice nod to this, the apartment that the player starts in is number 4509 so when you leave your apartment at the start of the game you face the opposite door which is numbered 4510 so it's one of the first number you see in the game.
Bucky Seifert on 1/6/2017 at 22:53
I know for sure Project Maiko will have the number at some point in the game. /selfplug
Jason Moyer on 3/7/2017 at 16:20
I was just watching a speedrun of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and noticed that the cops refer to Faith as "employee 0451". Wonder if the original (which was more like a 451 game imo) references it somewhere now.
Thirith on 3/7/2017 at 16:24
I don't think it's one of his better videos, but...
[video=youtube;zAtAyycx-uY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAtAyycx-uY[/video]
Jason Moyer on 3/7/2017 at 17:42
Not a great video by itself, but it has me looking forward to the ones he's going to put out this summer.
ZylonBane on 3/7/2017 at 22:37
Quote Posted by henke
System Shock 2 (1999)45100 appears as the code for the first locked door in the first level.
451 is actually used twice in SS2. 45100 in Medical Cryo Recovery, and 12451 in Medical Maintenance Access.