Microsoft has included an easter egg in its Edge browser for Android: just like Google Chrome does with Dino, Edge offers a simple game that plans to activate when the internet connection disappears. And now you can try it, we tell you how to play Ski.
Google’s browser includes a fun game that appears when there is no Internet connection: Dino is one of the most charismatic aspects of Google Chrome. Authentic games have been made of it, there are even widgets that launch the app directly in Chrome. And Microsoft has decided to do something similar since just added its own game to Android’s Edge browser.
Snow ski when you can’t ski online
Including games that work offline is more or less common in certain applications. The aforementioned Google Chrome for example, Google Play also has a hidden game; or Google Play Games: there are ways to play without internet. Even if you use the Microsoft Edge browser.
As discovered in Techdows, Microsoft has included a Ski game in the “flags” of the Edge browser, those experimental functions that can be activated to test them before they are stable. Following a few steps it is possible to have Ski at the touch of a button when there is no Internet connection.
The process to activate the hidden game in Microsoft Edge is the usual one for any other “flag”:
- Open your Edge browser and go to “edge://flags”.
- Type “surf” in the search engine. Two “flags” should appear.
- Click on the menu of each function and select “Enabled”.
- Click on the bottom “Restart” and you will have everything ready.
Once Microsoft Edge restarts activate the airplane mode of your phone and try to load any page in the browser. You’ll see a “Ski” icon appear in the bottom right corner, that’s the hidden game shortcut.
Just like the Dino in Google Chrome, Ski offers 8-bit graphics with a simple mechanic: dodge obstacles. We can choose different skiers at the beginning, the controls are tactile, depending on how we guide the skier, he will go faster or less in the direction marked by the skis and we can even brake if we slide our finger horizontally. Of course, watch out for the yeti.
Via | Techdows, Android World