Easter Eggs

An Easter egg is a hidden secret in a video game for players to discover. Players can often find them through gameplay, but some may require digging into game files or using hacks or modifications to uncover.

Below is a list of known Easter eggs that can be found in the Jak and Daxter series.

Jak and Daxter: The Preursor Legacy

Adam Marquis Face Texture

There is a stencil of Adam Marquis's face baked into a landscape texture that is used in the final boss area. You can learn more about it here.

Precursor Orb Text Translation

Precursor text can be found inscribed on precursor orbs. The top text reads "Naughty Dog" and the bottom text reads "Mad Man".

Jak II

Art Team Group Photo

In Jak II, there is a hidden photo of Tate Mosessian, Bruce Straley, Adam Marquis, Simon Craghead, Rob Adams, Erick Pangilinan, and Don Poole. Learn more here.

Rift Gate Precursor Text Translations

Ruh contacts Rob Titus on Reddit and asks about the names present on Rift Gate.

There is precursor text seen on the inner and outer rings of the Rift Gate in Jak II. The text, in English, translates to ROB, AMY, BRENNEN, TITUS, ROWAN, and SUFFEED (or possibly SUCFEED).

Rob Titus was an artist at Naughty Dog who worked on the Jak and Daxter games and is most likely the one that implemented this easter egg. When asked about the other names on Reddit (u/robtitus), he replied "Those are the names of children of Naughty Dogs [developers] born during the production of Jak and Daxter". However, his IMDb page indicates that his spouse's name is Amy. Rob's decision to cross his first and last name on the outer ring of the Rift Gate suggests that Amy's full name is likely Amy Brennen.

Rowan might be the name of a child belonging to a Naughty Dog developer, as Rob previously suggested. Potentially even his own child.

Following the theme of names, Suffeed is also most likely a name. Not much is known about this name since it is extremely uncommon, but the word "sufeed" is used to refer to a plant found in India.

Alternatively, if we apply the same first and last name logic to the inner ring, we get Rowan Suffeed or Suffeed Rowan.

Another theory suggests that "suffeed" might be a misspelling of "suffered." If true, this could imply the existence of someone named Rowan Suffered or Suffered Rowan, or it could simply mean that someone named Rowan has endured suffering. However, this interpretation is unlikely, as it would make this the only instance of text that isn't a name.

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

Hot Shots Golf Soundtrack

During one of the elevator rides, the soundtrack for the Highland C.C. level in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds can be heard playing.