The payment site with a hidden ASCii arcade

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Braintree packs a hidden Easter Egg that will delight users who love vintage arcade games and ASCii art.

Braintree is a payment site. It lets businesses take in cash and customers spend it, the latter with just one touch.

So far, everything is as you'd expect.

Step 1 - Right click on the Braintree site and click View Source. Now cut the the URL and the circular token to your paste buffer (scroll down to reveal more tokens)

Step 1 - Right click on the Braintree site and click View Source. Now cut the the URL and the circular token to your paste buffer (scroll down to reveal more tokens)

Step 2 - Paste your token into a new browser window and hit enter. And there you go - a classic arcade game waiting to be enjoyed!

Step 2 - Paste your token into a new browser window and hit enter. And there you go - a classic arcade game waiting to be enjoyed!

In all, there are four classic games waiting to be discovered - Deployer, Algorithmoids, Incumbator Invanders, and Knocker.

Words: Martin Cooper

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