| His name was Chris Houlihan, and he won a NP contest to get his name in the game. The only real point to the room was to be "whoa, secret room! congrats!"
It's not necessary to have that particular sword; it's quite easy to get there without it. So long as you get there within seconds of starting a saved game, you've got it. I also heard that with some error, people also ended up there if there was a problem loading the next screen.
Only thing I didn't like was getting brought to his uncle's house every time I left it, although it did cut time off a few journeys. |