An eggplant run is a challenge playthrough of the 2012 roguelike-like platform video game Spelunky HD. Such a playthrough centers on carrying an eggplant item to the final boss of the game, King Yama, and tossing it into his face. This eggplant item was originally added to Spelunky as part of an easter egg pitched by the game's composer Eirik Suhrke, and Spelunky's lead designer Derek Yu decided to give it the additional function of turning King Yama into an inert eggplant monster.
Though carrying out a full eggplant run in Spelunky's cooperative mode is fairly manageable, it is significantly harder to do a single-player eggplant run. Such a playthrough was first achieved by Twitch video game live streamer Bananasaurus Rex in November 2013, a month after Spelunky HD's PC release. This run was widely reported upon and described by Polygon as "an important, downright historic achievement".[1] Derek Yu went on to legitimize one of the exploits necessary to carry out such a solo eggplant run.
- ^ Wilson, Douglas (2013-12-23). "A breakdown of 2013's most fascinating video game moment". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-01-15.