YOUR iPhone has countless fun easter eggs that you can explore to kill a bit of time.
Many of them involve secret code words that trigger actions by Siri, Apple’s AI voice assistant.
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One such phrase references the Konami Code, a sequence of key presses that unlocks fun visuals and other features on hundreds of apps and websites.
The code was originally a cheat code for power-ups in the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System arcade game Gradius.
It has since become a symbol in geek culture and has been found as a way to access Easter eggs on pages ranging from Facebook to Vogue UK’s website.
The sequence – Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A – was created by games developer Kazuhisa Hashimoto.
Kazuhisa, who previously worked with Konami on several smash-hit games, including Gradius, sadly passed away aged 79 last year.
To try out the Konami code on your iPhone, you’ll first need to utter Sir’s wake phrase: “Hey Siri”.
Next, list off the Konami code: Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A.
Reciting it to her will trigger one of three responses: “Cheater!”, “Nerd.” or “I’m getting dizzy…”
The sequence – arguably the world’s best-known video game cheat code – also works on a number of other apps and websites.
Here are some of the other places around the web that it works.
1. Alexa
Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa will read out a fun phrase if you recite the code, barking: “Super Alexa mode: Activated. Starting reactors: Online. Enabling advanced systems: Online. Raising dongers. Error: Dongers missing. Aborting…”
Typing in the code here will give you a funky colourful background.
This IT video learning site pops up a load of fun cartoon characters (watch out for Darth Vader!)
Not much of a secret, as it lists the Konami Code right there on the page, but heading to this site will unlock a “hidden” 1976 interview with Stark Trek legend William Shatner.
Jokey video game site DuelingAnalogs has hidden artwork depicting Jesus’ disciples acting out the Konami code.
CSSline is a showcase gallery of excellent CSS sites from all over the world. Typing in the Konami Code gives you a list of… you guessed it: Konami Codes.
Some people have a fun spin on the sequence coded into their personal websites.
Typing in the code on someone’s profile page causes posts on the page to go a little strange…
Outside of the internet, the code plays a big role in the Disney flick, “Wreck It Ralph”.
Check your secret iPhone code in Settings and see if you’ve been scammed
In other news, Facebook has announced that it’s changing its name to “Meta”.
The company is working to create lifelike avatars of its users that they can control in a virtual world called the “metaverse”.
Apple’s system that exposes creepy iPhone apps that track your location or snoop on your browsing history has finally arrived.
And, astronomers claim to have spotted the first known planet outside of the Milky Way.
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