Your iPhone has a secret code that unlocks this hidden trick (2024)

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.

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…”

2.Buzzfeed

Typing in the code here will give you a funky colorful background.

3.Kuppiya

This IT video learning site pops up a load of fun cartoon characters (watch out for Darth Vader!)

4.GenesJournal

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.

5.DuelingAnalogs

Jokey video game site DuelingAnalogs has hidden artwork depicting Jesus’ disciples acting out the Konami code.

6.CSSline

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.

7.NikDaum.com

Some people have a fun spin on the sequence coded into their personal websites.

8.Plurk

Typing in the code on someone’s profile page causes posts on the page to go a little strange…

9.Wreck It Ralph

Outside of the internet, the code plays a big role in the Disney flick, “Wreck It Ralph”.