‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Secret Ending Revealed, Which Leads To A Playable Game From The Movie
“There are scenes that some people just will never see and we had to make sure that we were OK with that,“Black Mirror: BandersnatchdirectorDavid Sladesaid in a recent interview. Netflix’s interactive “choose your own adventure movie” experience provides a litany of options for viewers – so many, in fact, that Slade also explained that they shot a scene even the filmmakers can’t access. (What? How!?)
If you’ve played around withBandersnatch, you’ve probably discovered at least a few of its many endings (read about the major onesin our spoiler review). But now a specialBandersnatchsecret ending has been discovered, and in typicalBlack Mirrorfashion, there’s more to it than initially meets the eye. Read all about it below.
The Wrapexplains that “nobody has yet figured out how to trigger” the secret ending yet, though they (and some others) have accidentally stumbled across it and have been able to narrow down the specific set of choices necessary to lead viewers directly to it.
Here’s what happens: remember the scene on the bus when Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) visits the video game company Tuckersoft for the first time, and you’re prompted with the decision to listen to either the Thompson Twins or Now 2? The secret ending takes you back to that moment, but instead of choosing one of those options, Stefan “pulls out a tape of his finished game, also called Bandersnatch. The tape plays some…rather unpleasant sounds, and the scene ends.” Here are those sounds, and they are indeed unpleasant to listen to:
But this is the internet, and we know there’s more to it than that. So some amateur detectives realized that the sounds are actually data for a ZX Spectrum computer – the same type of computer Stefan used to make his video game in the film. When the audio is put through an emulator, it resulted in the following QR code:
Scanning that code takes you toa hidden pageon the fictional Tuckersoft’s website, revealing more posters for fake games that are nods to otherBlack Mirrorepisodes.Will Poulter’s designer character Colin can be seen working on a game called “Nohzdyve” in the film (itself a shout-out to the Bryce Dallas Howard-starring episode “Nosedive”), and by clicking on the Nohzdyve page on the website, you can actually play a real version of the game (assuming, of course, that you download a ZX Spectrum emulator beforehand).
I’m guessing this isn’t the last we’ve heard ofBandersnatch, but in the meantime, be sure tocheck out the rest of our coverage on it here. If you’re interested in playing all of this out for yourself, The Wrap has helpfully provided a list of the exact steps needed to reach this secret ending.
Sugar puffs
Thompson twins
The Bermuda Triangle
Shout at Dad
Visit Dr. Haynes
Pull Earlobe
Follow Colin
Flush them
Pick up book
Throw tea over computer
Who’s there?
Try to explain
Tell him more
Kick him in the balls
White Bear symbol
Chop or bury?
Chop up body
Destroy computer
Pick up photo
Get rabbit from dad
