Black Mirror: Bandersnatch easter egg
At the end of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch there's sometimes a
scene in which the main character plays a tape that
says Bandersnatch demo. These are not modem noises, but an
actual computer program for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
You can load that program using a Spectrum computer or an
emulator. After you load it you'll get a clue that indicates what to
do next.
If you don't want to follow the whole process here's the
solution (very minor spoilers,
use rot13 to decode):
- Nsgre lbh fpna gur de pbqr naq sbyybj gur yvax lbh'yy frr n
jrofvgr jurer lbh'yy trg gur punapr gb qbjaybnq n GNC svyr jvgu bar
bs gur tnzrf fubja va gur zbivr (Abumqlir). Lbh pna ybnq vg jvgu n
Fcrpgehz rzhyngbe. Urer'f gur jrofvgr yvax sbe gur ynml:
uggcf://ghpxrefbsg.arg/rnyvat20541/uvfgbel/
Files and links:
- Here's a recording of the audio in WAV
format: bandersnatch.wav (821 KB)
- Here's the TAP file (for use with emulators) created from the
audio data: bandersnatch.tap (1.8
KB).
- You can load the program with any Spectrum emulator. Here's
one that you can use directly on your
browser: JSSpeccy. Simply
press the Open file button (the second one from the right)
and select the TAP file.
- If you don't have an emulator or you don't want to load the
program yourself, here's a video that shows what happens if you load
the program on a
Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJNXzfZ4pw.
- Here's another video with the full loading
sequence: https://twitter.com/StuAA/status/1078655818357194752.
Questions, comments and corrections: bertogg on Twitter.