Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, rest in peace. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a producer credited with implementing the fabled “Konami Code” that gave players godlike cheats in Contra, Gradius, ...

The Japanese gaming giant, Konami, has just announced that Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the famous “Konami Code,” has died. Hashimoto, a developer who’s credited on at least nine video game ...

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the programmer of the famous Konami Code, died this week at the age of 61. His code, ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B, A, Start, has lived on for over three decades and continues to be a comical ...

For a certain generation there is no series of button commands more iconic than “up,up,down,down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.” Whether it was extra lives, invincibility, or any of a myriad ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Cheat codes were initially a tool used by developers to help test video games back in ...

Ever wonder what sort of jobs hardcore NES players get in adulthood? We’ve seen the Konami code show up on a variety of websites and games to unlock everything from secret pages to unicorn mode on ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This also made the game easier to beat, and it’s why the Konami Code is sometimes referred to as ...

Infernax is a retro homage to classic NES games Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest. We’ve had an opportunity to play it before its release on Monday and can ...

As JupiterClimb mentions, credit goes to the CV64 Discord for discovering this cheat code, specifically members Moises and Liquid Cat. The Konami Code was originally entered on the NES as up, up, down ...

Hollow Knight: Silksong isn't an easy game, but that difficulty is one of the reasons why fans love it. There are likely some in the fanbase who might even feel it's too easy, and for them, developer ...

There are few bits of gaming history as transcendent against the test of time as the Konami Code. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A is the sequence that has gifted players through ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, then start. Sound familiar? The Konami Code, as this sequence came to be known, is one of the most recognizable artifacts of an earlier era of ...