The Konami Code is the most famous cheat code in video game history. “Up Up Down Down B A Start” was first implemented in the home console version of Gradius, an insanely difficult space shooter.

Konami developer Kazuhisa Hashimoto, and the creator of the world-famous cheat code, has passed away. In an announcement on Twitter, friend and former Konami colleague Yuji Takenouchi shared the news ...

Contra should be a familiar name for anyone that’s been kicking around the video game industry for the last 30 years or so. It’s the game that spawned the original Konami Code, you know the one. Up, ...

The Konami code is one of those Easter eggs that has long since travelled outside of its origins. It first appeared in the seminal shooter Gradius in 1986, but came to prominence in the west thanks to ...

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, ...