Konami code
Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start.In the 80s,
Konami of America and Japan released many games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Traditionally, programmers would program in hidden 'cheat codes' to help make gameplay easier, which aided especially during late testing periods before commercial launch.Konami released many popular games on the NES during this era, such as
Gradius,
Life Force, and
Contra. These titles, as well as many subsequent ones, used the same
cheat code listed above. Because of it's reoccurence, it became known as 'The Konami Code', and knowing it by heart is one of the trademark signs of a true, old-school gamer.A common alteration on this code is:Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right, B, A, SELECT, Start.Many people mentally add in a 'select' in there for one reason only--on the menu screen, pressing select changed the
cursor to '2 players' instead of
'1 player'. Contra was always more fun to play with a friend.
Konami Code
by progamer124 on May 15, 2003 04:39:16
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. A
cheat code common to most classic Konami games, which gave the code its nickname. The code itself has become a symbol of old-school and/or arcade gaming. Punk group "
The Ataris" named a song after the code on their album, "End Is Forever." Ironically, the Konami Code never made an appearance on an Atari console.
Example:
Konami Code
by Joey Jo-jo Jr. Shabadu on Oct 05, 2003 23:57:18
The code that every
Nintendo nerd had burned into their brain during the late 80's and early
90's. (up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-START)
Example:
guy #1: I could have never
beat Contra if I hadn't used the Konami Code!
guy #2: You
pussy!
Konami Code
by OmegaX on May 04, 2004 22:30:54
As above (first def), but on
newer consoles (read:
PS2)
the A,B are replaced by X,Circle.
Example:
Silent Hill 3 is, to my knowledge, the first
new game to use the Konami Code. Unfortunately, all it does is put
Douglas in his boxers...:'(
Konami Code
by Codedher on Apr 26, 2019 23:21:20
Example:
“DUDE, I fucking
Konami Coded her so hard last night, just up down, up down,
left right, left right, a, b, start!”