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Today is the 30th anniversary of the Konami code
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potatohead
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I tried using it on my PS4 but it didn't make the graphics any better...
But maybe it didn't work because there's no A or B buttons... damn.
But maybe it didn't work because there's no A or B buttons... damn.
Hayama Akito
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inb4 neo joke.
Sword Of Doom
Member
I always thought that code was for Contra only cause that's the only game I ever used it on. Amazing how I still remember that code by heart
thekonamicode
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I am a fan.
potatohead
Member
My friend just told me I need to use a Xbox 1.5 actually.
Dun think I've used this code even once in my life an even as famous as it is I dunno the combination without looking it up. Konami games back then and today just never were for me! Shame its such a widely known an beloved thing yet todays games are largely cheat code free -_-
Ryouji Gunblade
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The best code.
FuriousOne
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Lots of fond memories using that code.
natsuyasumi
Member
According to an old EGM or something entering the code into the TG16 version of Ordyne would supposedly trigger the message "I AM NOT KONAMI." Can't find a screenshot though. More obscure than I thought!
Very quickly (late '80s, probably) Konami started booby-trapping the code so that using it would do things like kill you or power you down. I want to say SNES Gradius III did that? And sometimes there was an alternate version of the code that did work, perhaps substituting the L and R buttons for the d-pad left and right. At that point they were kind of diluting the code's "brand" IMO.
Very quickly (late '80s, probably) Konami started booby-trapping the code so that using it would do things like kill you or power you down. I want to say SNES Gradius III did that? And sometimes there was an alternate version of the code that did work, perhaps substituting the L and R buttons for the d-pad left and right. At that point they were kind of diluting the code's "brand" IMO.
Truckondo2.0
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I remember Gradius 3 on SNES had two Konami codes to use. Old Konami was great!
hikarutilmitt
Member
30 years of the code and people still get it wrong.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
mugurumakensei
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And now thanks to achievements, cheat codes are basically dead☹️
You misspelled micro-transactions.
sixteen-bit
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happy anniversary
UpUpDownDown
Member
Never heard of it.
More like modern technology made cheat codes a thing of the past. We don't need cheat codes for level selects because save data exists.
B1gg_Randall
Member
My favourite use of it was in the film, 'Wreck-It Ralph', as part of the code King Candy uses to enter the vault where Sugar Rush's data codes are kept. I rarely like videogame-related jokes, but this one was pretty clever.
I didn't catch that. Nice.
Compsiox
Banned
umm cheats were for more than level selects...
SparksterMeta0
Member
Gotta give props for Cartoon Network or, more directly, Gumball's creators for this:
https://youtu.be/En9mOsIV3nU
I didn't know Gradius used the Code before Contra. It was definitely useful to max out your power ups if or when you die. The catch was that the number of times it works is based on the number of stages you cleared, iirc.
https://youtu.be/En9mOsIV3nU
I didn't know Gradius used the Code before Contra. It was definitely useful to max out your power ups if or when you die. The catch was that the number of times it works is based on the number of stages you cleared, iirc.
Violence Jack
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 for NES was my first experience with the code.
SatelliteOfLove
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Contra. Lots and lots of Contra.
So you never look left, right, left, right before crossing a street? I don't believe you.
hikarutilmitt
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The "start" isn't part of the code. It just ends with BA. start is an incidental part of the menu process. You can see this active in Gradius when you get all your powerups while still paused, then when you unpause it just continues.
Gradius III was my favorite though since doing it normally nuked you so you had to use the shoulders for L and R.
Bjoern the Smexy
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My favorite use of the Konami code was in Parodius on the SNES.
Because it made your ship power up to the max.
For two seconds.
And then you explode.
Fit right within the humor of the game. Love it.
Because it made your ship power up to the max.
For two seconds.
And then you explode.
You had to input the code differently, as in X, X, B, B, Y, A, Y, A, Down, Right, Start, to get the power ups without dying.
Fit right within the humor of the game. Love it.
afternoon delight
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Just thinking of Contra makes me sweat.
Ultimadrago
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Konami Gold
PleaseBeGentle_
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