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The Creator Of The World's Most Famous Cheat Code Has Died

The hack that became part of video game legend

www.nintendolife.com

Kazuhisa Hashimoto – the aforementioned developer of the Famicom port of Gradius who created the code – has passed away.

it became a must-have cheat for games like Contra, which enjoyed incredible success during the NES era. Since that time, it has been used in numerous Konami (and non-Konami) titles, becoming the most famous cheat code of all time.

Konami Code - Wikipedia

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⬆⬆⬇⬇⬅➡⬅➡B A [START]

in peace

 

[SimonGosejohann]

RIP

 

[Mista]

Kazuhisa Hashimoto???!!! Damn, rest in peace my man

 

[Armorian]

RIP

F

 

[Patrick S.]

Fuck Konami

 

[Mistershine.]

As long as people use the code he'll always have unlimited lives.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Press ⬆⬆⬇⬇⬅➡⬅➡B A [START] for respect.

 

[Bullet Club]

RIP Kazuhisa Hashimoto

 

[EightBit Man]

Rest in peace. The code was synonymous with one of my most-favorite eras in gaming.

 

[Silvawuff]

The guy who created Copy/Cut/Paste just passed away too. We live in an era of lost legends. RIP

 

[Birdo]

RIP.

Also, the Konami Code didn't work in the PAL version of Contra (Probotector) . We had to beat it legit.

 

[manzo]

RIP.

Also, the Konami Code didn't work in the PAL version of Contra (Probotector) . We had to beat it legit.

It did. I remember using it in Probotector.
UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT SELECT START.

 

[Birdo]

It did. I remember using it in Probotector.
UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT SELECT START.

Odd. Me and my friends could never get it to work. The same goes for Super Probotector (Contra 3).

 

[etp_1]

F

 

[DW74]

Age ain't nothin' but a number, they say.

Until you watch your past die. One soul at a time.

 

[iconmaster]

RIP.

As good a thread as any to post this:

The START button is not part of the code.

The Konami Code Ends in Start or Select Start - Fact or Myth?

The "Konami code" (a cheat code first popularized by the NES version of Contra) doesn't end in start or select start, it's simply '↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A'.

factmyth.com

The most solid proof that start is not part of the code is that you can add on extra button-presses after “A” but not anywhere else in the code.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

RIP

I can still vividly remember the first time I played NES Contra and my friend introduced me to the code. Pretty sure I never would have beaten it without it.

 

[01011001]

I didn't want to be pedantic here but the start button is not part of the cheat code... that was just how you started the game after entering it.

the code is just ⬆ ⬆ ⬇ ⬇ ⬅ ➡ ⬅ ➡ B A
no start

(edit: I see someone was already pointing that out...)
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@topic: RIP

 

[DGrayson]

Start may not be part of the code but for true 80s babies we referred to it as

⬆⬆⬇⬇⬅➡⬅➡B A [SELECT] [START]

because you were always playing that shit with your best bro.

 

[_Ex_]

I couldn't have beaten Contra or Life Force as a kid back in the '80s without this code. Pour one out man.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

RIP

 

[Ikutachi]

I was surprised when I learned it does something in Mario Party 1.

 

[Pejo]

I was surprised when I learned it does something in Mario Party 1.

This used to be the secret to GAF gold on this site too, before the redesign.

R.I.P. Mr. Hashimoto

 

[mortal]

RIP, Kazuhisa Hashimoto

 

[Rentahamster]

Rest in peace, my dude ❤

 

[demigod]

I have always remembered SELECT being in there.

 

[Rentahamster]

I have always remembered SELECT being in there.

That means you have friends.

 

[ChoosableOne]

First time hearing that code. It's cool. I remember something similar in MK: Ultimate Edition, which unlocks every character. I miss cheating in games(especially in fighting games).

I hope the guy who created "how do you turn this on" code is ok.

 

[nani17]

 

[Jigsaah]

Rest in Peace to largely unknown Icon.

 

[-Arcadia-]

On the bright side, potentially the coolest gravestone ever.

 

[nani17]

On the bright side, potentially the coolest gravestone ever.

I hear the code is used to get straight to the last level... God's Kitchen

 

[KOMANI]

 

[TheGreatYosh]

It's too bad he didn't use his own code.

 

[Spukc]

It's too bad he didn't use his own code.

first thing i thought off

 

[kingbean]

It's too bad he didn't use his own code.

He could have. If you use the code in Gradius 3 it blows up your ship.

 

[Deft Beck]

The code may give you 30 lives but it only took one to reach people around the world.

 

[EightBit Man]

I want cheats codes back. If it weren't for them I never would've been able to enjoy certain games, or games post-completion. There are many types of cheat codes, and I think they all need to come back. If people want to cheat, allow them by disabling trophies, or achievements.

 

[V4skunk]

I was surprised when I learned it does something in Mario Party 1.

Try it on Facebook.