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The Konami Code, known in Japan as the Konami Command (コナミコマンド, Konami Komando?), is a cheat code that can be used in many Konami video games, usually giving the player a large number of lives or fully charging up the abilities of the character. The code was first used in the 1986 release of Gradius for the Nintendo Entertainment System but was made famous in North America in the NES version of Contra. While pausing the game or during the title screen, the player presses the following sequence of buttons on the game controller:
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
This is the original version of the code, designed for the NES controller. In many popular representations of the code, "Start" is added at the end of the sequence. This is because in many of the early occurrences of the code, "Start" had to be pressed before any effects of the code could be seen. In these cases, "Start" either started or unpaused the game. "Select" is also sometimes inserted at the end of the code, but in this instance, the code would be input at the title screen, and pressing "Select" usually switched the players option from one to two for cooperative play (as in Contra). The player can actually press "Select" before inputting the code and it will still take effect. The exact sequence varies from game to game, and has been adapted to fit the button layouts of different video game consoles. In mobile phone games by Konami, B and A are substituted with 5, 7, and 3 on the numerical pad, which is the goroawase pronunciation for "konami."
The Konami Code was created by Kazuhisa Hashimoto, who was developing the home port of the 1985 arcade game Gradius, a scrolling shooter released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. Finding the game too difficult to play through during testing, he created a code which gives the player a full set of powerups, which are normally attained gradually throughout the game. Also, the code entered backwards would award the player 30 lives. For whatever reason, he did not remove the code when testing was finished. The code has continued to be present in Gradius sequels and spin-offs, including the SNES version of Gradius III, which actually destroys the player's ship upon entering the original code (however, substituting Left and Right with the L and R triggers of the Super Famicom controller powers up the ship).
Arguably the best-known example of the Konami Code is in the 1988 NES version of Contra, where using the code increases the player's lives from 3 to 30. Due to the game's intense difficulty, many Contra players became reliant on the code to finish the game, earning it the title "The Contra Code."
Although the Konami Code was not the first video game password (that distinction belonging to "xyzzy" from Colossal Cave Adventure), it is probably the most well-known video game code. The popularity of Gradius and Contra has closely associated the Konami Code with the gaming era of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because of its popularity, the code has been repeated in countless video games. It has also been referenced in many different pop-culture contexts, such as shirts, songs, TV shows, and other media.
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You can input the code on GameSpot (using the arrow keys and the letter-keys "A" and "B") and instead of pressing "start", press the Enter key. Once entered, you will be sent to the NES Contra cheat codes page.
The song "Anyone Else But You" by The Moldy Peaches references this code in the line "Up up down down left right left right B A start, Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart".
The song "99 lives" by The Pettit Project references the Konami code in the line "up up down down left right left right B A select start, now I'll play you all night."
Track five of The Ataris' End Is Forever album is named "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A Start."
The Deftones Song entitled "U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,Select,Start" references this code.
The Johnny Socko Song "Old School Master" includes the line: "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start!"
Ring of Honor wrestler Jimmy Jacobs calls his finisher the Contra code. Whenever he applies the move the announcer would usually shout "Its the Contra code! Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B!"
Stand-up comedian Byron Sadik does a joke about the Konami Code in his performance.
In the film Stay Alive, Swink tells Phin that to unclothe the zombie concubines he must input the Konami Code.
The album The Funeral Sciences by the Seattle-based band Schoolyard Heroes features the song "Contra," which is about the code.
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