Konami Code

In Real Life

Why’s The Konami Code So Damn Easy To Remember?

10:00PM January 16, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

If you grew up in the 1980s and played video games, you know the Konami Code. It’s very easy to remember. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, inventor of the Konami Code, said there’s a reason for that. More »


In Real Life

Another Use For The Konami Code

6:00AM February 28, 2011 | Owen Good

Some who have wrangled with Netflix customer support are aware of this, but it isn’t widely known. When it came time to give the movie service’s PS3 application a bailout menu to de-list the device from an account, they used the Konami Code. More »


In Real Life

The Big Picture, In A Tattoo

11:00AM February 28, 2010 | Owen Good

In Real Life

NES Controller Flash Drive Secured By Konami Code

10:00AM October 12, 2009 | Owen Good

The list of NES case- and controller-mods we’ve seen covers just about everything imaginable, but Joe from the modder site Proto Dojo goes one better – making a USB drive unlockable by the Konami Code. More »


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The Palm Pre Is All Over This Konami Code Business

10:30PM June 10, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

While it’s not as, ahem, magical as its employment on the ESPN front page, you can still find a use for the Konami Code on the new Palm Pre smartphone. More »


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You Got Konami Code In My Google Reader

5:30PM June 11, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Any of you use Google Reader for your RSS needs? I do. Mostly because I can access it from any PC, and it’s super-easy to use. Anyway, enough of the free advertising! Seems somebody at Google HQ is a fan of the ol’ Konami code, because it’s been found that if you open up your Google Reader and punch in the code on your keyboard (with arrow keys for direction), you’ll get a neat – if tough on the eyes – little treat.

Google hearts the Konami code [CrunchGear, via Boing Boing]

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