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[john tv]

yes, of course...

...though i can't say i remember how i learned it. i probably heard about it from a friend in...1988? how did information get around in those pre-internet days?

Why, The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, of course!

 

[aku:jiki]

Yeah, I know it and I even have said shirt. It gets gamers come up to me at parties and leaves non-gamers completely clueless to what it's about -- it's great.

I always liked (one of?) the DKC code, since it spells out DYDDY (D for Down again). Pretty cute.

 

[Laurent]

Yes

 

[brandonnn]

Try it on the title screen of Super Monkey Ball Jr.!

 

[sprsk]

of course i know the code. and i still try it on every konami game to this day.

 

[Oichi]

Haha, I try it on just about every game nowadays, Konami or not.

 

[MrPing1000]

i guess im too young/stupid to know about the Konami Code

 

[zodiak]

Funny, haven't used that code for many years but it just pops up in my head while reading this topic

up, ....

 

[DarienA]

A friend taught it to me years ago.... didn't they still implement a version of it in one of their titles this generation or last? I can't remember...

 

[sprsk]

the steps for the song make a jam on DDR 2nd mix are actually the konami code

 

[Kobun Heat]

Did somebody say it works in Wario Ware?

 

[Discharger]

Yeah, I remember it (used it in Contra since I was weaksauce). It's in Wario Ware? Whaaa?

 

[JackFrost2012]

Did somebody say it works in Wario Ware?

it doesn't "work" in wario ware. but the part where you duplicate controller motions quickly sometimes has you do the konami code.

 

[bobbyconover]

Yeah, but there hasn't been a game that uses it for years and years...

Actually, it was in a few Playstation-era Konami games. But instead of helping you, it screwed you over in various funny ways. There was one game - I can't remember which but I'm thinking either Gradius Gaiden or one of the Twinbee/Salamander/Gradius deluxe packs - where it gave you every weapon for about 10 seconds...

...and then made you explode!

Good stuff.

 

[GuntherBait]

yes, of course...

...though i can't say i remember how i learned it. i probably heard about it from a friend in...1988? how did information get around in those pre-internet days?

That was a while ago.

 

[radios shipping overview]

I used to use it occasionally in Nemesis (GB) and all the time in Contra. My friends would always use it for two-player sessions when we had sleepovers. It took me sooo many tries to make it work at Contra's title screen. Several months ago I set out to beat Contra on a single credit without the code, and of course it wasn't very hard. The same went for Super C.

The code works in Airforce Delta Strike. One of the hidden ships is the Vic Viper, and if you enter the code while you're using it, you explode.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Best use in recent years- classic Simon Belmont in Harmony of Dissonance time attack.

 

[The Main Event]

I do. It was also in Batman Returns. That was a good game.

 

[Mashing]

Of course... if you are over the age of 20 and you don't know the Konami code.. then you should have all your gaming stuff confiscated as you don't deserve it

 

[Draff]

I remember. That mortal kombat code is stuck in my head too.

 

[Particle Physicist]

I remember!

Always hate it when people feel the need to add

Spoiler

"Select"

, or do the

Spoiler

"B, A"

part twice instead of once. Get it right!

hitting select would move the curser to 'two-players' .. i would do it that way cause i felt hitting down afterward might screw up the code.

 

[bobbyconover]

Of course... if you are over the age of 20 and you don't know the Konami code.. then you should have all your gaming stuff confiscated as you don't deserve it

Likewise, if you're any age and you know the Mortal Kombat code.. then you should have all your gaming stuff confiscated as you don't deserve it.

 

[8bit]

Actually, it was in a few Playstation-era Konami games. But instead of helping you, it screwed you over in various funny ways. There was one game - I can't remember which but I'm thinking either Gradius Gaiden or one of the Twinbee/Salamander/Gradius deluxe packs - where it gave you every weapon for about 10 seconds...

...and then made you explode!

Good stuff.

Gradius Gaiden/Galaxies/Advance depending on where you live.

 

[Dyne]

Yes, I know it.

I liked the code that was in Chrono Trigger for Lucca's mom.

Spoiler

L A R A

That was neat.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

I know it from the Gradius games. Brilliant.

 

[Dilbert]

Of course... if you are over the age of 20 and you don't know the Konami code.. then you should have all your gaming stuff confiscated as you don't deserve it

Did you read my story? Not everyone owned a Nintendo growing up.

 

[Dracos]

Yes, Contra

 

[sc0la]

Agreed. Esp if you tell them that

Spoiler

"Select"

isn't part of the code, they start telling you how you didn't have any friends as a child. WHATEVA!

But its true!

 

[open_mouth_]

No, but I know this:

 

[CoryCubed]

I always choke on the konami code but I'll always know Sonic 2s level select, debug, and all emeralds code. Along with Sonic 1. I also remember MK Trilogys for the Nintendo 64.

 

[aparisi2274]

How can u not remember it. Its the most famous code of them all. Its more famous than Mickey Mouse.

 

[LakeEarth]

Yup! It's even in International Superstar Soccer 64, though you use the C buttons for some of it.

 

[Ecrofirt]

of course I know it, you silly goose.

 

[Doth Togo]

of course i know the code. and i still try it on every konami game to this day.

Me too.

 

[btrboyev]

yep first time used was gradius

 

[mightynine]

Do you know the Konami Code?

Of course.

 

[Acrylamid]

Yes,
IIRC I first entered it in Parodius (GB). It unlocked the BGM menu and the level select...
I still think that these "Flying Lips"-enemies are the coolest baddies ever (together with some end bosses from Yoshi's Island).

 

[ohamsie]

Just posting to say I know it.

I wonder if so few people don't know it, or if they are just too ashamed/lazy to post, or what?

 

[kernel]

holy crap. It works in MGS Sons of Liberty!!!? Must try now. I was googling for the konami code because i couldn't remember what the first game was that i used it in. i thought it might have been a castlevania game.

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cach...,1487087,00.asp+konami+code+castlevania&hl=en

 

[Necroscope]

Yes. I used it the same day I got Contra... too young to realize what ruining a game mean.

 

[Banjo Tango]

The code's in Silent Hill 3... with disturbing results.

 

[lochnesssnowman]

Aye.

I used it on Turtles and Gradius. And quite a few others of the era, the variations normally held true to the main jist of the code.

 

[JackFrost2012]

The code's in Silent Hill 3... with disturbing results.

I'd managed to forget about that, but now there's no way in hell I'm getting to sleep tonight.

 

[Error Macro]

Man, games these days just don't have codes like they used to. It was like the biggest thing in elementary school to pass around NES codes. And in middle school the biggest thing was knowing all the Mortal Kombat moves and fatalities, and to a lesser extent, the Street Fighter moves. What the hell is exciting about games nowadays? NOTHING.

 

[JackFrost2012]

Man, games these days just don't have codes like they used to. It was like the biggest thing in elementary school to pass around NES codes. And in middle school the biggest thing was knowing all the Mortal Kombat moves and fatalities, and to a lesser extent, the Street Fighter moves. What the hell is exciting about games nowadays? NOTHING.

Codes used to be tricky and memorable, like a phrase or actual password, not just a button combination. Nowadays, they're designed to be as obfuscated as possible so that you're required to purchase the strategy guide.

 

[shantyman]

Yes I do remember, and the only game I have distict memories of using it in is Jackal. I know I used it in others but can't remember, I'm so old.

 

[IgeL]

Of course... if you are over the age of 20 and you don't know the Konami code.. then you should have all your gaming stuff confiscated as you don't deserve it

I think you guys should take into account that not everyone was into console games. PC was a viable gaming platform in the 90s, and I don't think many Konami games have been released on the PC (MGS is the only one I know of). So, umm, let's change that to "if you are a console gamer over the age of 20", thanks.

 

[Kudie]

So the Konami Code works on both MGS2 and ZOE2. Does this include Substance, or just Sons of Liberty? I tried the Code on Substance at the title screen and got nothing. Maybe I have the "A" and "B" buttons wrong. Does any one know which buttons on the Dual Shock 2 represent the "A" and "B" buttons?

 

[Wario64]

Huh, the code is in Wario Ware? How? What happens?

 

[JackFrost2012]

Huh, the code is in Wario Ware? How? What happens?

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