He created it as a personal gimmick. An easy to remember backdoor so you could get past Gradius while working on your development. History, however, had prepared another fate for that combination of “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A”Which became known as Konami Code.
As one more sample of the imprint that videogames have left in popular culture, the Konami code It did not take long to cross the lines of Konami and spread through a multitude of games from other companies. Turned into a symbol, the mythical trick of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, passed away on February 25, 2020, still more alive than ever in tributes like these.
Anthem
More for the recentness of the trick than for the curiosity of the tribute, we started the list with Anthem. 32 years after the Konami Code was launched, the idea lives on with many developers who grew up pressing the same code in their childhood. If we press it on the home screen, we will make the game’s music change to a more eighties version.
Bank of Canada
It is probably one of the cases in which perhaps the web developers who set up the page are more to blame than those who commissioned it, but it is still curious that an institution like the Bank of Canada include on your page that it rains bills while the country’s anthem plays on chiptune. You can access from here.
Inevitably the level of freakiness of the members of Google seems somewhat higher than that of an international bank, but we must also recognize their good taste with the joke. If we dictate the Konami code to google assistant will drop a special phrase like this that can be seen in the video stating that we now have “infinite google searches“.
League of Legends
Of all the skins of Veigar de League of Legends there is one that shines with a special light. Dressed as a Final Boss, the magician carries in his hand a command in the style Power glove And, in addition to the many phrases from other games that you will be able to hear him, it has an animation in which he dials the Konami code each time he activates the withdrawal to the resurrection point.
Overwatch
Another relatively recent game that did not want to miss the opportunity to make its own tribute to the Hashimoto code is Overwatch. By clicking on it on the web page we will see how D.Va’s wick starts to rain while the character recites the code.
Polaroid
Another easter egg hard enough not to be a mere fluke or joke from the web developer. If we press the Konami code on the keyboard while visiting the Polaroid Originals page, an arcade will appear with an arcade game in the style of Stranger Things.
Rocket league
The penultimate tribute to the mythical Konami code comes from the hand of Rocket League. By pressing the code during the game’s presentation screen, we will be able to access an alternative version that recalls the initial hit of the study before achieving success with its latest version. The logo of Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars and your main theme will sound.
Bonus track: a toy controller
How to go back to the origins. From the command of the NES, from children who can already be considered talludites, to a toy of Fisher-Price for kids who might become gamers one day. Pressing the Konami code on it will emit a special sequence of lights and sounds.