Konami Code: Overview, Examples and Best Practices

Posted in Showcases August 27th, 2009 By Anders Ross 35 Comments

The well-appreciated and possibly most-remembered “secret” code of all time, The Konami Code, a cheat code that originated on the original NES and has since made its way into many other games.

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A

The Konami Code was first used in the 1986 release of Gradius and when entered correctly would give the player full power-ups but was made famous in North America in the NES version of Contra, for which it was also dubbed the “30 Lives Code”.

Here in this article below, we are going to present you an quick overview followed with some of the best practices for konami code which might help you learn a thing or two.

For those, who don’t know what is Konami Code? And what it can do? Then follow the link below for detail introduction.

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Throughout history, great designers always found new ways to show their creativity to express themselves and create new trends and techniques to remark their work apart from the rest of the crowd. As you already know that konami code a cheat code that appears in many konami and non-konami video games But many of you surprised to know that it also used in a creative web design for secret events and actions.

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What is Konami Code and How to use It?

The Konami Code, known in Japan as the Konami Command, is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, although the code also appears in some non-Konami games. The code was first used in the 1986 release of Gradius for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) but was made famous in North America in the NES version of Contra, for which it was also dubbed the “30 Lives Code”.

While pausing the game or during the title screen, the player could press the following sequence of buttons on the game controller : “↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A”

The code was subsequently re-used in a large number of other games, and has found a place in popular culture as a reference to the third generation of video game consoles. Now it also used by many web designers to enable special actions or secret pages.

If you go to facebook.com and press the code “↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A” now press “enter” and then click or type, you can see a shining light which is actually called ‘lens-flare’ mode. It’s actually fairly playable.

To Know more about Konami Code please visit following Wikipedia Konami Code entry.

How to Enable Konami Code In Your Site?

If you want to implement the Konami code on your website, just include this JavaScript (written by the jQuery team) into your page code.

if ( window.addEventListener ) {
  var state = 0, konami = [38,38,40,40,37,39,37,39,66,65];
  window.addEventListener("keydown", function(e) {
    if ( e.keyCode == konami[state] ) state++;
    else state = 0;
    if ( state == 10 )
      window.location = "http://example.com";
    }, true);
}

Konami Code: Examples and Best Practices

01. Facebook

“↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A” + Enter, Then click or type.

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Konami Code: Overview, Examples and Best Practices

What is Konami Code and How to use It?

How to Enable Konami Code In Your Site?

Konami Code: Examples and Best Practices

01. Facebook

02. Jquery

03. Digg

04. Buysellads

05. Mint

06. Netlog

07. Aim

08. Plurk

09. Google Reader (Login Required)

10. Gamespot

11. Gamepro

12. Blueworld

13. Webnotes

14. Zeno.name

15. Uncrate

16. Aq

17. Logicbox

18. Leihu

19. 9ko

20. Usetrackthis

21. Bobba

22. Elliottkember

23. Nielskiene

24. Speccedforawesome

25. Satf

26. Hardware

27. Lifthill

28. Cubeecraft

29. Milliondollarcu

30. Qiwi

31. Ignomania

32. Appchimp

33. Voccine

34. Soundclick

35. Mynameise

36. Cleard

37. Teddy-o-ted

38. Super Chick Sisters

39. Creativecloseup

40. Hideou

41. Erenemre

42. Batteryinteractive

43. Absolutebica

44. Design Militia

45. Finally, Last but Not the Least

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