Konami Digital Entertainment is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Konami Code and the NES release of Gradius with a slate of projects, including soundtrack releases, manga collaborations, and ...

Konami Digital Entertainment is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Konami Code and the NES release of Gradius with multiple music and merchandise launches. Six classic game soundtracks, including ...

The celebrations will also mark the same anniversary for the NES Gradius, which was the first game to have the code ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, rest in peace. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a producer credited with implementing the fabled “Konami Code” that gave players godlike cheats in Contra, Gradius, ...

The Japanese gaming giant, Konami, has just announced that Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the famous “Konami Code,” has died. Hashimoto, a developer who’s credited on at least nine video game ...

For a certain generation there is no series of button commands more iconic than “up,up,down,down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.” Whether it was extra lives, invincibility, or any of a myriad ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Cheat codes were initially a tool used by developers to help test video games back in ...

Ever wonder what sort of jobs hardcore NES players get in adulthood? We’ve seen the Konami code show up on a variety of websites and games to unlock everything from secret pages to unicorn mode on ...

Infernax is a retro homage to classic NES games Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest. We’ve had an opportunity to play it before its release on Monday and can ...