Kazuhisa Hashimoto, 61, Who Created the ‘Konami Code’ Video Game Cheat, Dies

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/technology/kazuhisa-hashimoto-died-konami-code-.html
February 28, 2020 at 01:42AM

The code — up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start — was a famous cheat for players who wanted to squeeze more lives out of their video game consoles.