Editing Konami Code (section)

{{Short description|Cheat code, originally for Konami games}}
{{Distinguish|Kasami code}}
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[[File:Konami Code.svg|thumb|300px|The Konami Code|alt=Buttons of the code; in order, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A]]

The '''Konami Code''' ({{langx|ja|コナミコマンド}}, ''Konami Komando'', "Konami [[Command (computing)|command]]"), also commonly referred to as the '''Contra Code''' and sometimes the '''30 Lives Code''', is a [[cheat code]] that appears in many [[Konami]] [[video game]]s,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 2008 |title=The Cheater's Hall of Fame - The 'Konami Code': We Must Never Forget |url=https://archive.org/details/gamepro-issue-235-apr-2008/page/62/mode/2up |magazine=[[GamePro]] |page=63}}</ref> as well as some non-Konami games.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Cracking the Code: The Konami Code |url=http://www.1up.com/features/cracking-code-konami-code |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522201923/http://www.1up.com/features/cracking-code-konami-code |archive-date=2011-05-22 |access-date=2008-03-15 |website=[[1UP.com]]}}</ref> 

The code has also found a place in [[popular culture]] as a reference to the [[history of video game consoles (third generation)|third generation of video game consoles]],<ref name="Ralph">{{cite web | url = https://www.avclub.com/wreck-it-ralph-1798174828 | title = Wreck-It Ralph | first = Tasha | last = Robinson | date = November 1, 2012 | access-date = November 19, 2012 | work = [[The A.V. Club]] }}</ref> and is present as an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] on a number of websites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fukuda |first=Miho |date=2012-04-09 |title=裏技、隠しメッセージ...イースターエッグってどんなものがある? |trans-title=Tricks, hidden messages... What kind of Easter eggs are there? |url=https://www.gizmodo.jp/2012/04/a-brief-history-of-easter-eggs-in-tech.html |access-date=2020-04-08 |work=[[Gizmodo]] |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="newsweek_zombies">{{cite news |last=Carvin |first=Andy |date=June 14, 2010 |title=Geek Trick of the Week: Newsweek Vs. The Zombies. |work=[[NPR]] |department=All Tech Considered |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2010/06/14/127842099/newsweek-vs-the-zombies |access-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref><ref name="espn_unicorns">{{cite news |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=2009-04-07 |title=The Konami Code Makes ESPN.com Magical! |newspaper=[[Kotaku]] |url=http://kotaku.com/5230185/the-konami-code-makes-espncom-magical}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Harrison |date=2009-05-08 |title=Konami Code triggers Easter egg on Facebook too |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/konami-code-triggers-easter-egg-on-facebook-too/ |website=[[CNET]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Matthew |date=September 17, 2009 |title=Google easter eggs: 15 best hidden jokes |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6201814/Google-easter-eggs-15-best-hidden-jokes.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/google/turing-doodle/blob/master/src/turing.js#L257|title=Alan Turing Google Doodle Source Code|website=[[GitHub]]|date=2012-07-02}}</ref>