Editing Konami Code (section)

==History==
The Konami Code was first used in the release of ''[[Gradius (video game)|Gradius]]'' (1986), a [[scrolling shooter]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Garmon |first=Jay |date=6 March 2007 |title=Geek Trivia: The cheat goes on |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-the-cheat-goes-on/ |access-date=2008-04-16 |website=TechRepublic}}</ref> and was popularized among North American players in the NES version of ''[[Contra (video game)|Contra]].'' The code is also known as the "Contra Code" and "30 Lives Code", since the code provided the player 30 lives in ''Contra.'' The code has been used to help novice players progress through the game.<ref name=HTG1>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Benj |date=2021-08-24 |title=What Is the Konami Code, and How Do You Use it? |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/659611/what-is-the-konami-code-and-how-do-you-use-it/ |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=How-To Geek |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Silverberg|first=David|date=2020-09-27|title=Cheat Codes Helped Turn the Most Devilishly Difficult Video Games Into Something Actually Beatable|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/a33650224/cheat-code-history/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Popular Mechanics|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Konami Code was created by [[Kazuhisa Hashimoto]], who was developing the home [[porting|port]] of the 1985 [[arcade game]] ''Gradius'' for the NES. Finding the game too difficult to play through during testing, he created the cheat code, which gives the player a full set of power-ups (normally attained gradually throughout the game).<ref name="autogenerated1"/> After entering the sequence using the controller when the game was paused, the player received all available power-ups. The code was meant to be removed prior to publishing, but this was overlooked and only discovered as the game was being prepared for mass production. The developers decided to leave it there, as removing it could result in new bugs and glitches. The sequence was easy enough to remember for testers and simultaneously sufficiently hard to enter accidentally during the gameplay for unsuspecting users.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The Konami Code was thus included in the series' other sequels and spin-offs, with some key differences. The code has been subsequently re-used in a large number of other games and other computer programs.