Forty years ago, a single code wormed its way into a home console port and became a legendary staple of the video game ...

The Konami Code is the most famous cheat code in video game history. “Up Up Down Down B A Start” was first implemented in the home console version of Gradius, an insanely difficult space shooter.

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 ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

If you stream on Twitch, you may be using the new Creator Dashboard, which - to coin a phrase - streamlines many common broadcasting functions and commands with a slicker, simpler interface. There's a ...

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, the director's cut version of Castlevania for the Nintendo 64, is a classic today despite issues like blurry graphics and wonky gameplay. You'd think a title designed ...

Programmer Kazuhisa Hashimoto, best known in the games community as the creator of the Konami code, passed away last night at the age of 61. Hashimoto's death was first shared online by composer Yuji ...

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the producer credited with creating the most famous and memorized cheat in video game history, has died at the age of 61. Video game maker Konami confirmed the death of Hashimoto, ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a and start. It's the most famous cheat code in all of gaming, and now its creator, former Konami employee Kazuhisa Hashimoto, has died. He was ...