{"id":5261,"date":"2020-02-28T08:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2020-02-28T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:56:29","slug":"the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/5261\/the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creator of the Konami Code For Contra Has Died!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5263\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>If you&#8217;re a Contra fans that you would probably be sad with the news of passing of it&#8217;s creator of the game&#8217;s cheat code<\/p>\n<p>The infamous cheat of all gaming &#8211; code up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a and start. It&#8217;s creator, former Konami employee Kazuhisa Hashimoto, has died and he was 61-years-old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5262\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0.png 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0-1170x780.png 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERtzjdMUwAEsRXl.0-263x175.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>This was also confirmed by Konami of the creator death on Wednesday which they have announce it on Twitter saying &#8220;We are saddened to hear about the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a deeply talented producer who first introduced the world to the &#8216;Konami Code.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are saddened to hear about the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a deeply talented producer who first introduced the world to the &#8220;Konami Code&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with Hashimoto-san&#8217;s family and friends at this time. Rest In Peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQijEQ8lU2\">pic.twitter.com\/vQijEQ8lU2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Konami (@Konami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Konami\/status\/1232705993538015234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Contra has change the whole pop culture of gaming. The story of the cheat code goes that Hashimoto, who had to port the arcade title<i>\u00a0<\/i>to the NES, added it so that he could properly playtest the notoriously difficult game. However, he forgot to remove the code, and it made its way into the final game that shipped to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s thanks to\u00a0<em>Contra<\/em>\u00a0so many people in North America have fond memories of the cheat. By entering the Konami Code, you got 30 lives, which made the tough-as-nails title manageable. Since then, it&#8217;s made its way into countless other games and, more broadly, into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/04\/11\/canada-hid-the-konami-code-in-its-commemorative-10-bill-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">popular culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s take a moment of silence for this great creator that has bless us with good moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a Contra fans that you would probably be sad with the news&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[95],"tags":[830],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Creator of the Konami Code For Contra Has Died! - Singapore EverydayOnSales News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you&#039;re a Contra fans that you would probably be sad with the news of passing of it&#039;s creator of the game&#039;s cheat code\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/5261\/the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Creator of the Konami Code For Contra Has Died!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#039;re a Contra fans that you would probably be sad with the news of passing of it&#039;s creator of the game&#039;s cheat code\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/5261\/the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Singapore EverydayOnSales News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sgeverydayonsales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-28T00:56:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sgeons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sgeons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EverydayOnSales Singapore\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sgeverydayonsales\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sgeverydayonsales\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sgeons\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SG-EverydayOnSales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SG-EverydayOnSales.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"EverydayOnSales Singapore\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EverydayOnSales Singapore News\",\"description\":\"Trending news for Singapore\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/5261\/the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/5261\/the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/5261\/the-creator-of-the-konami-code-for-contra-has-died\/\",\"name\":\"The Creator of the Konami Code For Contra Has Died! 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