Nintendo 64 game Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness released 25 years ago, but a new Konami Code, essentially a cheat code, has just been discovered for it. YouTuber JupiterClimb uploaded a video ...

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the man who invented the "Konami code" cheat that became pervasive in video gaming and pop culture, has died. To use the code, players would press up, up, down, down, left, right, ...

After all these years: In 1999, Konami released two Castlevania titles for the Nintendo 64 – Castlevania (colloquially known as Castlvania 64) and an expanded "Director's Cut" version subtitled Legacy ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This year marks the 35th anniversary of one of gaming's greatest exploits, the Konami Code. Originally introduced in 1986's Gradius, the classic up, ...

The cheat remained hidden in Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness for 25 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

There is a specific kind of memory a certain generation of gamers shares: standing in a schoolyard, trading sequences of ...

A big criminal empire deserves one very, very big head. To activate Big Head Mode, you need to input the Konami Code. Doing this will increase the head size of all characters — and loading your game ...

The most famous cheat code in history — the Konami code — is engrained in the mind of many a Gen Xer: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start. Created by video game designer Kazuhisa ...