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Heh, it's pretty close to the Konami Code, I wonder if that was the inspiration? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_
by czk 12y ago
Heh, it's pretty close to the Konami Code, I wonder if that was the inspiration? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code
- Moru 12y agoI was sure this article would be about Gradius but no...
- ChuckMcM 12y agoAgreed, I was thinking "... and your TV will jump up, flip, and deliver a crushing hammer blow to its opponent!" Related anecdote, I was trying to explain covert channels to a new engineer as a means of sending a message through something which wasn't really designed to send messages (my goto example was using screen dimming to send code data) but they immediately came back with "Oh like the secret moved on Street Fighter!" Yes, it made me feel old.
- jedberg 12y agoIt was. We call it the Konami code internally. :)
- gronk 12y agoIt is similar to the Sonic 3 code too - 'Up-up-down-down-up-up-up-up'