Raise a controller for Kazuhisa Hashimoto. Gamers were paying tribute Wednesday to the Japanese producer credited with inventing a cheat code popular in scores of classic Nintendo titles like Gradius, ...

The Japanese gaming giant, Konami, has just announced that Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the famous “Konami Code,” has died. Hashimoto, a developer who’s credited on at least nine video game ...

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, best known for creating the legendary Konami Code, has died. Game developer Konami confirmed his death earlier today on Twitter. He was 61. Hashimoto was responsible for porting ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, rest in peace. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a producer credited with implementing the fabled “Konami Code” that gave players godlike cheats in Contra, Gradius, ...

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, ...

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the iconic Konami code, has died. News of Hashimoto’s death was announced on social media on Wednesday by Yuji Takenouchi, a composer who’s worked with Konami in the ...

There are few bits of gaming history as transcendent against the test of time as the Konami Code. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A is the sequence that has gifted players through ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Up up, down down, left right, left right, B, A, Start. It's a cheat code etched into the DNA of an entire generation of gamers, from Contra on down.