The father of the legendary code 'Contra 30 lives' has passed away

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the father of the legendary "Contra 30 Network" or Konami Code, died this week, aged 61. That's the announcement from Konami game company about its former employee, who helped so many gamers witness the Contra game clearance thanks to the button order: Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right- Left-Right-BA and Start.

" We are very sad to hear that Kazuhisa Hashimoto has passed away, a talented producer who is the first, " said Konami, a gaming company, confirming his death and sending his family deep condolences. first introduce the Konami Code world . "

Contrary to popular belief, this legendary codename didn't debut with Contra, but with Gradius when it was ported to NES in 1986. This codebase gives players dozens of networks to easily get through. more final screen. Hashimoto originally created this line of code because during development, he felt it was too difficult to play.

But this line of code only became famous in 1988 when it appeared next to the cult game Contra on NES. This code line then appeared on other Konami games, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, released in 1991 and Castlevania: Lords of Shadows, released in 2010.

Not only Konami games, this code also appears on other brands such as Mario Party early version. Even with the recently released Anthem game, typing that code into the screen will help change the music a bit. Or on Fortnite, that code will bring a Space Invaders mini-game for a limited time before introducing Chapter 2 of the game.

Refer to The Verge