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Konami Code

Konami Code proper noun: a cheat code that appears in multiple video games and in popular culture, consisting of the key presses ↑↑↓↓←→←→AB.

Proper noun (1)

the Konami Code

  1. A cheat code that appears in multiple video games and in popular culture, consisting of the key presses ↑↑↓↓←→←→AB.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Konami code

Konami code

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Konami Code.

Forms of Konami Code

alternative formKonami code

Origin of Konami Code

The code was created by Kazuhisa Hashimoto. It was first used in the 1986 NES port of the arcade game Gradius, published by Konami.

Questions about Konami Code

What does Konami Code mean?
Konami Code means a cheat code that appears in multiple video games and in popular culture, consisting of the key presses ↑↑↓↓←→←→AB.
What part of speech is Konami Code?
Konami Code is a proper noun.

Words near Konami Code in the dictionary

  1. kona
  2. konak
  3. konaki
  4. konakis
  5. konaks
  6. Konami Code
  7. Konariot
  8. Konariots
  9. Konaseema
  10. Konass
  11. Konat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Konami Code (page history and authors); Konami code (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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