We are saddened to hear about the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a deeply talented producer who first introduced the world to the "Konami Code".

Our thoughts are with Hashimoto-san's family and friends at this time. Rest In Peace. pic.twitter.com/vQijEQ8lU2

— Konami (@Konami) February 26, 2020

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According to Konami's NA Twitter page, Kazuhisa Hashimoto has passed away. He was 61 years old. He was involved in the Famicom port of Konami's Gradius and most famously the code that was added in order to easily test the game. It was, however, forgotten in the code and was present in the game. Since then the "Konami Code" has gained a cult status and been featured in many Konami and non-Konami games over the years, be it an easter egg or a functioning code. His credits also include Gradius 3, Lethal Enforcer and Gungage, among others.


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[GbaNober]

He is known for the most recognizable cheat code in existence.
Legendary, in my book.
He spawned a bit of a legacy out of that. Yeah, he is one who will appear in encyclopedias and video-game history. We will not.

you mean he's the first one to made the button combination cheats in the past?

 

[Nerdtendo]

you mean he's the first one to made the button combination cheats in the past?

No one said that, but the Konami Code is deeply engrained into the gaming psyche. Not many people can pull other cheat codes out of their hat on a whim

 

[eyeliner]

you mean he's the first one to made the button combination cheats in the past?

I'm unsure if Manic Miner's code is actually the first. It was the driver license number of the developer.
But the Konami code is the most recognized, mainly because of Contra for the Famicom/NES.

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

Big F

 

[Burorī]

First the "Copy-Paste" guy then the Lego Figure guy and now him?

2020 Just ain't the best year...

 

[Jiansetic]

RIP , I remember using that code in Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force games

 

[AsPika2219]

You forgot Start.
Redo the code again.

Fixed!

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

Dude worked on nine games.

Total.

That's not legendary.

The significance isn't how many games he worked, but the sheer number of gamers that memorized that sequence of button presses, testing them in every game imaginable to see if anything happened, Konami or not. Hell, Amazon Echo, Siri, and Google Home have preprogrammed lines if you verbally tell them the code.

Just go to the Wikipedia page and you will find that quite a few websites have Konami code easter eggs, from World Wildlife Foundation to Buzzfeed. I remember the Palm Pre phone was rooted using the Konami code, albeit written out, but I thought that was the coolest thing in the world at the time, causing me to try the code out on everything I owned, from the TV remote to just about anything else with arrow keys, replacing the 'A', 'B', and 'Start' where necessary.

 

[Deleted User]

You forgot Start.
Redo the code again.

k k j j h l h l Esc Enter

 

[Stealphie]

R.I.P