Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Konami Code: Cheat Codes and Magic Circles

Remember when you were a kid and you would play nintendo?  Remember how cool it was to find out cool cheat codes?  Then you could kill all the bad guys, you were all powerful and the world was your play thing?


Ya, I remember those days too.  There was one cheat code that was used in a number of games by the Konami company.  It went like this:
Well, apparently among the geek underground (that includes people like Mark Zuckerberg) it is cool to hide easter eggs in your website such that when the Konami Code (for thus it is called) is entered on your website it does something cool.  This came to my attention recently when my friend Todd described this phenomena in his facebook status.  So right now, I need you, dear reader, to login to facebook and enter in the code (followed by the enter key).  Do you see the magic circles?  Is that crazy or what?

Apparently this phenomena exists on all sorts of websites.  There is a list of them at http://konamicodesites.com. Of course, I didn't want to be outdone, so I have enacted this very same cheat code on my blog here.  Go ahead and enter it and you will see the true meaning of awesome.

But don't worry.  I thought about you.  I thought you might want your blog to have cheats enabled as well.  That's why I put the javascript code into a seperate file that you can reference.  All you have to do is edit your blogger template.  Look for the <head> tag (it should be near the beginning) and right after it just copy this tag in: <script src="http://www.jeffstockett.com/myjavascripts/jeff-stockett-konami-code.js"></script> then your blog will also be able to share the true meaning of awesome.

12 comments:

  1. It is a good thing I have you next to me to help me with the code. It is very difficult for those of us who are directionally impaired. By the way, you are still a nerd!

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  2. Jeff, I am honored and SERIOUSLY impressed with your skills and devotion to true nerd culture. Lisa and I just spend a good few minutes laughing and admiring your post and the latest addition of the Konami Code to you blog. You never cease to amaze.

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  3. There is nothing quite like a good cheat code. Infinite lives, infinite ammo, infinite health--the world was in our reach. I will never forget the game genie and I hope that it never forgets us. Thanks for the reminder Jeff.

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  4. It's like the Nintendo code to get unlimited lives on Contra. Weird.
    xoxoxo

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  5. I love cheat codes. I still know one for Mario Kart. Actually, it's not really a code...just a secret that gets you ahead a lap. I did the magic Facebook circles the other day--pretty cool! And I love your hidden picture!

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  6. ah... contra. good times. I still remember about 10 years ago, I saw a guy with a t-shirt on with that code across it. I wanted to date him.

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  7. I think I might be dumb... nothing happened on your blog... and facebook won't let me log in...

    You might have to show this to me on Sunday...

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  8. Awesome: it's a good thing I know you now, because without your friendship, there is a plethora of random techno knowledge that I wouldn't have. :)

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  9. AWESOME! I'm so glad you're such a nerd. It brings so much joy to my life.

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  10. It didn't work at first then all of a sudden it wouldn't go away. Crazy stuff!

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  11. My brothers were pro at the cheat codes back in the day. Me, not so much.

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  12. I totally thought the magic facebook circles were a hoax. But if Jeff blogged about it, it must be true sure enough, it was!

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