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, ...

The Konami Code is all over pop culture as a key video game reference. Seemingly everyone remembers it...even those who probably never played Contra. While this is probably the most memorable code (it ...