The Konami Code is the most famous cheat code in video game history. “Up Up Down Down B A Start” was first implemented in the home console version of Gradius, an insanely difficult space shooter.

Up up down down left right left right B A start. If you don’t recognize that otherwise nonsensical string of commands, you probably weren’t a child of the Eighties – and you certainly weren’t a gaming ...

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday created a new telephone area code for the western portions of Alameda and Contra Costa counties because it's projected to run out of available ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select . . . start. Any guy between the ages of 25 and 35 will undoubtedly recognize the sequence above. (In case you’re not in that demographic, it ...

A Konami Code is probably the most famous cheat code that is used for shortcuts or tricks in video games, programs, and web pages. With it, you can receive bonuses, unlock additional options, view ...

Contra should be a familiar name for anyone that’s been kicking around the video game industry for the last 30 years or so. It’s the game that spawned the original Konami Code, you know the one. Up, ...

The Chromebook Pixel has been talked about in regards to specs and pricing, however it would appear as if there is also a rather interesting easter egg. This one deals with the Konami Code and ...

Nearly 900 pronouns will be stripped next month from the “law of the land” in Contra Costa County. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to modernize the county’s ordinance ...

Starting Saturday, people with the 510 area code will have to work a little harder to get their calls through. That's because on that day, in preparation for a new area code, people will have to dial ...

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, ...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Starting Saturday, people with the 510 area code will have to work a little harder to get their calls through. That's because on that day, in preparation for a new area code, people ...