Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Konami Code Creator, Has Passed Away

Remember this code? Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the Konami Code, has passed away.

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a programmer who created the Konami Code “Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start”, has passed away.

This, as Yuji Takenouchi, through his Twitter post, confirmed Hashimoto’s passing, saying “We pray for the souls.”

Translated via Google: Programmer Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the Konami command “Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Left, and Right BA”, died last night. We pray for the souls.

The Konami Code was introduced by Hashimoto in 1986 after he found the NES game, Gradius, too difficult for him to play. The said code used the input up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start, with the game granting the player to have a complete set of power-ups.

Kazuhisa Hashimoto
Konami Code by Kazuhisa Hashimoto | Photo from 9GAG

Despite having the Konami code’s origin in Gradius, the said code was associated with Contra, thus, inputting the code in Contra’s title screen gave the player 30 lives.

Kazuhisa Hashimoto was indeed an icon of the gaming world.

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