Okay, this is cool. Go to the new Google Reader and do the following:
Press the "up" arrow twice
Press the "down" arrow twice
Press the "left" arrow once
Press the "right" arrow once
Press the "Left" arrow once
Press the "right" arrow once
Press the "b" key
Press the "a" key
That sequence, again, is
up up down down left right left right b a
Enjoy the weekend!
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Ah the old Contra code. 1980's Nintendo: the gift that keeps on giving.
it's not working for me so I have no idea what happens.
I like the new design of google reader (it's been due).
Now how do I get that damn cartoon off my Google Reader?
Ah, I just refreshed. Nice trick. Now how do I read through hundreds of blog posts on my Google Reader in a 24-hour day?
Did people play Contra without the 30 lives cheat? Did they beat it? I only remember playing it while using that cheat.
i gasped. once again you are my hero.
The old Contra code? Really?
It's the Konami code. Oh this brings back memories of the old NES.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_code
Ol' McCreedy: You can also enter the code again to make the ninjas go away. Of course, you'll never really know if they're gone, since they're ninjas. You just won't be able to see them anymore.
Kate: It might help to click in some empty space on the page somewhere so you're not accidentally typing the sequence into some text box.
Did people play Contra without the 30 lives cheat? Did they beat it?
speaking only for myself, yes and yes
Ah the old Contra code. 1980's Nintendo: the gift that keeps on giving.
LOL. That's exactly what I was thinking. Classic.
:)
I played and beat Contra without the code (three men). I was
floored when an 8 year old boy told me he beat Contra on his third
try. It took my probably 300 tries. I asked him to show me how and all of the sudden I noticed he had 30 men and was using them like General Grant, essentially throwing sacrificial lives at the various monsters. How did you do that? Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.
I want to find Contra for the Wii. (Sigh).
Did people play Contra without the 30 lives cheat?
My best friend could, but I couldn't. That was one of the best games made at the time because 2 friends could play *at the same time* and help each other out. And the 30 lives meant you could do things to kill each other and laugh about it instead of get angry.
If only my keyboard had "select" and "start" keys.....
The code worked for many, if not all, Konami games. It did the same thing in Gradius as well.
Yeah, I could beat it without the extra lives. Super C was harder. Ah, memories.
I could only beat Contra with the code. And, like everyone else of that generation, I still know the code 20 years later.
http://www.zazzle.com/up_down_up_down_left_right_left_right_a_b_a_b_s_shirt-235707916151004032
Once upon a time I did actually complete Contra without the code.
Once.
This is the stupidest fucking blog on earth.
Chris Phelan, I'm calling bullocks. No way you beat Contra without the cheat code...no way, even with the simul-play this would have been darn near impossible.
k1
Either this is a joke played on the gullible - and many commenters are playing along, a la the Emperor's New Clothes, or the trick only works in certain browsers...in Firefox, I get nothing.
Not Bullocks, kforcone. I was a grad student seriously addicted
to my Nintendo. I remember not being able to get through the monster at the first level for what seemed like forever. I thought it was impossible. But eventually I could make it all the way through every time starting with three men, without a partner.
It works for me using Firefox 3.0.3, even with NoScript enabled. (I have Javascript and Java both enabled for the moment, which I usually do not. Feel my paranoia!)
I get the word Ninjas! in firefox and a box color changes. Is there more?
I wonder how many Stanford PhDs it took to dream this up?
Signed,
A Carnegie Mellon MSc working for a competitor
"Chris Phelan, I'm calling bullocks. No way you beat Contra without the cheat code...no way, even with the simul-play this would have been darn near impossible."
That's foolish. The trick to Contra is getting the S weapon and then keeping it. This means avoiding death at all the really tough places. But the whole game isn't tough places, and with enough practice, you know, for example, when you need to duck right away or where the next enemy is going to come from. It's not easy, but it's eminently doable.
Once you get that good, playing with 30 lives is so easy as to be boring.