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The man responsible for the most iconic cheat code in history has died.
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[LIST][*]Kazuhisa Hashimoto created the Konami Code cheat — Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.[*]The cheat has been used in countless games, both from Konami and other publishers.[*]Konami shared today on Twitter that Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died.[/LIST]
We've got some sad news to share today. Konami has confirmed via Twitter that Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the Konami Code, has died at age 61. The sequence he created, Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start, is known as the Konami Code.

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