Cheating Wonders: A Brief History of the Konami Code - Atlas Obscura

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEWplPMNA8ltLJr_ruSANWci6uYzA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=uIHUVaC2IuffadDyorgB&url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cheating-wonders-a-brief-history-of-the-konami-code"><img src="//t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTeT5o6DnJ71EslRzC9Yn9jo0I7vLDYa SCx7sILzgVpWTyyjJ24ZaZFxSg35RRx9Otgv7vgeAo" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Atlas Obscura</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEWplPMNA8ltLJr_ruSANWci6uYzA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=uIHUVaC2IuffadDyorgB&url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cheating-wonders-a-brief-history-of-the-konami-code"><b>Cheating Wonders: A Brief History of the Konami Code</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Atlas Obscura</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">It was originally designed to be input via the classic <b>Nintendo Entertainment System</b> (<b>NES</b>) controller which only had a directional pad, “A” and “B” buttons, with Start and Select buttons in between. Given the simplicity of the controller itself, the <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=d3CW1ZNnn-r1KmM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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