One of the best and most influential video game companies. Their most popular titles are Pro Evolution Soccer, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, and Contra.
by Arrancar January 16, 2008
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The best video game company. They have made great games like suikoden and meta gear solid. They also made a really fun game in the early 1990's that is about Buster Bunny and his adventure to save his friends. The people at konami are very talented and can make any game good.
If the game has konami's name on it, I'll look into it.
by lunar shadows August 17, 2004
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Game company that ignores their excellent Snatcher series in favor of the inferior MGS, primarily because it appeals more to idiot American fanboys who watch DBZ.
These fanboys, along with their faggy DDR playing counterparts, are now Konami's primary source of income.
The only really good series this company still has is Silent Hill.
by Clayborne Harris March 31, 2004
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Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start.

In the 80s, Konami of America and Japan released many games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Traditionally, programmers would program in hidden 'cheat codes' to help make gameplay easier, which aided especially during late testing periods before commercial launch.

Konami released many popular games on the NES during this era, such as Gradius, Life Force, and Contra. These titles, as well as many subsequent ones, used the same cheat code listed above. Because of it's reoccurence, it became known as 'The Konami Code', and knowing it by heart is one of the trademark signs of a true, old-school gamer.

A common alteration on this code is:
Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right, B, A, SELECT, Start.

Many people mentally add in a 'select' in there for one reason only--on the menu screen, pressing select changed the cursor to '2 players' instead of '1 player'. Contra was always more fun to play with a friend.
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Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. A cheat code common to most classic Konami games, which gave the code its nickname. The code itself has become a symbol of old-school and/or arcade gaming. Punk group "The Ataris" named a song after the code on their album, "End Is Forever." Ironically, the Konami Code never made an appearance on an Atari console.
by progamer124 May 14, 2003
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^^vv<><>ba Start - The famous code used in many Konami games. Became famous because of Contra.
If you use the Konami Code in Contra, you get thirty lives.
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A popular cheat code in MANY Konami games. Often helps the player immensely except for Gradius III.
The original Konami Code makes your ship blow up in Gradius III.
by Richard Blade May 16, 2009
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