This week in 1986, the release of Gradius ushered in the era of the Konami Code, a series of button presses that would become synonymous with not just gaming on the NES, but gaming in general. This ...

The Konami Code originated with the late Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the developer of the NES port of Gradius, released in 1986. While playing and testing the game, he found it to be too difficult, and if you ...

The Konami Code made its debut with the release of Gradius for Family Computer (NES) in Japan on April 25, 1986. Pressing “Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A” in succession in the ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Hollow Knight: Silksong isn't an easy game, but that difficulty is one of the reasons ...

Hollow Knight's Steel Soul mode kills you dead. And when you die, that's it. Should have played better, idiot. It's not something really meant for a first playthrough - hence why you have to beat the ...