Variations
The original version of the cheat code was designed for the NES controller. The exact sequence varies from game to game and has been adapted to fit the button layouts of different video game consoles, mostly the A and B buttons. For example, any code for a PlayStation controller, which uses shapes instead of letters, would use ", ", appearing even in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution series, input on the dance pad. In mobile phone games by Konami, they are substituted with 5 7 3 on the numerical pad, which is the goroawase pronunciation for "konami."
Some games capable of the traditional Konami Code vary the button sequence slightly. Examples include Mortal Kombat 3 (↑↑↓↓←→ABA), The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (↑↑↓↓←→←→AB←←→→), Daytona USA (↑↑↓↓←→←→ABC), and AdventureQuest Worlds (↑↑↓↓←→BABA). This can be for operational reasons (e.g. if the code must be entered while the game is paused, the code might be altered to avoid hitting the unpause button), to keep powerful upgrades better concealed while still referencing Konami, or through an error in writing the code in the game. In general discussion, these codes are often referred to as Konami Code, Conami Kode or, less commonly, "Pseudo-Konami Code".
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