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A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 102 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

C-up x4

C-down x 4

C-left x 2

C-right x 2

C-left x 2

C-right x2

N64 pad's L+R shoulder + Z-trigger

[-] poke@sh.itjust.works 65 points 6 months ago

It unlocks characters, outfits, and hard mode.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 99 points 6 months ago

Quarter of a century? It can't have been that long since the original...oh....oh no...

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Then you won't be horrified at all to learn the original Castlevania was released on NES in 1987, right?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

No that's the point I'm making. When I read the headline I was horrified that it's been that long since the original and they're not even talking about that.

Time is a son of a bitch.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago

NES releases don't bother me because I was still a kid when I played them. Things released twenty years ago bother me because it seems like yesterday given that I was already an adult with an established career and a mortgage.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

That's fine until you tell me that's almost 40 years ago!

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's what it said in the title, a quarter century ago.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 35 points 6 months ago

That's a weird looking strategem

[-] ForceLightning@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

it’s the oversized personal shield generator

[-] objectionist@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

a konami code stratagem would be sick though

[-] Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago

I would not be surprised if it just nuked the player

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

We already have the 500kg bomb though.

[-] dlpkl@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Take two steps to the side and you're safe

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

Has anyone played it? I wonder if its any good... I always thought that N64 game was generally considered one of those awful 3d renditions of a 2d classic.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Castlevania 64 was clearly an unfinished game. The first couple levels make their ambitions clear, and the rest of the game is just sort of slapped together. Legacy of Darkness added the rest of the game.

Nobody really celebrates these games. I grew up with them and can appreciate the experience they were offering, but they weren't exactly my favorites, and I don't feel they aged particularly well. Maybe take a look through a long play video before committing any real time to it.