Even in more recent games, such as 'Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots', the code would reveal a boss character's location on the map. In 'Contra', the player would receive 30 lives. For example, in 'Gradius', the Konami Code gave the player a full set of power-ups. In different games, the code gave a different result. The Konami Code, for anyone who doesn't know it, was a cheat code embedded in almost every game created by Japanese developer Konami. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the creator of the infamous Konami Code in gaming, has passed away at the age of 61.
