Subscribe by EmailKonami Code Works on theglobeandmail.com
October 13, 2009 by Geeks are Sexy | 9 comments
Well folks, it looks like the Globe and Mail’s website (Canada’s largest-circulation national newspaper) has been hacked into recently (unless this is a clever marketing ploy), because after loading its front page, if you enter the Konami code via your keyboard, you’ll get a surprise.
Go ahead, try it.
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, enter, shift+space
Type help to see available commands (Unfortunately, there’s only two).
Voilà. Press shift+space again to hide the console.
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Try to enter ‘contra’ into the console ;)
Works in IE but not in Firefox.
Yeah, it works in FF… try turning adblock off if you have it enabled.
Works fine in Firefox for me. And the “contra” code rules.
more sites need fun like this. it’s so silly and stupid.
Works fine in Firefox for me, and IE too.
FWIW – I don’t think this is a hack. I think they really are just that ubernerdy in the G&M web team.
Here’s the quick exchange I just had on Twitter with my friend Mathew Ingram, the Globe’s Communities Editor:
michaelocc: @mathewi So is the Konami code on the G&M site a hack (as some suggest) or are you guys just really that cool?
mathewi: @michaelocc we are just that cool :-)
I love the fact that they have retro gamer dorks running the site of Canada’s premier national newspaper.
Awesome Michael! :) Have them add other commands too ;)
The Contra command Kicks all sorts of A$$!
works with chrome too :)