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[EternalOptimist]

Yes, but even more sophisticated than that and it is designed to be picked out from the crowd. I can’t say more because I don’t want the idea copied.

ooh. you little tease

[Spacecadet]

I once found some code in an application that I was working on that checked for the keypresses "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A"

Can't remember what it did though.

It bypasses the presidential launch codes and negates the need for simultaneous key turns

[mudskipper]

Yep - we had a nice star-wars scrolly thing with the credits if you typed a magic string into the search box.

[EternalOptimist]

Yep - we had a nice star-wars scrolly thing with the credits if you typed a magic string into the search box.

brilliant.

i am starting on that right now. brill

oh yes.

[DaveB]

I once found some code in an application that I was working on that checked for the keypresses "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A"

Can't remember what it did though.

It's the "Konami Code"

Became famous as the cheat code in Konami console games and has been used in loads of places since as the unlock code for easter eggs.

[Bunk]

No, it was definitely an easter egg. It refers to this but I just can't remember what the point of it was.

It's the "Konami Code"

Became famous as the cheat code in Konami console games and has been used in loads of places since as the unlock code for easter eggs.

What we both said

[DaveB]

What we both said

That's what I get for stopping half way through a post and coming back to 5 mins later.

[Bunk]

That's what I get for stopping half way through a post and coming back to 5 mins later.

That's alright

I knew full well what it was, I just couldn't for the life of me figure out what it unlocked in our app

[Dark Black]

Yep - we had a nice star-wars scrolly thing with the credits if you typed a magic string into the search box.

I did something very similar (but using a key combination to launch it) about ten years ago - when I went back to the same client a few years later, it was still in and subsequent developers had added themselves to the credits.. which was nice