There’s a school of thought that states that nothing ever truly dies; ideas get reborn, remixed, and overhauled, but they never vanish. Take the infamous Konami Code of the late ’80s, which enabled lesser gamers to make it through Contra on 30 lives. Its transcended videogamedom to let people discover hidden unicorns at ESPN.com, and now, unlock the developer’s mode in the smoking hot Palm Pre smartphone.
By typing “upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart” you can access the super secret dev mode to work your Mojo SDK magic. The fine chaps at Engadget have put together a video to prove that it works. What’s that mom said about games taking you nowhere?
Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey L. Wilson’s love of all things shiny/digital has lead to jobs penning gadget- and video game-related nerd-copy for E-Gear, Laptop, LifeStyler, Parenting, PC Magazine, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. Besides overseeing the editorial content at 2D-X.com, the Brooklyn College grad hosts New York City’s monthly Bits and Bytes video game media and public relations meetup. You can find him at a bar sampling foreign beers, or on Twitter doing twittery things.
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