It’s the ultimate easter egg, the key to secret funny effects on all kinds of websites. The konami code, entered by pressing the sequence up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A, works on Twitter!
The code, which originated in video games from Japanese publisher Konami, and is called the konami komando (“konami command”) in Japanese. Twitter user @konosuke recently posted that, perusing the site’s JavaScript, he had discovered a piece of code in there that read “konami_watcher”. Intrigued, he punched in the magic code on Twitter’s timeline page and … something surprising happened! Join us after the jump for a look at Twitter’s new flippy bird!
Go to Twitter, and use your arrow keys to start hitting in that magical code ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
Or scroll down on this page to see what happens!
▼ Keep your eyes on that little birdie logo.
▼ Where are you off to, mate?
▼ (T)Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(t)!
▼ The taste of your first Smirnoff Ice, in GIF form.
If up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A seems like a lot to remember, you could always get it put somewhere on your body:
Or just listen to this nice Moldy Peaches song.
▼ At 1:33 in.
Sources: Hachima kikou, @konosuke via Twitter
Twitter screenshots: RocketNews24
GIF: Hachima kikou
Photo: fyeahtattoos/dorkly
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