10 Video Game Cheats NOBODY Used

10. The Konami Code - Gradius III

Many would think it would be unthinkable that the fabled Konami Code, which made beating Contra a posibility, would end up on this list, but in this case, Konami threw everyone a curveball.

The code had gained notoriety across many circles. It's appeared in countless videos, games that Konami didn't even make, and has even been used as an easter egg on a few websites. WWE Superstar, Xavier Woods has a gaming show whose title is an homage to the most famoust code of all time.

In the Gradius series up to that point, the code would provide the player with power ups in the first game, or the ubiquitous 30 lives.

However, once the series got super on the SNES, Konami hit gamers with a change-up. The usual input resulting in the ship going full kamikaze and blowing up on the spot. Hell, that term dignifies it, since the ship doesn't even take anything down else down.

If only gamers knew to substitute the left and right inputs with the SNES' new L and R buttons.

Instead, this code would be the one that'd have gamers second guessing the Konami code for generations.