Google Voice Search now lets you enter the Konami Code for ‘unlimited free searches’

The infamous Konami Code, a sequence of button inputs that unlocks secrets and cheat modes in classic games such as Gradius, Contra and Castlevania, has achieved folklore status on the Web. It’s been used as an ‘Easter egg’ on sites such as Digg and Facebook, but as TechCrunch reports it’s now been quietly introduced for Google Search. Just hit the microphone icon and say this all-too familiar button combination out loud: “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right”. Google will then kick into gear and say: “Cheat mode unlocked. Unlimited free Google searches.” This doesn’t actually mean anything –...



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