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Konami code made famous by Contra unlocks secret on the Bank of Canada’s new $10 billwebsite

From business.financialpost.com

The Bank of Canada has placed an Easter egg on its website promoting the new $10 bill. If visitors to the website enter the right series of keys, it plays the national anthem and fills the screen with a shower of tiny animated banknotes. The central bank unveiled the design for the new $10 bank note last week to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. The key sequence to unlock the secret is known as the Konami code because it was first included in many games for the Nintendo Entertainment System by the Japanese company of the same name in the late 80s. The code was most famously used in Contra to give the ... (full story)

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