May 8 2009Facebook Konami Code, Pirate Language
If you enter the Konami code (↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A ENTER -- don't do in a text box) after logging into Facebook you get a lens flare effect anytime you click, scroll or type anything. Good times. Unless you're epileptic, in which case, dangerous times. Also, if you scroll to the bottom of the page on the left where it has language selection, you can click on that and then choose 'English (Pirate)' to change Facebook to pirate talk. So yeah, pirate it up and then join the Geekologie Fan Page (if you haven't already) so we can all get together and hunt for treasure and shit. Also, I may send a couple of you L337 mateys on top secret missions (possibly with a liquor store involved). After all, you do want to appease the captain, don't you? NO? Then it's the plank for you, you barnacle loving scalawag! Oh, but be a doll and fetch me a grog first.
Thanks to Ian, Joemo, dboucher, matty, mark, Amanda and Liesel, who all sail under the colors of Geekologie.
Reader Comments
1. Que - May 8, 2009 9:25 AM
Que unlimited lives!
2. catch22 - May 8, 2009 9:26 AM
yay konomi!
3. Anonymous - May 8, 2009 9:29 AM
Wait, what the fun? XD
4. Shwinkies - May 8, 2009 9:31 AM
Noooooo!
It's no working anymore.
shiiiiit.
Arrr! The pirate talk is a still at large!
5. Shwinkies - May 8, 2009 9:32 AM
Haha, I lied (I actually just woke up and typed a b instead of b a.)
IT WORKS. WOOT!
6. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 8, 2009 9:38 AM
Argh! There be spammers on these boards. To the brig with 'em!
7. Ivana - May 8, 2009 9:41 AM
This is so cool! :D
8. like2bcold - May 8, 2009 9:44 AM
haha fun stuff!!!
it works
9. Crhis - May 8, 2009 9:48 AM
Its not working for me... where do you enter it?
10. Mistress Ishbo - May 8, 2009 9:53 AM
I gotta say tis is fun! XD
11. Name (required): - May 8, 2009 9:54 AM
no "Select Start Select Start"?
Boo...not working for me?
12. pstone - May 8, 2009 9:59 AM
can't get it to work either.
13. Andrea - May 8, 2009 9:59 AM
Ok, I'm dumb: where the hell should I type that?
14. Rach - May 8, 2009 10:00 AM
:/ I can't get it to work
15. Name (required): - May 8, 2009 10:02 AM
Okay...Yeah...iFail!
Been a while since I played Nintendo...
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left ,Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Select, Start
What game was that BTW...Mario?
16. Andrea - May 8, 2009 10:04 AM
Is a prank, isn't it?
17. ffffffffffff - May 8, 2009 10:05 AM
SONS
you gotta hit enter after that piece
ooook?
18. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 8, 2009 10:06 AM
@15
Never for Mario. Mario has never been a Konami game. Try these-->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Konami_code_games
19. leconnaisseur - May 8, 2009 10:07 AM
You have to hit ENTER after typing in the code...
had to figure it out myself :D
Hoist the colours high, AARRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
20. Ollie Williams - May 8, 2009 10:07 AM
@15
Contra
@GW
I'll become a fan when I get home.
21. Name (required): - May 8, 2009 10:09 AM
@leconnaisseur: Good lookin out! Works now!
@ Gordon...I googled and think it was CONTRA. w00t!
22. Name (required): - May 8, 2009 10:10 AM
jus
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seiz
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!
23. Andrea - May 8, 2009 10:11 AM
Ok, supposing that is not a prank, and understood that we have to type ENTER, where should we type the code? I've tried on the status, on the search, then I've started from the home, typing without caring where I was typing and then changed the language back to US, just in case: nothing is happening...
Oh, by the way, what means "CONTRA"? ... you know, my English isn't so good
24. STOMPY - May 8, 2009 10:15 AM
Ah... I remember using that ol code for the original Gradius on the NES... Game still kicked my ass though...
25. Tyler - May 8, 2009 10:15 AM
Just press the buttons when you're on the page. You aren't suppose to be in any sorta text area.
Just load up the page and press the buttons for the code + enter.
26. Name (required): - May 8, 2009 10:17 AM
the B and A don't need to be capitalized either.
27. nononogg - May 8, 2009 10:17 AM
Can't get it to work either...
@23, Contra is a videogame series where this code was first introduced(?).
28. Ashninja - May 8, 2009 10:17 AM
Sweet!!! The Konami Code is getting Rampant!
29. nononogg - May 8, 2009 10:25 AM
ok got it to work, seems kinda random. BTW couldn't you swap language to pirate earlier aswell? without the konami code?
30. Spounz - May 8, 2009 10:35 AM
euh... Contra on the NES...the 30 lives cheat
Gradius on Famicom / NES to get the über ship.
and many more.
31. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 8, 2009 10:39 AM
@21
Contra was on the list I posted along with a bunch of other games.
32. Davo - May 8, 2009 10:43 AM
The pirate talk is cool.
33. Daisy - May 8, 2009 10:55 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is ai complete phiotoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Baja put magic mushrooms on Max's strak, and he thought he was a pirate and started wearing an eyepatch and put a hot dog on his shoulder and insisted it was a parrot.
34. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 8, 2009 10:58 AM
Yar - those secret missions include destroying robots and Daisy Daisington.
35. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 8, 2009 10:59 AM
Oh & points to GW for finding a way to post the F word in the picture.
36. Noah - May 8, 2009 11:00 AM
Worked just fine for me.
Enter while you are logged in, on any page. Then click...
37. Andrew - May 8, 2009 11:03 AM
Simply amazing, first ESPN, now Facebook, Now it's time to Konami the shit out of myspace!!!!
38. Scix - May 8, 2009 11:04 AM
I dunno, I am failing.
Up (arrow key, right)
Down
Up
Down
Left
Right
Left
Right
B
A
B
A
[enter]
no effect in firefox or explorer.
39. Scix - May 8, 2009 11:05 AM
Er, only one "BA"
40. wonk - May 8, 2009 11:16 AM
@38 its UP UP DOWN DOWN NOT UP DOWN UP DOWN
41. rd - May 8, 2009 11:17 AM
@Scix: it's not " up down up down" it's " up up down down"
42. Scix - May 8, 2009 11:25 AM
Oops. I feel like I just lost some nerd points. Thanks.
43. Lissy - May 8, 2009 11:26 AM
its really not that hard...
44. Pew³ - May 8, 2009 11:27 AM
arrrggh
45. R - May 8, 2009 11:38 AM
Okay, well that got annoying pretty quickly
46. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 8, 2009 11:53 AM
Wow, lots of people can't READ. The code is in the article, including that you shouldn't enter it in a text box and that you should hit enter at the end. READ THE ARTICLE PEOPLE!
47. antmattmn - May 8, 2009 12:05 PM
This really isn't that hard to do. The pirate talk has been there by the way, it's not a result of the code.
How does this happen by the way???
48. Rick - May 8, 2009 12:05 PM
i love pirates, geekologie, and geekologie-pirates!!!!
49. Kevin - May 8, 2009 12:08 PM
The Pirate language has been around for about a year...
That's all I have to add to this...
50. Anarath - May 8, 2009 12:11 PM
just not working for me...
not in a textbox, i press up up down down left right left right B A enter, and nothing happens...
51. Lady Byrd - May 8, 2009 12:14 PM
http://konamicodesites.com/
52. kreebilicus - May 8, 2009 12:14 PM
anybody that cannot follow the perfectly simple and clear instruction to perform this IS A F00KING SPASTOFAG. obviously none of the aforementioned have ever played a computer game.
53. brbk - May 8, 2009 12:18 PM
lol it worked haha thats pretty cool
54. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 8, 2009 12:21 PM
So when are they going to konami geekologie?
55. rien - May 8, 2009 12:22 PM
Hey, something actually got me interested in Facebook for a few seconds..
56. ML - May 8, 2009 12:38 PM
Awesome, it worked! Now how do I get it to go away?? God is it ever annoying. I tried redoing the code, but that does not erase it.
...I've made a huge mistake.
57. Erik - May 8, 2009 12:42 PM
After you get facebook's language system set up (by choosing pirate or whatever), you can go in to their much longer list of languages and choose Leet Speak as an option.
Home is labeled 127.0.0.1, friends is labeled n00bz, you get the idea.
58. Brando - May 8, 2009 12:58 PM
It'll go away if you close the window... probably set as a session
59. rien - May 8, 2009 1:13 PM
it works even if you type it while in a text box
60. Beckee - May 8, 2009 1:33 PM
W00t! That is awesome.
61. His Huge Greatness Himself - May 8, 2009 2:17 PM
As you see,anybody can be an Internet Pirate! You only have to join the Geekologie Fan Page! Yay!
62. Matt - May 8, 2009 3:35 PM
This is probably the coolest thing I've seen in a while...except for Star Trek which Im gonna see tonight.
63. me - May 8, 2009 3:35 PM
In Chrome it only works until you navigate away from the page, even within Facebook.
64. Circus - May 8, 2009 4:40 PM
it totally works. <3
I'm easily amused.
65. drew - May 8, 2009 5:09 PM
AWESOME!!!!!! i love Easter eggs!
66. Shwinkies - May 8, 2009 5:54 PM
@ all of you slow children.
You just type it.
There is no spot you type, you buffoons.
67. watch-619 - May 8, 2009 6:08 PM
It doesn't work
up down up down left right left right a b a b enter, right?
and where do I type it?
68. RTN - May 8, 2009 7:06 PM
@67
All the details are in the post, man.
it's ^ ^ v v B A then enter, just on the page. It doesn't work in a text box.
69. Joffrey - May 8, 2009 7:18 PM
You should check http://konamicodesites.com :)
70. Justin Uthermann - May 8, 2009 8:46 PM
Amazing discovery. It's so cool I even posted about it on my blog: http://pluralnoun.blogspot.com/2009/05/hackers-geeks-hack-discover-us-air.html
I wish there was a place for entering the konami code to fix the economy. Or get tax breaks. Now that would be cool.
71. Aids - May 9, 2009 2:13 AM
Why can't that code work in real life for god mode?
*swings arms in the motion ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → then hits B "Balls" A "Ass" ENTER Punch in the face* I feel much more god like now
http://std-aids.mybrute.com
72. watch-619 - May 9, 2009 7:11 AM
i still don't get it.
Where can i find the code?
73. QUASIMODEM - May 9, 2009 12:40 PM
My epileptic.
Good times.
74. b0wser - May 9, 2009 4:13 PM
This is incredibly lame. Facebook has no entitlement to even think about using such a good code for something so stupid. Up yours, facebook!
75. tina - May 9, 2009 5:54 PM
how do you get rid of it?
76. JANO_lavalle@121rm.com - May 9, 2009 6:23 PM
HOW COOL IS THAT!!!
77. Sal - May 9, 2009 6:25 PM
Who has the job to see if guys flash thier junk... I want that job!
78. Sal - May 9, 2009 6:26 PM
HAHA! I cant write today!
79. Lissy - May 9, 2009 8:17 PM
wow 67 is an idiot
80. Boost - May 9, 2009 11:48 PM
This is the coolest thing to happen on the internet in a long time.
The last of course being the O RLY owl.
I miss him.
/sad face
81. Mr Spin - May 10, 2009 8:13 AM
Test code tonight, Way Kool, Thanks
82. prufock - May 10, 2009 11:10 AM
You don't need to enter the Konami code to get English (Pirate) as a language.
Still, the lens flare is kind of cool.
83. janac - May 10, 2009 11:26 AM
WORKS IN I.E. 8!
Doesn't work in firefox3
84. ekkos - May 11, 2009 1:27 AM
haha awesome
85. kiedis - May 11, 2009 5:06 PM
it works! i thought it was fake but i tried on firefox (mac) and it works :D
86. saveourskyline - May 12, 2009 5:38 PM
"Unless your epileptic"? Learn how to effing spell, moron.
87. shelly - May 12, 2009 10:07 PM
You don't have to put in any fancy code. Just go down to the bottom and select languages ten select Pirate....
88. mike - May 22, 2009 7:51 AM
how can i change it to normal?
89. pedro - June 26, 2009 12:27 AM
not work :(
90. cracked - August 12, 2009 1:39 PM
lies!!!! me want lens flare!!! no ie 6, 7, 8 or ff 3. :(
91. edevlet - August 18, 2009 6:33 AM
You site and the topics you've posted about are very informative things..It is really hard to find sites like this on the internet..I wish you luck on the road you're headed..thanks..
92. F_h2o - August 27, 2009 5:25 AM
Cool!!! It's work on FF3.5 and just refresh to bring it back to normal...
93. Android Boy - September 14, 2009 2:17 AM
Works for me!
I use Google Chrome
94. LouisVuitton - October 28, 2009 12:07 AM
Hello, your blog great, refueling