What is that Up Up Down Down code thing?

Question

I remember back in the day there was a Up Up Down Down cheat code that was used in a lot of things.

1. What's the full code?
2. Is there a name for this code?
3. Are there any games where this code works? (nostalgia value)

Answer 1

It is called the Konami Code, its

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

And it works on quite a few games, and even some websites.

A wikilink to those lists are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Konami_code_games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Konami_code_websites

Answer 2

It's the Konami code. Here are games where it can be used.