The Konami Code is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, although it also appears in some non-Konami games as well.
Years later it became an internet meme and was adopted by multiple website creators. Various web developers have hidden an Easter egg in their web project that can be accessed by entering the following sequence of key presses on the keyboard:
The Konami code (available on this page) is a classic one – Rick Roll (a.k.a. Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley).
It replaces every image on the page with a dancing Rick Astley GIF and plays the song in the background.
Once the code is initiated, this Google Tag Manager recipe will also send an event to Google Analytics. This way you’ll see how many visitors know what Konami code is.
This GTM Recipe contains Konami Code Auto-Event Listener written by Simo Ahava.
DEMO
Go ahead! Try entering ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A keyboard combination right now on this page and you’ll see how the Konami code looks in action.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Download Container File
Download the container JSON file (right-click on the link and click “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” to save the JSON file to your computer). - Import JSON File into GTM
Log into your own Google Tag Manager container and head to the Admin section of the site. Under Container options, select Import Container. Read this blog post for more details about importing a container file. - Insert your own GA4 measurement ID
In the GA4 event tag, you will find a field called “Measurement ID”. In this field, enter your GA4 property’s measurement ID.
- Preview & Publish
Use the Preview options to test this container on your own site. Try testing each of the events to make sure they’re working properly. If everything looks good, go ahead and publish!
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