beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX

beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX
Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Publisher: Konami Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: December 23, 1998 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has a prototype article

To do: Fix the keysounds Convert the charts

A more or less direct port of the beatmania 3rdMIX arcade release to the PlayStation, only lacking four songs and Expert mode compared to the original. As an Append Disc, it requires the original beatmania disc to load.

Unused Songs

Remember what was said about four songs lacking from this port? These four, which are composed of Beginning of Life, jam jam reggae (FUNKY jam Cookie mix), SKA a go go, and the special song DJ BATTLE, all have unused graphical and BGM data, and the former three have keysound and chart data unused as well.

The BGM can be found in MCHDATA.PAK, while the charts and keysounds are in BMDATA.PAK.

The known graphical data of the regular songs are between the Practice Mode sprites, which start at offset 0xE6A04 of the file SYSDATA.PAK, while DJ BATTLE's graphics can be found in 0xCFA04 of the same file.

Note: The chart and keysound numbers are based on order of extraction.

DJ BATTLE

BGM

Graphics

Beginning of Life

BGM

Graphic

Chart Numbers: 21 / 22

Keysound Numbers: 11 / 12

jam jam reggae (FUNKY jam Cookie mix)

BGM
Note: There are actually two audio files for this song. However, the only difference is that this uploaded variant starts earlier than the other.

Graphic

Chart Numbers: 27 / 28

Keysound Number: 15

SKA a go go

BGM
Note: There are actually two audio files for this song, nearly exact.

Graphic

Chart Numbers: 33 / 34

Keysound Number: 18

(Source: tikal.)

Unused Graphics

Title Screen

These unused graphics are loaded with the title screen assets (which are present in offset 0x7F204 of SYSDATA.PAK), and come from the original beatmania PlayStation release.

Demo Sequence

Loaded with the graphics of the demo sequence (which start in offset 0xAB204 of SYSDATA.PAK is a graphic for Free Zones, which are absent from this game.

Mode Select

Some sprites from the mode select menu in the original beatmania, loaded with the song select assets (also found in offset 0x60A04 of SYSDATA.PAK). Because there's only one mode in this release, these assets go unused.

Expert Mode

Expert Mode's graphics are intact as well. This first graphic featuring the vinyl box is also loaded with the song select assets, while the other set, which also features several background animation sprites, are found in offset 0x98204 of SYSDATA.PAK. The course descriptions are found in 0x75A04.

DJ KONAMI

It's DJ KONAMI, the DJ of beatmania. While one of his sprites is loaded in the game's demo sequence, the rest, which is found starting from offset 0xBAA04 of SYSDATA.PAK, is unused.

(Source: tikal.)