Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000

Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Developer: Konami AMD Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami System 573) Released in JP: December 16, 1999 Released in AS: December 16, 1999 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has regional differences.

Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 is an updated version of Solo Bass Mix with many new songs, and background animations that caused San Diego teenagers to demand it be removed from an arcade.

Unused Regions

This game contains region settings and music databases for unreleased American and European releases of the game, as well graphics for the French, German, Italian and Spanish languages. which can be enabled with the following MAME cheats for the game's Asia release:

MAME Cheats

Asian Version (ddrs2k)

<cheat desc="Change region flag">
	<parameter>
		<item value="01">North/South America</item>
		<item value="02">Europe</item>
		<item value="03">Japan</item>
		<item value="04">Asia</item>
	</parameter>
	<script state="run">
		<action>maincpu.pb@8009A838=param</action>
	</script>
</cheat>

<cheat desc="Change language">
<parameter>
		<item value="01">Japanese</item>
		<item value="02">English</item>
		<item value="03">French</item>
		<item value="04">German</item>
		<item value="05">Italian</item>
		<item value="06">Spanish</item>
	</parameter>
	<script state="run">
		<action>maincpu.pb@80115786=param</action>
	</script>
</cheat>

<cheat desc="Change music database (change at boot)">
	<parameter>
		<item value="0x61">Asian</item>
		<item value="0x65">European (crashes the game)</item>
		<item value="0x6a">Japanese</item>
		<item value="0x75">American (crashes the game)</item>
	</parameter>
	<script state="run">
		<action>maincpu.pb@800104C5=param</action>
	</script>
</cheat>

Japanese Version (ddrs2kj)

<cheat desc="Change region flag">
	<parameter>
		<item value="01">North/South America</item>
		<item value="02">Europe</item>
		<item value="03">Japan</item>
		<item value="04">Asia</item>
	</parameter>
	<script state="run">
		<action>maincpu.pb@8009A9C0=param</action>
	</script>
</cheat>

<cheat desc="Change language">
<parameter>
		<item value="01">Japanese</item>
		<item value="02">English</item>
		<item value="03">French</item>
		<item value="04">German</item>
		<item value="05">Italian</item>
		<item value="06">Spanish</item>
	</parameter>
	<script state="run">
		<action>maincpu.pb@8011591E=param</action>
	</script>
</cheat>

<cheat desc="Change music database (change at boot)">
	<parameter>
		<item value="0x61">Asian</item>
		<item value="0x65">European (crashes the game)</item>
		<item value="0x6a">Japanese</item>
		<item value="0x75">American (crashes the game)</item>
	</parameter>
	<script state="run">
		<action>maincpu.pb@800104B1=param</action>
	</script>
</cheat>

(Source: Wanny (original graphic finding), 987123879113 (code for Asian version), Wanny (code for Japanese version))

Region Flag/Music Database Notes

• Changing the region to Europe adds the language option in the operator menu, in the GAME OPTIONS section.
  • With how the cheats are made, language changes (made either via the operator menu or directly with the cheat) will stick even after quitting MAME.
• The region can be changed at any moment during gameplay but, for the change to be applied, the Operator menu has to be entered and exited. On the other hand, the music database MUST be changed when booting the game.
• Changing the music database in the Asian version to the Japanese one during booting will make the removed songs appear. However, they won't be properly playable since the audio for them was dummied with the Scale Check.
• Changing the region to Europe will reveal "Dancing Stage Solo" graphics in the title screen and highscore grid.
• Changing the music database to Europe or America will cause the game to load SAMBA DE JANEIRO at the mode selection screen, and then freeze upon reaching the song selection menu or the demo play.
  This is because the entries in the E and U Music Database files are of a different length than in the J and A ones.

Europe Region/Language Graphics

Title Screen

Button Prompts

Join In

How To Play

Warning Screens

Difficulty Select

How To Multi Play

Available Players

Team Select

Internet Ranking/Club DS Solo

Ranking

Overdump Data

WILD RUSH

An earlier version of the files for the song WILD RUSH can be found as unreferenced files within GAME.DAT, starting from offset 0x69A800. Differences appear to be rather minimal, with only the song's Maniac charts and background not matching what the game actually uses.

Background

Early Offset: 0x6B5800	Final data\mdb\wild\wild_bk.cmt

The earlier background bears a closer resemblance to the song's banner.

Charts

Download WILD RUSH (early Maniac charts) File: ddrsolo2000-wild_early.zip (895 B) (info)

Early UI Backgrounds

Earlier variants of the background sprites seen in the Internet Ranking and "Welcome to Club DDR Solo" screens. In the former, the earlier version uses a darker background and misspells "ACCESS" as "ACSESS", while the latter version uses a different background image which is also used in the unused "Welcome to Club DS Solo" graphic.

Early Offset: 0xBE9000	Final data\pct256\plane\m_url.cmt
Offset: 0xC29000	data\pct256\plane\m_welcom.cmt

Solo Bass Mix Leftovers

There are also several leftover files from Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix:

Offset: 0x35F800

A minidisc graphic for the Bass Mix version of I'M ALIVE.

Offset: 0x37E000

A minidisc graphic for the song SAMBA DE JANEIRO.

Offset: 0xC48800

An earlier banner for the Bass Mix version of the song TOGETHER & FOREVER, which can also be found unused in its origin game.

Empty Spots in Selection Screen

Three of the songlist tag graphics, which can be found in the folder data\texture\banner, contain blank slots. It is likely they were meant to be used for songs that were ultimately cut during development. The below example is taken from the file banner03.cmt

Unused Audio

The file DAT\S2H189R8.DAT, when decrypted, reveals itself to be preview audio for the song IT'S SUMMERTIME by RICKY D. feat. JANINA, which was present in the album Dancemania BASS#5, which is not playable in the final release.
While a music file also exists (M17189R8.DAT), its data was replaced by the Scale Test audio.

(Source: Wanny)

Unused Charts

Additional 3-Panel Trick and Maniac chart slots for every song can be found within the game's stepchart files. Most of them are harder than the used 3-Panel charts, but three only use these slots to store a copy (NONSTOP H) or an earlier version (NONSTOP G and NONSTOP I) of their respective "Basic" charts. The data for the unique charts can be downloaded below:

Download 3-Panel Trick/Maniac Charts File: ddrsolo2000-3panel.zip (33.1 KB) (info)

(Source: SaxxonPike)

Regional Differences

Attract Mode

• The sequence promoting Dancemania albums is absent from the Asian release.

Song Selection Screen

• The Dancemania and Konami Original labels are absent from the Asian release.
• Several songs are absent from the Asian release. These are: GET OFF, THAT'S THE WAY '98, and both versions of TOGETHER & FOREVER. Additionally, NONSTOP B was removed (since it contains some of the removed songs) and was replaced by NONSTOP I.