Dancing Stage Max

Dancing Stage Max
Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Publisher: Konami Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in EU: November 25, 2005 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds.

Contrary to its name, Dancing Stage Max is roughly the European equivalent to America's Dance Dance Revolution Extreme2.

Unused Graphics

KCET Logo

At the time this game was released, Konami went through a great merge in its subsidiaries, both for arcade and console branches, becoming just "Konami" in the process. As such, this graphic for the Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo branch is not used:

Touch & Step

These graphics are leftovers from DDR FESTIVAL.

Stage Counter

The stage counter splash screen's assets are still there, even if such a screen no longer appears.

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme2 Leftovers

Several assets used in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme2 can still be found in the game's data:

Workout Mode

Advanced Mode

Course Banners

Freeze!

The unused Freeze! judgement would make its last appearance in Dancing Stage titles here. Farewell, sweet prince.

(Source: tikal.)

Unused Sounds

To do: Doublecheck "Special Stage".

There are some announcer files, stored in DATA/SD.BIN, that go unused, as listed below:

Audio	Transcript	Comment
	"Select Difficulty"	As there is no difficulty selection menu in this game, these voice lines go unused.
	"Beginner's Mode"
	"Light Mode"
	"Standard Mode"
	"Heavy Mode"
	"This mode is difficult!"
	"First Stage"	As there is no stage count splash screen, these voice lines are not used.
	"Second Stage"
	"Third Stage"
	"Fourth Stage"
	"Final Stage"
	"Extra Stage"
	"Special Stage"

(Source: tikal.)