GuitarFreaks 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX

GuitarFreaks 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX
Also known as: PercussionFreaks 9thMIX (drummania, AS) Developer: Konami AMD Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami System 573) Released in JP: October 8, 2003 Released in AS: 2003 (PercussionFreaks 9thMIX) This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds.

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of May 31, 2004) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

With GuitarFreaks 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX, came support for the ee'MALL service, which allowed players to purchase songs, both original and crossovers from other series.

Also, Timepiece phase II.

Unused Graphics

Background Animations

With this game, came a new file sorting method: the folder DATA8 is now used to contain many files used for the game's songs, which include graphics, music, keysounds and animation controllers. Amidst the graphic resources for several older songs, exist several unused sprites, listed below:

Happy man - I0005/BG0005.FCN

From the original GuitarFreaks to GuitarFreaks 3rdMIX, during a scene in the video of the song Happy man, a rocker character is displayed, strumming either a guitar or a broom. In later releases, only his head is displayed, albeit the graphics for his other body parts can still be found.

JET WORLD - I0021/BGM0021.FCN

Text and graphics from the song's original background animations, featured in the original GuitarFreaks 2ndMIX.

P.P.R. - I0111/BGM0111.FCN

Unused graphics for a blast animation.

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN - I0129/BGM0129.FCN

GuitarFreaks 3rdMIX‍ '​s credits still exist within the song's background animation files.

Songlist Item

This graphic, found in DATA8/I0436/IDX0436.DAT, is a songlist item for the How To Play song, which is not selectable under normal circumstances.

Results Screen

These placeholder graphics are leftovers from GuitarFreaks 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX, and can be found in PCCARD1.DAT (GF)/GAME.DAT (dm). They come in seven variants.

Unlock Card

Two placeholder images, also found in PCCARD1.DAT (GF)/GAME.DAT (dm). They are linked to an e-AMUSEMENT function.

Other

The dead fish from the GuitarFreaks 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX data returns again.

(Source: tikal.)

Unused Audio

Within GAME.DAT is a "Game Over" announcer line. Because the "failed" Game Over screen was removed in GuitarFreaks 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX Power-Up Version, it goes unused.

(Source: tikal.)

Development-Related Text

A burn date is present as the title of each of the games' disc images:

GuitarFreaks	drummania	PercussionFreaks
Main VOL_20030903205738 e-AMUSEMENT VOL_20030903210202	Main VOL_20030905184816	Main VOL_20030910191508 e-AMUSEMENT VOL_20030910191710

(Source: tikal.)

(Special thanks: SakamotoNeko)