Mambo a Go Go

Mambo a Go Go
Developer: Konami AMD Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami System 573) Released in JP: June 4, 2001 This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text.

Mambo a Go Go is an obscure rhythm game made by Konami, which involves conga drums and notes that are very difficult to see.

Unused Regions

This game contains region settings for unused Asia and Korea regions, as well as English graphics, which can be toggled by the MAME cheats below. There doesn't seem to be any differences between regions other than the warning and title screens (Mambo Heaven for Asia and Mambo King for Korea, as well as the announcer voice file not being used).

    <cheat desc="English Graphics">
        <script state="run">
            <action>maincpu.pb@8017A772=02</action>
        </script>
        <script state="off">
            <action>maincpu.pb@8017A772=01</action>
        </script>
    </cheat>
    <cheat desc="Region Code">
        <parameter>
        <item value="0x0003">Asia</item>
        <item value="0x0004">Korea</item>
        </parameter>
        <script state="run">
            <action>maincpu.pw@80093B2C=param</action>
        </script>
        <script state="off">
            <action>maincpu.pw@80093B2C=0000</action>
        </script>
    </cheat>

(Source: 987123879113)

English/Region Graphics

Attract/Title Screen

Caution Screen

Mode/Song Selection Screen

How To Play

Practice Stage

Gameplay

Results

HUD

Unused Text

data\mdb\mdb.bin, which can be found upon extraction of game.dat, is the game's music database file. Alongside BPM and difficulty values, as well as title strings, there are also artist strings, which are never displayed.

Song	Artist String
Al compas del Mambo	BE BORN STUDIO
Dance the Night Away	MANNY MENDEZ
Krank heit	Daisuke
EL DIA FELIZ	WILMA OLIVEIRA
MAMBO NO.5	BE BORN STUDIO
La brise d'*t*	Orange Lounge
Cheerful Mambo	Y.K 1015
Feux d'artifica	hiroshi
Nova emo#%o	Berimbau '66
Sci-Fi Girl	Kitten 777
LA BAMBA	BE BORN STUDIO
Wall Street down-sizer	Thomas Howard
PASSION NIGHT RENDEZVOUS	MOTOAKI FURUKAWA
Caf* del BANANO	Orquesta Banano
Lover's High	APHs
EL BIMBO	BE BORN STUDIO
Gamelan de Couple	DJ Mojo
One Minutes Kitchen Battle!	Orange Lounge

Unused Graphics

The filesystem of game.dat, the game's main file repository, hides several unused graphics.

An early version of the jacket image for the song Dance the night away, from a point in development where it did not have a proper title yet. Can be found in data\mdb\target\extr_jk.cmt upon extraction.

A placeholder image regarding the Extra Stage system, found in data\gpct\select\gomen_25.cmt. The text translates to: "The bonus is currently under construction!" (top) and "Sorry, i can't play this yet!" (speech bubble).

Build Date

The game's build date can be found in the title of the game's program ISO:

VOL_200104232340