pop'n music 2 (Arcade)

pop'n music 2
Developer: Konami GMD Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami DJ Main Board) Released in JP: March 19, 1999 Released in TW: 1999 Released in AS: 1999 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

pop'n music 2 is the second installlment of the peppy rhythm game series. Among the features added in this game are modifiers, which change how the Pop-kuns behave, and Party Mode, in which power-ups and power-downs are added to the playfield.

It also features several songs from the series' first console outing, albeit without some of their hidden, harder charts.

Hidden Level Select

A hidden debug feature allows the player to freely select a song by holding down a combination of keys and then pressing the Test button in the song selection screen. These don't work if Event Mode is turned on.

Key Combination	Song
1	ROSE~koibito yo, barairo ni somare
1+2	I'm on Fire
1+2+3	Habatake, The Great Gambler
1+2+3+4	Life
1+2+3+4+6	FUNKY TOWN '75
1+2+3+6	Quick Master
1+2+4	(fly higher than)the stars
1+2+4+6	Baby, I'm yours
1+2+6	Chaos Age
1+3	Love Is Strong To The Sky
1+3+4	Cherry & Raquel
1+3+4+6	what i want
1+3+6	YOUNG DREAM
1+4	Smile The Night Away
1+4+6	Electronic Fill
1+6	CROSSOVER 12
1+7	e-motion
2	LOVE FIRE
2+3	Oedo hanafubuki
2+3+4	SAYONARA
2+3+4+6	SPICY PIECE
2+3+6	El pais del sol
2+4	what i want (EURO MIX)
2+4+6	Hi-Tekno
2+6	Con te sabi 2119
3	WHITE BIRDS
3+4	Hikari no kisetsu
3+4+6	The theme of GAMBLER Z
3+6	I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU
4	Sutekina tabla
4+6	monde des songe
6	Water Melon Woman
7	Surechigau futari

Development-Related Text

Build Date

At the beginning of the game's HDD data, a string containing the game's ID and version can be found. The same string can be found upon merging the first and second ROMs, at offset 0x25604 (JP)/0x26030 (TW). Note that the Taiwanese version's HDD is currently undumped; the string seen below is taken from the ROMs, and it is assumed it can be found at the beginning of the HDD data as well.

Japan	Taiwan
GQ831JA pop'n music ver1.00 1999/2/28 (C) KONAMI	GQ831TA pop'n music ver1.00 1999/3/24 (C) KONAMI

Codename

A codename can be found immediately before the build date string in the Taiwanese release only, at offset 0x2600F upon merging the first and second ROMs:

OFRA HAZA HORASHOOT -The Bridge-

This string refers to Israeli singer Ofra Haza's song Horashoot - The Bridge, from her 1992 album Kirya.

(Source: tikal.)

Regional Differences

Two versions of pop'n music 2 are known to exist:

• JA - The original Japanese release, labeled as popn2 in MAME.
• TA - The Taiwanese release. It is currently unemulatable, as its unique HDD has not been dumped yet, though the ROM data exists.

Songlist

The Taiwanese release kept all genre/title/artist name changes applied to the Asian version of the original pop'n music, and added several more:

Japan			Taiwan
Genre	Title	Artist	Genre	Title	Artist
POPS	I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU	SUGI&REO	POPS	We are perfect	SUGI&REO
J-POP	Life	Haya-P & Maru	JAPANESE POP	Life	Haya-P & Maru
DIGI ROCK	ROSE～恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ [ROSE~koibito yo, barairo ni somare]	BROKE	ROCK	ROSE～Deepen your love	BROKE
IDOL POP	LOVE FIRE	長沢ゆりか [Yurika Nagasawa]	IDOL POP	LOVE FIRE	Yurica Nagasawa
VISUAL	WHITE BIRDS	violent age	GOTHIC	WHITE BIRDS	violent age
GIRLY	Love Is Strong To The Sky	SAORI	ROMANTIC	Love Is Strong To The Sky	SAORI
ENKA	お江戸花吹雪 [Oedo hanafubuki]	高田香里 [Kaori Takada]	JAPANESE FOLK	Sakura	Kaori Kohda
ANIME HERO R	はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー [Habatake, The Great Gambler]	さくし：RYO うた：水木一郎 [sakushi:RYO uta:Ichiro Mizuki]	CARTOONE HERO "R"	Fight on! The Great Gambler	lyrics:RYO song:Ichiro Mizuki
MASARA	すてきなタブーラ [Sutekina tabla]	TABAN KING	ASIAN	GREAT TABOOLA	TABAN KING
EURO QUEEN	what i want(EURO MIX)	T・R・S	EUROBEAT	what i want(EURO MIX)	T・R・S
MELLOW	光の季節 [Hikari no kisetsu]	ANNA	MELLOW	Shining Season	ANNA
LOUNGE	Cherry & Raquel	The Ebisu Singers	LOUNGE	Cherry & Raquel	The Bostons
J-R&B	SAYONARA	ANNA	JAPANESE R&B	SAYONARA	ANNA
NEO ACO	(fly higher than)the stars	SUGI & REO	NEO ACOUSTIC	(fly higher than)the stars	SUGI & REO

Characters

As with the previous game, some characters received name changes:

Japan	Taiwan