pop'n music Animelo

pop'n music Animelo
Developer: Konami GMD Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami FireBeat) Released in JP: March 2, 2000 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics.

pop'n music Animelo is the first of two anime-focused releases of the rhythm game franchise.

Unused Graphics

The game's program data contains early versions for three files, dated around two weeks earlier than their final counterparts.

howto_01.gcz

An early version of howto_1.gcz/howto_1.xcz, which is displayed in the How To Play screen.

Early	Final

• The standalone button graphics are slightly smaller in the early graphic.
• The receptor area in the gameplay HUD graphic is orange in the early graphic, while the final is colored purple.

title_r1.gcz/title.r2.gcz

Early versions of title_1.gcz and title_2.gcz, respectively, which are displayed in the song selection menu.

Early	Final

• The outlines in the Tiger Mask logo were slightly tweaked.
• The early graphic does not feature sprites for SAKI and the Setagaya Jidou Gasshoudan, who were credited as vocalists for several of the game's songs.

Early	Final

• The logo for Himitsu no Akko-chan is positioned slightly differently.
• The outlines for the song title names are much bolder in the final graphic.
• The title sprites for the songs Getter robo! and Makafushigi adventure! lack their exclamation marks in the early graphic.

(Source: tikal.)

Development Text

Security Strings

The game's security strings, present at 0x5123C of a decompressed FIREBEAT.EXE, all consist of lyrics for several playable songs:

String	Song
soratakakukakageyoumichiwoterasuinochinokirameki	Saint shinwa ~soldier dream~
gogomascleringniinadumahashirihonoonosenshiwotar	Kinnikuman Go Fight!
tsukamouzedragonballsekaideittousurirunahimitsus	Makafushigi adventure!
hikarukumowotsukinukeflyawaykaradajuunihirogarup	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
rururunrunrunrururunrunrunrururunrunrunrunrunshi	Hana no ko Lunlun
sharanrasharanraheiheiheiieiesharanrakodomodanan	Majokko Megu-chan
gomennnesunaojanakuteyumenonakanaraierushikoukai	Moonlight densetsu
konogorohayarinoonnnanokooshirinoshiisanaonnnano	Cutie honey

(Source: tikal.)

Build Date

A build date can be found as the title of the main program ISO:

000222_0032

(Source: tikal.)