pop'n music Animelo 2gou

pop'n music Animelo 2gou
Developer: Konami AMD Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Konami FireBeat) Released in JP: September 21, 2000 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics.

pop'n music Animelo 2gou is the second of two anime-focused releases of the rhythm game franchise. It is infamous for having a triple note modifier, in which some songs become near impossible with it toggled on. Ever heard of sheer button-pressing torture?

Unused Graphics

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: REV_H.GCZ and HEROINES.GCZ. Which one of these is used?

Mockup Image

Files BOWLING.GCZ and BOWLING.XCZ contain a slightly cut-off mockup screenshot of the Bowling mode introduced in this game. Notice how the graphics are of Tiger Mask while the lyrics are of Combattler V no theme (the latter of which is not even in the final game!)

Placeholder Image?

Files NON_4.GCZ and NON_4.XCZ contain a placeholder image consisting of the background of the song Tongari boushi no Memole, but with the word "おつかれさま" (Thank you) crudely drawn on top of it.

Development Text

Security Strings

The game's security strings, present in offset 0x8B0BC of a decompressed FIREBEAT.EXE all consist of lyrics of anime songs present in the game.

String	Song
hitonoyoniaigaaruhitonoyoniyumegaarukonoutsukush	Kyou mo dokoka de Devilman
m,u,s,c,l,e,muscle,m,u,s,c,l,e,muscle,3,2,1,fire	Honoo no Kinnikuman
dash,dash,dandandadan,dash,dash,dandandadan,dash	Great Mazinger
100%noheronanteiruwakenaiyotowakatterunonikimino	WING LOVE
kimarikiranaiposedemo,ijigendattarasoredeOK,muri	Ijigen story
sokono,darekasan,junbi,sorosoroOK?soreja,oshiras	Wapiko genkiyohou
sunanoarashini,kakusareta,babelnotouni,sundeiru,	Babel nisei
hello!rarabel,dokoheyukuno?hello!rarabel,darenia	Hello Lalabel

Build Date

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

001003_2217