Rock Revolution (Nintendo DS)

Rock Revolution
Developer: HB Studios Publisher: Konami Platform: Nintendo DS Released in US: October 15, 2008 Released in EU: May 15, 2009 This game has unused areas. This game has uncompiled source code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text.

Konami's take on Harmonix's Rock Band series, which was created after Neversoft took over developing duties for the Guitar Hero series, which, in turn, was based on Konami's own GuitarFreaks series.

The game ultimately ended up being a commercial and critical failure.

Unused Songs

Inside the original American release's file system, data for several unused songs can be found; most of them have at least some semblance of charts (albeit in a slightly different format compared to the used files), and some even have lyrics. No tempo or meter data is available.

(Source: tikal.)

battleship

Download Battleship (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-battleship.zip (4,32 KB) (info)

• Chart data: battleship.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 156 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 270 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 117 notes
  • Bass Medium: 133 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 191 notes
  • Drums Medium: 265 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 75 notes
  • Vocals Medium: 2 notes
  • Misc Data: Yes
• Lyrics: battleship.txt

Yeah!
Al-
right!
Oh 
Yeah!
Let's 
go!
Yeah!
Al-
right!
Oh
Yeah!
Let's
Go!
C
8
J
2
That's
my
first
shot
at
you!
A
7
F
5
I
miss
you're
still
a-
li-
-ive
B
2
J
10
I
hit
your
sub
a-
gain
A
5
B
6
I
sunk
yo'
bat-
tle
ship
I
sunk
yo'
bat-
tle
ship
I
sunk
yo'
bat-
tle
ship
I
sunk
yo'
bat-
tle
ship
 

bst

Download Bst (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-bst.zip (10,2 KB) (info)

• Chart data: bst.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 555 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 699 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 351 notes
  • Bass Medium: 639 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 483 notes
  • Drums Medium: 675 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 1 note
  • Vocals Medium: 1 note
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

cult

Though a chart package file exists (cult.dat), all chart data seems to have been erased.

fugitive

Download Fugitive (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-fugitive.zip (7,67 KB) (info)

• Chart data: fugitive.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 344 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 574 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 249 notes
  • Bass Medium: 348 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 415 notes
  • Drums Medium: 716 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 1 note
  • Vocals Medium: 1 note
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

Goin' On

Download Goin' On (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-goinon.zip (7,67 KB) (info)

• Chart data: goinon.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 231 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 358 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 205 notes
  • Bass Medium: 301 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 255 notes
  • Drums Medium: 351 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 127 notes
  • Vocals Medium: 3 notes
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: goinon.txt

man!
you
got
a
face
that
could
stop
a
clock
oh
ma-
-an!
you
sure
know
how
to
rock
baby
woo
you
got
it
go-
in'
o-
-on
yeah
i
said
ba-
-by
woo
you
got
it
go-
in'
o-
-on
yeah
wo-
man
you
ain't
had
no
lov-
er
ma-
-an
hon-
ey
you
got
the
skills
stick
it
to
the
ma-
-an
baby
woo
you
got
it
go-
in'
o-
-on
yeah
i
said
ba-
-by
woo
you
got
it
go-
in'
o-
on
yeah
baby
woo
you
got
it
go-
in'
o-
-on
yeah
i
said
ba-
-by
woo
you
got
it
go-
in'
o-
-on
yeah

Highway to Hell

Interestingly, charts were made for the AC/DC classic, making this the only licensed song on this list. Given that Harmonix had managed to secure a licensing deal with the notoriously expensive band (including, but not limited to, having "Let There Be Rock" in Rock Band 2), this wound up getting scrapped.

Download Highway to Hell (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-highway.zip (7,89 KB) (info)

• Chart data: highway.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 314 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 371 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 182 notes
  • Bass Medium: 308 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 309 notes
  • Drums Medium: 414 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 253 notes
  • Vocals Medium: 193 notes
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: highway.txt

Li-
vin'
Ea-
sy
Li-
vin'
Free
Sea-
son
Tic-
ket
on
a
one
way
ride
ask-
in'
noth-
in'
leave
me
be
tak-
in'
ev-
ery
thi-
ng
in
my
stride
don't
need
rea-
son
don't
need
rhyme
ain't
noth-
in'
that
i'd
rath-
er
do-
oo
go-
in'
down
par-
ty
time
my
friends
are
gon-
na
be
there
too-
oo
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
high-
way
to
hell
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
no-
o
stop
sign
speed
lim-
it
no-
bo-
dy
gon-
na
slow
me
down
like
a
whee-
el
gon-
na
spin
it
no-
bo-
dy
gon-
na
mess
me
a-
round
hey
sa-
tan
payin'
my
dues
play-
in'
in
a
rock-
in'
band
hey
mom-
ma
look
at
me
i'm
on
my
way
to
the
prom-
ised
la-
nd
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
high-
way
to
hell
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
high-
way
to
hell
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
on
the
high-
way
to
hell
high-
way
to
hell
i'm
on
the
high-
way
to
hell

mothra

Download Mothra (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-mothra.zip (9,35 KB) (info)

• Chart data: mothra.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 423 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 786 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 438 notes
  • Bass Medium: 697 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 490 notes
  • Drums Medium: 692 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: N/A
  • Vocals Medium: N/A
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

ninja

Download Ninja (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-ninja.zip (4,47 KB) (info)

• Chart data: ninja.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 191 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 382 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 169 notes
  • Bass Medium: 257 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 247 notes
  • Drums Medium: 380 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: N/A
  • Vocals Medium: N/A
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

queen

Download Queen (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-queen.zip (5,52 KB) (info)

• Chart data: queen.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 226 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 394 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 201 notes
  • Bass Medium: 432 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 286 notes
  • Drums Medium: 494 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: N/A
  • Vocals Medium: N/A
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

suvrip

Download Suvrip (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-suvrip.zip (6,77 KB) (info)

• Chart data: suvrip.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 251 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 462 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 232 notes
  • Bass Medium: 464 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 320 notes
  • Drums Medium: 510 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 1 note
  • Vocals Medium: 1 note
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

thistown

Download Thistown (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-thistown.zip (7,41 KB) (info)

• Chart data: thistown.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 260 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 410 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 304 notes
  • Bass Medium: 464 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 446 notes
  • Drums Medium: 600 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 1 note
  • Vocals Medium: 1 note
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: N/A

utopia

Download Utopia (Charts) File: rockrevolutionDS-utopia.zip (7,21 KB) (info)

• Chart data: utopia.dat
  • Guitar Beginner: 314 notes
  • Guitar Medium: 419 notes
  • Bass Beginner: 246 notes
  • Bass Medium: 435 notes
  • Drums Beginner: 349 notes
  • Drums Medium: 448 notes
  • Vocals Beginner: 128 notes
  • Vocals Medium: 1 note
  • Misc Data: No
• Lyrics: utopia.txt

i
de
clare
a
new
re
pub
lic
an
in
de
pen
dent
state
of
rawk
we
aren't
bound
by
rules
or
law
just
rawk
just
rawk
no
crime
no
strife
noth-
in'
but
the
good
life
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
we're
shee-
ple
free
that's
my
gua-
ran-
tee
we
aren't
bound
by
rules
or
law
just
rawk
just
rawk
no
crime
no
strife
noth-
in'
but
the
good
life
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a
in
u-
to-
pi-
a

Unused Graphics

song_select_songs.NCGR contains songlist graphics for two of the game's unused songs, Goin' On and Battleship. Note that the final game uses text data to display titles in the song wheel.

(Source: tikal.)

Unused Text

strings.dat contains a very early version of the game's staff roll.

CREDITS
--Programmers--
Colin
Kris
Joe

--Design--
Peter
Patrick

--Art--
Mark
Julie

--Lasers--
Colin

(Source: tikal.)

Uncompiled Source Code?

SongInfo.xml is a song manager file which doesn't seem to be parsed by the game, instead opting for separate .dat files that have more or less the same function. It contains several off-code comments, as well as a creation date (January 24, 2008) and a credit (MitchellW (Mitchell Wells, credited under "Programming" in the staff roll)). This file, much like the unused songs, is also only present in the original American release of the game.

Download SongInfo.xml File: rockrevolutionDS-songinfo.zip (5,59 KB) (info)

(Source: tikal.)