DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX (PlayStation 2)

DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX
Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Publisher: Konami Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: April 24, 2003 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material.

DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX makes the trip from the arcade to PlayStation 2 with a couple preview songs from Extreme.

Unused Music

The last 8 audio entries in DATA/SOUND/SD.BIN are actually leftovers from both the Japanese and American home releases of DDRMAX:

Track	Audio	Description
Track 75		HIGHER - NM feat. SUNNY Used as one of the lesson mode tracks in the American version.
Track 76		LET THEM MOVE - N.M.R Used as one of the lesson mode tracks in the American version.
Track 77		A segment of BYE BYE BABY BALOON, used in the Dancemania promotion sequence in the Japanese version.
Track 78		The One More Extra Stage ending track.
Track 79		The "music list" ending track.
Track 80		The How To Play background music.
Track 81		The Ranking Screen background music.
Track 82		The "Select" menu background music.

(Source: travelsonic)

Unused Graphics

Note: All of the following graphics can be found in DATA/FILEDATA.BIN.

Main Menu

Because Lesson Mode is not in this game, the following graphic goes unused:

How To Play

A leftover from the American release of DDRMAX.

Song Selection Screen

A shoshinsha mark graphic, possibly intended to be displayed in songs with a rating of 2 or lower in Basic, as is in Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX and its home port.

Despite that no long versions exist in this game, a graphic that would have likely been used to denote one exists.

Leftover assets from a demo.

An obviously placeholder banner.

(Source: travelsonic)

Gameplay

The unused "Freeze!" judgement makes a reappearance here.

The "Danger!" overlays from DDRMAX can still be found.

These 5thMix-styled Game Over and Danger graphics don't seem to be used.

DDRMAX Lesson Mode

Graphics from the Lesson Mode in the American release of DDRMAX still remain.

Ranking Screen

A placeholder graphic for a fourth course to be displayed in the ranking screen, although only three are shown.

Old Staff Roll Graphics

Graphics from DDRMAX's One More Extra Stage staff roll.

(Source: travelsonic, tikal.)

Unused Charts

The game's .ssq files, which store chart data, hide filler and/or hidden charts, as cataloged below:

Song	Difficulty(ies)	Comment
AFRONOVA (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX) B4U (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) BURNIN' THE FLOOR (BLUE FIRE mix) DYNAMITE RAVE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) ECSTASY (midnight blue mix) HYSTERIA 2001 SUPER STAR (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX) STILL IN MY HEART (MOMO MIX)	Double Light Double Standard Double Heavy	Double Light and Double Standard are duplicates of THE REFLEX. Double Heavy seems to be an early version of ECSTASY (midnight blue mix)'s Double Challenge chart.
AM-3P (AM EAST mix) CELEBRATE NITE (EURO TRANCE MIX) HIGHER (next morning mix) SEXY PLANET (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX)	Double Light Double Standard Double Heavy	Duplicates of DIVE TO THE NIGHT.
CRASH!	Single Challenge Double Challenge	Duplicates of DROP OUT (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX).
DIVE TO THE NIGHT	Single Challenge Double Challenge	Duplicates of KAKUMEI.
Do It Right (80's Electro Mix) Kind Lady (interlude) Look To The Sky (Trance Mix)	Single Light Single Standard Single Heavy Double Light Double Standard Double Heavy	Single charts are copies of Challenge. Double charts are duplicates of DROP THE BOMB -System S.F. MIX-.
DYNAMITE RAVE	Single Challenge Double Challenge	Contains the Challenge charts introduced in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme.
i feel ...	Single Challenge Double Challenge	Duplicates of MATSURI JAPAN (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX).
LOVE SHINE	Single Challenge	Contains the Challenge chart also unused in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme.
MATSURI JAPAN (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX)	Double Light Double Standard Double Heavy	Duplicates of NOTHING GONNA STOP (Dance Mania Mix).
TSUGARU (APPLE MIX)	Double Light Double Standard Double Heavy	Duplicates of Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix).

(Source: SaxxonPike)

Unused Data

A great deal of DWARF debugging data is left intact at the end of the ELF executable. This includes information pertaining to the game's functions, function parameters, function argument names and types, function return types, function ROM addresses, local variable names, types, and memory locations, global variable names and types, as well as data structure definitions. This data is far from complete, however, covering only a limited number of source code files, and thus, only a limited percentage of the game's code. It does appear that games from the MAX - EXTREME era have varying amounts of this debugging data left in. There is a lot of overlap with regards to the remaining data that each game has - mainly in core gameplay mechanics (like endless mode, lesson mode, score tracking, save game data, and the like), with what information remaining in the game that falls outside the aforementioned areas varying greatly.

(Source: travelsonic)

Unused Text

Starting from 0x17CD50 in the game's ELF is text from the staff roll of the American release of DDRMAX. Line breaks were added for readability.

"CELEBRATE" written by where 2
#c 1999 Konami Music Entertainment, Inc.

"DARK BLACK FOREST (SHORT TRIP)"
written, produced, and performed by STEVE RHYNER
#c BLACK FOREST MUSIC PUBLISHING

"GENTLE STRESS (AMD SENSUAL MIX)"
written by Keiichi Ueno and Toshiaki Komiya

"GET ME IN YOUR SIGHT (AMD CANCUM MIX)" 
written by Yasushi Korobane
#c 2000 Konami Music Entertainment, Inc. / 
JUANITA MUSIC PUBLISHING INC. /
EXTRA FREEDOM, Ltd.

"I LIKE TO MOVE IT"
Performed by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman
Courtesy of Strictly Rhythm Records LLC

"LET'S TALK IT OVER" 
written by ARGIE PHINE and Shinichiro Murayama
#c 2000 Konami Music Entertainment, Inc.

"MY GENERATION(Fat Beat Mix)"
with courtesy of BEATDISASTER RECORDS GMBH 2001

"ORDINARY WORLD"
performed by AURORA featuring NAIMEE COLEMAN

"RHYTHM AND POLICE(K.O.G. G3 Mix)"
Produced by J. Briley & C. Bucknall for
Runaway Productions. 
Under license from Runaway Productions.

"RUGGED ASH" 
written by Yasushi Kurobane

"SANDSTORM"
Performed by Darude
Courtesy of Strictly Rhythm Records LLC.,
Neo Records Ltd. and
Stargate Music Oy/16 Inch Records.
Written by Jaakko Salovaara and Ville Virtanen.
Published by BMG Songs, Inc.
(ASCAP) o/b/o BMG Music Publishing Finland OY.

"Stomp To My Beat"
Performed by JS16
Courtesy of Priority Records 
Under  license from EMI Film & Television Music
Written by Jaakko Salovaara.
(ASCAP) o/b/o Lebaron Music OY / BMG Music
Publishing Finland OY.

"TAKE IT TO THE MORNING LIGHT (Extended Vocal)" 
COMPOSERS: FABIO VALENTINO - ROBERTO ARDUINI
AUTHORS: ANTONIO PUNTILLO
COPYRIGHT(C) 100%: THE SAIFAM GROUP srl

"THE CUBE" 
written by Keiichi Ueno
#c 2001 Konami Music Entertainment, Inc.

"TRUE...(TRANCE SUNRISE MIX)" 
written by Riyu Kosaka and Naoki Maeda

"YOU LEAVE ME ALONE" 
COMPOSERS: FABIO SERRA
AUTHORS: MAURO FARINA

(Source: tikal.)