Paca Paca Passion (Arcade)

Paca Paca Passion
Developer: Produce Publisher: Namco Platform: Arcade (Namco System 12) Released in JP: December 1998 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text.

Paca Paca Passion is Produce's first foray into the rhythm game genre. It involves four members of a band playing songs and avoiding having towers of blocks that pierce the screen below them.

Unused Graphic

Upon merging both of the second graphics ROMs (ppp1rom1l.7 and ppp1rom1u.10) and verifying offset 0x209008, it's possible to see a leftover graphic from a location test version of the game.

The text roughly translates to "Thank you for your cooperation in the location test!".

Unused Text

Found within the strings of the How to Play screen (offset 0x283C4 upon merging the program ROMs ppp1vera.2l and ppp1vera.2p), which is seen in the attract sequence and upon selecting Training mode, is a completely unused English translation for it. Note that the game was never released outside of Japan.

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Ｔｈｅ　ｐｉｌｅｄ　ｃｈｉｐ　ｉｓ ｌｏｃａｔｅｄ　ｏｎ　ｅａｃｈ　ｓｉｄｅ ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｃｒｅｅｎ． Ｗｈｅｎ　ｆａｌｌｉｎｇ ｆｌａｓｈ　ｏｖｅｒｌａｐｓ ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｌｏｒｅｄ　ｃｈｉｐ， ｈｉｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｌｏｒ　ｂｕｔｔｏｎ ｔｈａｔ　ｍａｔｃｈｅｓ ｔｈｅ　ｆｌａｓｈ　ｏｎ ｒｉｇｈｔ　ｔｉｍｉｎｇ．

Ｉｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｔｉｍｉｎｇ　ｉｓ ｐｒｅｃｉｓｅ，ｔｈｅ　ｃｈｉｐｓ ｐｉｌｅｄ　ｕｎｄｅｒ　ｔｈｅ ｏｐｐｏｎｅｎｔ’ｓ　ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒ ｗｉｌｌ　ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｅ Ｉｆ　ｙｏｕ　ｆａｉｌ， ｙｏｕｒ　ｃｈｉｐ　ｗｉｌｌ ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｅ．

Ｉｆ　３１　ｃｈｉｐ　ｐｉｌｅｓ　ｕｐ， ｔｈｅ　ｇａｍｅ　ｉｓ　ｏｖｅｒ． Ｉｆ　ｙｏｕ　ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ　ｔｈａｎ　ｙｏｕｒ ｏｐｐｏｎｅｎｔ　ａｌｌ　ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ　ｍｕｓｉｃ， ｓｔａｇｅ　ｗｉｌｌ　ｂｅ ｃｌｅａｒｅｄ．

Ｌｉｓｔｅｎ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｕｓｉｃ ｃａｒｅｆｕｌｌｙ　ａｎｄ ｆｅｅｌ　ｔｈｅ　ｒｈｙｔｈｍ． Ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ａ　ｋｅｙ　ｔｏ ｃｌｅａｒ．

Development-Related Text

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Upon merging both of the program ROMs, it's also possible to view several text strings from unseen operator menu functions, as well as some from a debug menu:

0x28170	1P VS 2P 1P VS COM COM VS 2P COM VS COM TEST MODE PLAY PER PLAY PIA PLAY GUI PLAY BRA TEST PER TEST PIA TEST GUI TEST BRA
0x28624	TEST MODE - SPECIAL COMPUTER EXIT : P1-BUTTON3 OR P1-BUTTON4 TEST MODE - VOLUME STAGE1 MAIN : STAGE1 MIRUKA : STAGE1 COKE : STAGE1 MIMI : STAGE1 GERO : STAGE2 MAIN : STAGE2 MIRUKA : STAGE2 COKE : STAGE2 MIMI : STAGE2 GERO : STAGE3 MAIN : STAGE3 MIRUKA : STAGE3 COKE : STAGE3 MIMI : STAGE3 GERO : STAGE4 MAIN : STAGE4 MIRUKA : STAGE4 COKE : STAGE4 MIMI : STAGE4 GERO : STAGE5 MAIN : STAGE5 MIRUKA : STAGE5 COKE : STAGE5 MIMI : STAGE5 GERO : STAGE6 MAIN : STAGE6 MIRUKA : STAGE6 COKE : STAGE6 MIMI : STAGE6 GERO : UP/DOWN : P1-BUTTON1 / P1-BUTTON2 SELECT : P1-BUTTON3 OR P1-BUTTON4 TEST MODE - COMPUTER EASY P 1/4 EASY P 2/4 EASY P 3/4 EASY P 4/4 EASY GOOD MEDIUM P 1/4 MEDIUM P 2/4 MEDIUM P 3/4 MEDIUM P 4/4 MEDIUM GOOD HARD P 1/4 HARD P 2/4 HARD P 3/4 HARD P 4/4 HARD GOOD COUNTER UP : P1-B3/4 P2-B1/2/3/4 COUNTER DOWN : P1-S AND COUNTER UP TEST MODE - ETC BER TYPE : LANGUAGE : JAPANESE
0x2AFE4	CLR ROT(RL) SUB WINDOW RECT SOUND TEST PUSH 1BUT EXIT START BUT ANIM STOP SOUND SPEED WAVE TEST FONT TEST ST01 TEST ST02 TEST SEL TEST SEL2 TEST