ParaParaParadise (Arcade)

ParaParaParadise

Also known as: ParaParaDancing (KR)
Developer: Konami AMD
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Arcade (Konami FireBeat)
Released in JP: September 21, 2000 (original release), October 24, 2000 (v1.1)
Released in KR: December 2000

This game has unused areas.
This game has unused code.
This game has hidden developer credits.
This game has hidden development-related text.
This game has unused graphics.
This game has regional differences.
This game has revisional differences.

Because one game about moving your arms just simply wasn't enough. Now with more eurobeat music!

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ParaParaDancing
It's an unused chart haven!

Unused Graphic

Located in the gameplay HUD assets, present in folder PLAY, is a banner for a long version of the song ONE NIGHT IN ARABIA. While a short version of the same song made it to the final game, no long versions ever appeared in the ParaParaParadise series.

Early Chart Variant

Files 28_1.BIN and 29_1.BIN in folder SD contain an early version of the ParaPara chart for the song STAY.
Below is a download of the chart data, converted to be playable with Stepmania. Note that the sync and difficulty ratings are custom.

Download STAY (Early ParaPara chart)

File: pppAC-stay.zip (5,80 MB) (info)

Development-Related Text

Build Date

A build date is present in the title of the game's main ISO file:

Japan	Japan v1.1	Korea
VOL_20000806034542	VOL_20001025194819	VOL_20001213210020

Security Strings

The files gq977-ja (in ParaParaParadise and v1.1) and gq977-ko (in ParaParaDancing) contain a set of security strings, six of which that form the message:

&NatsumiYu3minaZzxZ:cZxc
Beekids#Bunbun01Chamber*

"NatsumiYu" is likely a developer credit, considering a "Natsumi" was credited as a system programmer for the arcade version of KeyboardMania, also released under the Konami FireBeat system.

Also, a seventh string, which is also present in many other FireBeat games, has another programmer credit:

MoDe:SeRViCe/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)

Revisional Differences

A month after the original release, a revision of the game was released in Japan, titled ParaParaParadise v1.1. Below are listed the known changes between both revisions.

Title Screen

The game's title screen was appropriately changed.

Original	v1.1

Mode Select

The game modes were all available in one screen in the original release. This was changed in v1.1 so that the game modes were divided in two "folders": ParaPara and Freestyle, with the latter containing the Normal, Hard and Expert modes. The Enjoy mode was also removed in v1.1, although graphical data for it still exists.

Original	v1.1

Songlist

Three songs were added: Aishiattemasu?, ALE' JAPAN and Deluxe EUROBEAT MIX.

Charts

Many of the songs received brand new or repolished charts.

CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE

Unused data for ParaPara and Expert charts for this song can be found. However, they are duplicates of the Normal and Hard charts, respectively.

CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE -super euro version-

Unused data for ParaPara and Hard charts for this song can be found. However, both are duplicates of the Normal chart. A proper ParaPara chart would later be added in ParaParaDancing, though.

CRAZY FOR YOU

This song received a repolished ParaPara chart, with the differences noted below:

The length of the hold notes in measures 5, 9 and 49 was shortened.

Original	v1.1

A hold note in measure 15 was replaced by a regular note.

Original	v1.1

The length of the hold notes present through measures 21 to 28 was shortened slightly.

Original	v1.1

The length of the hold notes present in measures 33 to 34 was shortened. This was also done in a similar pattern from measures 41 to 42.

Original (m33)	Original (m41)	v1.1

The length of a hold note present in measure 36 was shortened slightly. A similar pattern exists in measure 44, where there was not a hold note originally, being added upon the update.

Original (m36)	Original (m44)	v1.1

The pattern in measure 52 was changed slightly.

Original	v1.1

DYNAMITE RAVE

Unused data for ParaPara and Expert charts for this song can be found. However, they are duplicates of the Normal and Hard charts, respectively.

DYNAMITE RAVE -super euro version-

Unused data for a ParaPara chart for this song can be found. However, it is a duplicate of the Normal chart. A proper chart would later be added in ParaParaDancing, though.

ENERGY LOVE

This song received a repolished ParaPara chart, with the only difference being a pattern tweak in measures 31, 35 and 39.

Original	v1.1

EUROBEAT

This song received a repolished ParaPara chart, with the only difference being a pattern tweak in measures 18, 20 and 22. (In measure 20, the pattern is mirrored horizontally.)

Original	v1.1

Hold on me

A ParaPara chart was added to this song.

I WANNA DANCE

This song received a repolished ParaPara chart, with the differences noted below:

A pattern present in measures 3, 5, 7, 9, 27, 29, 35, 37, 45, 47 and 49 was slightly changed, moving the notes half a beat later. (In measures 5, 9, 29, 37, 45 and 49, the pattern is mirrored horizontally.)

Original	v1.1

A hold note was added to measure 42.

Original	v1.1

Love Again Tonight -high speed mix-

A ParaPara chart was added to this song.

LUV TO ME disco mix

Unused data for ParaPara and Normal charts for this song can be found. However, they are duplicates of the Expert and Hard charts, respectively.

LUV TO ME disco mix -super euro version-

A ParaPara chart was added to this song.
Unused data for a Hard chart for this song can be found. However, it is a duplicate of the Normal chart.

NIGHT OF FIRE

This song received a repolished ParaPara chart, with the only difference being the length of the initial hold notes, being longer in the newer variant.

Original	v1.1

ONE NIGHT IN ARABIA

This song received a repolished ParaPara chart, with the differences noted below:

The section during measures 20 to 21 was slightly modified, removing a hold note and relocating the following regular notes to the center sensor.

Original	v1.1

Another hold note was removed in measure 24.

Original	v1.1

More hold notes were shortened and/or removed through measures 38 to 40. The notes in the leftmost/rightmost sensors in measure 41 were also moved to the top-left and top-right sensors.