Crazy Dancing

Crazy Dancing is one of the oldest known DDR clones released for PCs. It is also known to have had an arcade release.

Commented-Out Code#

The game's .2d files, which are located in data\2d\menu, determine the positions of each of the game's menu screens. As they are in plaintext, their content is easily readable - which also reveals several commented-out strings in some of them:

graphics.2d#

This file refers to the graphics settings in the option menu.

// 40, 152, 256, 32, fwrb1001.bmp, 2, X, 1, 0, HIDE        /* graphics */

// 40, 272, 256, 32, fwrb1008.bmp, 2, X, 1, 0,         /* resolution */

It seems that, at some point, it was possible to change the game's resolution.

selMusic.2d#

This file refers to the song selection screen. The commented-out strings refer to scrapped songs, though it's worth noting that all of them appeared in the game's Arcade release.

Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) - Bingo

//PIC europa 306 90 3 HIDE
//0, 0, 256, 256,  bcdb4007.tga
//256, 0, 32, 256, bcdb4008.tga
//0, 256, 256, 32, bcdb4009.tga

Aisy Waisy - Cartoons

//PIC aisyWaisy 306 90 3 HIDE
//0, 0, 256, 256,  bcdb4016.tga
//256, 0, 32, 256, bcdb4017.tga
//0, 256, 256, 32, bcdb4018.tga

Unbreak My Heart (Radio Premier) - The Lost feat. Hillary Porter

//PIC unbreakMyHeart 306 90 3 HIDE
//0, 0, 256, 256,  bcdb4019.tga
//256, 0, 32, 256, bcdb4020.tga
//0, 256, 256, 32, bcdb4021.tga

Dositalchul (Getaway) - CLON

//PIC leavingCity 306 90 3 HIDE
//0, 0, 256, 256,  bcdb4025.tga
//256, 0, 32, 256, bcdb4026.tga
//0, 256, 256, 32, bcdb4027.tga

Doodah - Cartoons

//PIC doodah 306 90 3 HIDE
//0, 0, 256, 256,  bcdb4037.tga
//256, 0, 32, 256, bcdb4038.tga
//0, 256, 256, 32, bcdb4039.tga

staff.2d#

//PIC background 0 0 1
//0, 0, 640, 480,  end_dark.bmp

Unused Object File#

In addition, there is an unused object placement file labeled as selScene2.2d, which is an early version of selScene.2d, the file used in the character and stage selection screen. Notably, only the Melody character and the Concert stage have preview pictures, and the names of the pictures of the button prompt images are different as well. Everything else is identical.

Unused Text#

The folders data\download and data\3d\role\dance5\gtx contain a text file labeled 0day.txt:

0day s group!

It's likely that this is a placeholder file, as these folders are otherwise empty.

Internal Names#

The game's .2d files contain a filepath near the beginning, presumably from the developers' working folders. The base folder is named 熱舞世紀 (Rèwǔ Shìjì), translated to Hot Dance Century, which could have been an early title for the game.

In addition, the game's .dns files, which contain stepchart data, also contain a filepath, with the base folder being labeled AoD. Given the aforementioned Chinese name, "AoD" could be an acronym for "Age of Dance", but this is ultimately just a guess.

References#