Dancing Stage Megamix is Dance Dance Revolution Dancing Stage's first PlayStation 2 release. It was... average.
Unused Graphics#
Note: All of the following graphics can be found in DATA/FILEDATA.BIN.
Console DDRMAX2 Leftovers#
The following graphics are assorted leftovers from DDRMAX2, either the Japanese or American home releases.
Joint Premium#
Graphics for this arcade-exclusive functionality can be found among the Mode Select assets.
Songlist#
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.
Indicators for long songs, although these only appeared in Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX and its home port.
Gameplay#
The unused "Freeze!" judgement is still here, and even in translated goodness.
In the following sheets, only the "Try Extra Stage!" graphics are used, leaving the 5thMIX-styled Danger/Game Over graphics and the One More Extra Stage splash unused.
Results Screen#
As there is no One More Extra Stage system in this game, the following graphics go unused:
Edit Mode#
For some reason, indicators for 6-Panel mode exist in the Edit Mode assets, although the mode itself has not appeared since the PlayStation home releases.
(Source: tikal.)
Unused Charts#
The song BRILLIANT 2U (Orchestra Groove) has its Challenge charts from Dance Dance Revolution Extreme intact, although they are not playable by normal means.
(Source: SaxxonPike)
Unused Audio#
The following unused tracks can be found in DATA/FILEDATA.BIN:
A segment of the song BYE BYE BABY BALLOON, used in the Dancemania logo sequence in DDRMAX.
The menu music from DDRMAX.
(Source: tikal.)