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Gekisha Boy 2

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The sequel to the PC Engine game Gekisha Boy. Just like it's predecessor, it unfortunately never left Japan. It was supposed to get a European release in 2002, but it was ultimately cancelled after the publisher disappeared out of nowhere.

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Secret Ending#

After completing Fancy Wedding, you'll be rewarded with a newspaper headline and a unique photo of David depending on which difficulty you selected.

Easy

Normal

Hard

100% Completion

After completing every album for each stage, you'll be rewarded with a special fourth headline and a photo of an ecstatic David holding up a trophy of himself.

Unused Graphics#

Common (CMN.GAT)#

Early Film Reel Icon#

Unused

Final

An earlier version of the reel icon used on the HUD. It can be seen in a lot of early screenshots / footage.

It's orange instead of green and it lacks the white stripe going across it.

Henohenomoheji#

A henohenomoheji doodle, which is where you arrange the hiragana characters へ (He), の (No), へ (He), の (No), も (Mo), へ (He), and じ (Ji) in a specific way to form a face.

It's drawn on some scarecrows in Spooky Spot Odaiba, but this exact texture doesn't seem to be used anywhere.

Fancy Wedding (FWD.GAT)#

Gekisha Girl#

Gekibo2_GekishaGirl_Bouquet_1.png Gekibo2_GekishaGirl_Bouquet_2.png Gekibo2_GekishaGirl_Bouquet_3.png Gekibo2_Bouquet.png

There's an unused animation in the ending cutscene where Gekisha Girl throws a bouquet of flowers into the air.

It's unknown exactly where it would've played, as she never holds them at any point during the stage.

Title (TTL.GAT)#

Blair Icon#

An icon for Blair can be found amongst the textures used for the 3D models in the cutscenes.

Gekibo 2 Background#

Fade Transitions#

Gekibo2_Door_Icon.png Gekibo2_Circle_Icon.png Gekibo2_Cat_Icon.png Gekibo2_Capsule_Icon.png Gekibo2_Square_Icon.png

These are presumably different variations of the fade in / fade out transitions that play before and after each stage.

Placeholder Backgrounds#

Gekibo2_PlaceholderScreen_1.png Gekibo2_PlaceholderScreen_2.png

Numbered Icons#

Gekibo2_0_Icon.png Gekibo2_1_Icon.png Gekibo2_2_Icon.png Gekibo2_3_Icon.png Gekibo2_4_Icon.png

Some numbered icons that range from 0 - 4. It's unknown what their purpose would've been.

References#


  1. Tomcat System - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. 製品情報 |アイレムソフトウェアエンジニアリング株式会社↩︎