KeyboardMania 2ndMIX

The sequel to the original KeyboardMania. It introduced courses, as well as an easier difficulty.

Unused Graphics#

Unused Frames#

The file MOVIE\MM_01.GCZ contains the frames seen in the movie of the song Morning Music, which depict a countdown, as seen in Konami's Bubble System games, going from 99 to 01 and then looping. However, three unused frames for the countdown reaching 00 exist; curiously, they cannot be found in the original KeyboardMania.

Placeholder#

ETC_01.GCZ is a file that contains graphics for the Song Splash, Results, Internet Ranking and Game Over screens. It also contains this placeholder graphic featuring pop'n stage character Space Maco.

Developer Credit#

At offset 0x949F8 of a decompressed FIREBEAT.EXE is a set of security strings which contain a programmer credit.

MoDe:MaNuFaC/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:SeRViCe/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:EVeNT  /PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:OVeRSea/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY01/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY02/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY03/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY04/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)

Burn Date#

A burn date can be found in the title of the game's program disc:

VOL_20000907130350

References#