ParaParaParadise (Arcade)

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

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ParaParaDancingIt's an unused chart haven!

Unused Graphic#

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

Early Chart Variant#

Files 28_1.BIN and 29_1.BIN in the 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 programs such as 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#

Burn Dates#

A burn date can be found as the title for each of the program discs:

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. Listed below are the known changes between both revisions.

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, though its graphical data remained.

Original	v1.1

Songlist#

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

Charts#

Many of the songs received new or more polished 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, however.

CRAZY FOR YOU#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the differences noted below:

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

Original	v1.1

• A hold note at measure 15 was replaced by a regular note.

Original	v1.1

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

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 at measure 36 was slightly shortened. A similar pattern exists in measure 44, which did not have a hold note originally.

Original (m36)	Original (m44)	v1.1

• The pattern at measure 52 was slightly changed.

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, however.

ENERGY LOVE#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the only difference being a pattern change at measures 31, 35 and 39.

Original	v1.1

EUROBEAT#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the only difference being a pattern change at measures 18, 20 and 22. (At 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's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the differences noted below:

• A pattern present at measures 3, 5, 7, 9, 27, 29, 35, 37, 45, 47 and 49 was slightly changed, moving the notes half a beat later. (At 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. Furthermore, data for a Hard chart can also be found, though it is a duplicate of Normal.

NIGHT OF FIRE#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the only difference being that the first hold notes are longer in the new version.

Original	v1.1

ONE NIGHT IN ARABIA#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the differences noted below:

• The section during measures 20 and 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 at measure 24.

Original	v1.1

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

Original	v1.1

REMEMBER ME#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the differences noted below:

• The hold notes present at measures 19 and 21 were shortened. (At measure 21, the pattern is horizontally mirrored.)

Original	v1.1

• The distance between the notes during measures 22 and 23 was shortened. The hold notes present at measure 24 were shortened as well.

Original	v1.1

• The distance between the notes at measure 33 was shortened. Strangely, this was not done at measure 41, which has the same pattern.

Original	v1.1

SPEEDWAY#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the only difference being in the length of the hold notes at measures 32 and 40.

Original	v1.1

STAY#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the only difference being in the length of the hold notes at measures 12 and 20.

Original	v1.1

YESTERDAY#

This song's ParaPara chart was slightly modified, with the only difference being in the distance of the notes at measures 42 and 43.

Original	v1.1

References#