Superstar Dance Club: No.1 Hits!!!

Superstar Dance Club: #1 Hits!!!
Also known as: Love Para: Lovely Tokyo ParaPara Musume (JP) Developer: Warashi Publishers: Media Rings (JP), XS Games (US/EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: January 11, 2001 Released in US: December 1, 2002 Released in EU: March 11, 2003 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has unusual dummy files.

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Verify if this debug menu exists in the US/EU releases.

A budget-priced rhythm game based on the parapara craze of the late 90s/early 2000s.

Debug Menu

Use the following code, after that press Down + Select to display a debug menu.

801DC7F4 0002

(Source: Original TCRF research)

TABATA

SAIBARAPPA

Game will crash.

BGM TEST

Music test.

XA TEST

XA Test.

DUAL SHOCK EDITOR

Vibration editor.

FRAME BUFF DUMP

VRAM viewer.

SHOCK TEST

Vibration test.

SIO INIT

Set data rate for SIO.

SE TEST

SFX test.

SE TEST

SFX test.

MEMORY CARD

Game will crash.

MOVIE TEST

Movie test, but the game will crash after pressing Circle.

MALLOC TEST

Memory allocation test. Press Circle, Triangle, Square, X to allocate memory. and press again to free memory.

TANI

GAME MAIN

Start the game.

SPOTLIGHT

Message display test?

ANIMAL

Animal sprite test.

COIN

Money sprite test.

EXPLOSION

Explosion sprite test.

MOVIE

Movie test, but the game will crash after pressing Circle.

HIGASHIYAMA

This menu has a level select.

Seq Player

Message display test?

Dummy File

The extensionless file DAMMY, present at the root of the game's disc, is actually an MPEG video file which features a creditless variant of the opening of the Revolutionary Girl Utena anime. Its internal filename is utena_op.mpg.

(Source: tikal.)

Regional Differences

JP	US/EU

• While the title screen graphic was completely altered to appeal for the western audience, none of the characters' designs were changed in any of the game's screens, from menus to gameplay.