255

255

Song Information

Artist: 255
Composition/Arrangement: 255
BPM: 255
Length: 1:50
Genre: HYPER SPEED RAVE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• 255 shares samples and sounds with early Naoki Maeda songs, including BRILLIANT 2U, BRILLIANT 2U(K.O.G G3 MIX), MAX 300, PARANOiA, SP-TRIP MACHINE(for beatmania II), and TRIP MACHINE.
  • Other than sound samples, 255 references Naoki’s style of genre and alias naming (usage of the "SPEED RAVE" and "HYPER ____" genres, and artist aliases named after the BPM in songs).
  • Ryu☆ later made another Naoki tribute song Night! Night! Night! one sequel later, this time based on DYNAMITE RAVE.
• An extended version of 255, titled 255 (st2020 Mix), can be found on Ryu☆'s eighth album, starmine 2020 : Mare Nectaris.

Trivia

• 255 is one of the unlocks of beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS' Gekisou! Cannon racer (激走！キャノンレーサー) event. It can be unlocked from July 26th, 2018 by beating Saruis & Rche in the fourth continent, or by clearing the fourth continent.
  • From February 7th, 2019, its charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage via Tenshi no madousho (天使の魔導書).
  • From beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE onwards, it is available by default.
• 255 is recognized as a special number in computing, being the maximum representable value in an 8-digit binary number (11111111).
• 255 is the maximum value that can be assigned to a primary color channel in the RGB24 color model. When maxing out the values of all three primary colors, the end result is white, the HTML color code of which is #FFFFFF. Many of Ryutaro's songs reference colors, specifically his works named after wavelengths of light.
• According to Ryu☆, he also considered MAX 255 as the song title [1].
• 255 was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) on April 6th, 2022 as part of the April 2022 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From April 5th, 2023, it can be purchased with BITs.

Song Production Information

255

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
SAD + GLAD
CHARGE + RELEASE
MACHINE + HUMAN
YOU + WE
＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	469	823	1676	-	564	953	1590	-
beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS→Present	-	6	9	12	-	6	9	12	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	6	9	12	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	6	9	12	-	6	9	12	-