AC pnm
| pop'n music arcade releases |
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| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 いろは - 13 カーニバル - 14 FEVER! 15 ADVENTURE - 16 PARTY♪ - 17 THE MOVIE - 18 せんごく列伝 19 TUNE STREET - 20 fantasia - Sunny Park - ラピストリア - éclale うさぎと猫と少年の夢 - peace - 解明リドルズ - UniLab - Jam&Fizz |
| アニメロ - アニメロ2号 - MICKEY TUNES - HELLO! (North America) |
General Information
- Released: September 1998
- This game ran on the BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE arcade system, the same one used for beatmania, hence the poor graphic quality as opposed to later games in the series. The series would continue to run on this hardware through pop'n music 3. Pop'n Music spinoff pop'n stage also used this hardware.
- Two of the game's composers, Reo Nagumo and Takeyasu Hiroshi, also worked on the original beatmania.
- This game also marks the first appearance of beatmania sound data analyzer Hiroki Koga (Naya-n) in a song. He arranged The Theme of Gambler Z (ANIME HERO).
- First appearances of Tomonori Ikeda, Youhei Shimizu, Sugimoto Kiyotaka (DJ SIMON), and Sanae Shintani in Bemani.
- Only one difficulty level was present for songs in the original arcade version.
- Total number of songs: 14
Staff Information
- Producer: Koji Okamoto
- Director: Seiji Higurashi
- Sound director: Hiroshi Takeyasu
- Composers: Hiroshi Takeyasu, Koji Kazaoka, DJ Nagureo, Bikke, Youhei Shimizu, Kaoko Aoki and Tomomi Ohta
- Sound data analizer: Ryuichi Nitta
- Programmers: Hiroshi Naraoka and Hideki Hashimoto
- Hardware engineers: Masayuki Senami and Shigeo Kasuya
- Mechanical engineer: Seiji Higurashi
- CG designer: MUKAI
- Industrial designer: Takahiro Nakahara
- Graphics designer: Kyoko Shimada
- Sound tool programmer: Youhei Shimizu
- Guest vocalists: NARAMCHA, Sanae Shintani (KCE JAPAN) and Kiyotaka Sugimoto
- Guitarist: Youichi Iwata
- Special thanks: Kyo, Hideko Shigeta, Hiroki Koga and Shio.
Initial Songlist
| Genre (English) | Genre (Japanese) | Song Name | Artist | BPM | Character | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Stage | ||||||||||
| POPS | ポップス | I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU | SUGI & REO | 142 | RIE♥chan [1] | |||||
| RAP | ラップ | YOUNG DREAM | LITTLE FINGERS | 110 | UNCLE Jam [1] | |||||
| J-TEKNO | Ｊ−テクノ | Quick Master | act deft | 147 | SHOLL KEE [1] | |||||
| FANTASY | ファンタジー | monde des songe | Bikke | 142 | DiNO [1] | |||||
| Second Stage | ||||||||||
| LATIN | ラテン | El Pais del sol | Senorita Rica | 107 | DON MOMMY | |||||
| DANCE | ダンス | Hi-Tekno | Hi-Tekno | 140 | JUDY [1] | |||||
| REGGAE | レゲエ | "Baby, I'm yours" | LISA-T | 93 | OLIVIA [1] | |||||
| DISCO QUEEN | ディスコクィーン | what i want | THE RITCHIE SISTERS | 124 | CHANEL | |||||
| Final Stage | ||||||||||
| TECHNO POP | テクノポップ | Electronic Fill | Windslope | 121 | KRAFT [1] | |||||
| ANIME HERO | アニメヒーロー | 闘え!!ギャンブラーZ | words: RYO song: NARAMCHA | BPM | TORU KAMIKAZE | |||||
| SPY | スパイ | spicy piece | ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS | 156 | CHARLY | |||||
| DISCO KING | ディスコキング | FUNKY TOWN '75 | JV & THE SEXY MACHINE GUN | 120 | BAMBOO [1] | |||||
Hidden Songs
| Genre (English) | Genre (Japanese) | Song Name | Artist | BPM | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONUS TRACK | ボーナストラック | すれちがう二人 | apresmidi | 136 | SANAE♥chan [1] |
| RAVE | レイヴ | e-motion | e.o.s | 145 | Rave girl [1] |
Rejected designs
The Pop'n Music series has a long history of rejected characters. Some never saw the light of day, and some would later be used many years or mixes later. For the first game, these include
- A green man with an afro (early Bamboo, perhaps?)
- A pink bunny, later used as Pretty in Pop'n 1 CS
- A pumpkin-head guy with jeans and a shirt with a dollar sign on it
- A green-skinned vampire with parted blonde hair, a black jacket, a red shirt, and jeans (early Yuli?)
- A bear with the flag of Great Britain on it
- An angry-looking Native American
- A hippie dog
- A pair of frogs (possibly early version of Anzu)
- A green donkey with a guitar
- A skateboarding snowman with green shorts
- A walking orange with clothes
- A weird-looking yellow man with black overalls and pink shoes and a red hat (face looks similar to that of Troppie)
- A space man in a yellow suit (early Cyber?)
- Male Japanese announcer in a kimono
- Man with a T.V. for a head
- A yellow-skinned man with a blue hat covering his eyes, with a white t-shirt and green pants. Also wears a necklace with a picture of a green hand with four fingers
- An angry-looking chicken wearing glasses, blue shades, a small, tight shirt, green shorts, and multi-colored shoes
- A man in a circus-type costume with a black bandana covering his eyes (similar to the garb Mimi and Nyami wear in Pop'n Music 13 Carnival)
- A red fire with a black biker shirt, a belt, and brown shoes
Also notable are various color designs for already established characters. For example, JUDY's hair was originally brown.