Pop'n Music 2 (ver JA-A)

Arcade Video game published 25 years ago:

pop'n music 2 (c) 1999 Konami Company, Limited.

"pop'n music" is part of Konami's BEMANI series of games. The game has 9 colorful buttons which the player must hit in time with 'notes' that travel down the screen in order to fill in sound effects missing from a song.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami Bemani DJ-Main Hardware

CPU : MC68EC020FG25 @ 25MHz
Custom Chips : 058143, 056832, 055555, 056766, 058141, and KS10101
Sound : Custom Konami Sound Chips for Multiple Sound Channels
Res : 24kHz 512x384
Drives : Pop'N Music use 3.5inch IDE-HDD, all other games use 2.5inch.
Roms : Program and graphics on EEPROM.

Players : 1
Buttons : 9

- TRIVIA -

Released in April 1999.

Konami Music Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Pop'n Music 2 original soundtrack : new songs collection - KMCA-43) on 18/11/1999.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Character Change : Press white, yellow or green button on mode selection screen.

* Optional Mode : After inserting a credit, hold the following buttons then press start button
1) Random mode : 1 + 3 + 7 + 9
2) Hidden mode : 2 + 4 + 6 + 8
3) Mirror mode : 3 + 4 + 6 + 7
4) Mirror Hidden mode : 2 + 3 + 7 + 8
5) Random Hidden mode : 1 + 2 + 8 + 9
6) Phrase Random : 1 + 4 + 6 +9

* Secret Music : If the following condition is met while playing or the following code is input after a credit is inserted a credit, secret music appears as 3rd song

- J-R&B
1) Select "Neo-acho" in 1st stage and get Great over 80%
2) Get Great over 85% in 2nd stage
Code : 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 6

- Lounge
In 1st or 2nd stage, make up the number of 1st digit of the count of judgement for Great, Good and Bad with 3, 5 or 7.
Code : 8, 6, 6, 3, 9, 6, 4, 1, hold 2 then press 5

* All Music Play Mode : Power-on with DIP 3-3 as ON. But 'J-R&B' and 'Lounge' are unselectable.

- SERIES -

1. pop'n music (1998)
2. pop'n music 2 (1999)
3. pop'n music 3 (1999)
4. pop'n music 4 (2000)
5. pop'n music 5 (2000)
6. pop'n music 6 (2000)
7. pop'n music 7 (2001)
8. pop'n music 8 (2002)
9. pop'n music 9 (2003)
10. pop'n music 10 (2003)
11. pop'n music 11 (2004)
12. pop'n music 12 Iroha (2004)
13. pop'n music 13 Carnival (2005)
14. pop'n music 14 Fever! (2006)
15. pop'n music 15 Adventure (2007)
16. pop'n music 16 Party (2008)
17. pop'n music 17 The Movie (2009)
18. pop'n music 18 Sengoku Retsuden (2009)
19. pop'n music 19 Tune Street (2010)
20. Hello! pop'n music (2011)
21. pop'n music 20 fantasia (2011)
22. pop'n music Sunny Park (2012)
23. pop'n music éclale (2015)
24. pop'n music - Usagi to Neko to Shounen no Yume (2016)
25. pop'n music Peace (2018)
26. pop'n music - Kaimei Riddles (2020)
27. pop'n music UniLab (2022)
28. pop'n music - Jam & Fizz (2024)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Dreamcast (1999)