Tell me everything you know about lost themes.

**AJ 187** · 07-14-2007, 06:16 PM

Okay I have decided to make this topic because I want to know more about some themes that were lost to time. I don't know if any of you will remember these themes, but in most cases there were either no releases or a single release.

If a page for the theme exists on the SMTheming Wiki, I'll link it.

tamakin viela
Supposedly this was gonna be a minimalist theme? All that I have is a video of the theme. Mentions of the theme and/or creator are looking impossible to find.
Abunai! series (2005; I think there are more though)
Apparently made for an anime convention in the Netherlands, I think.
Pop'n Life
A pop'n music styled theme from Linear Systems. Did this ever get a second release?
"Dance Dance Revolution" by Hlavco
A slightly modified version of SMMAX2 at the time, although it looks like Hlavco was working towards something.
PlasmaDance New Generation
Was 1.4 the latest version? And also what happened to Deluxe? Last I heard he was working on DanceTraX and then moved to Japan or something.
AnimeCon theme series (2004, 2005, 2006)
These also seem to have to do with an anime convention in the Netherlands; 2004 was a PlasmaDance production while 2005 and 2006 were by DDRNL again.
Cherry Pop Sonata and an OS-Tan theme
These were going to be made by Hideki Motsuwa, but was any info about these two released aside from being mentioned in Nocturnal Dream?

There's probably a lot more stuff lost to time, but if anyone has any information regarding the above themes, that'd be rad.

Also if you have any other "lost themes" you want to know about, post them here as well.

k⁄⁄eternal · 07-14-2007, 08:18 PM

Well, I assume if you've seen the "ad" in Nocturnal Dream you know CPS is a hentai theme. I think there was a mention once in an ND thread of specific games/series that'd feature in there, but I don't remember the list.

Midiman · 07-15-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by k//eternal

Well, I assume if you've seen the "ad" in Nocturnal Dream you know CPS is a hentai theme.

too bad the guy doesn't exist in the internet, in general.

but then again, after seeing nocturnal dream, I don't think i'd like to see a hentai theme from this guy

Last I heard, the OS-Tan theme was cancelled though.

Wamsa · 07-17-2007, 11:39 AM

Tamakin viela is made by a finnish guy called Tamakin (Tmnk) and the screen name Nappis (Näppis) means "Keyboard". He may have this theme still somewhere on his hard drive I think.

"Tamakin viela" comes from words "Tämäkin vielä" and means "Yet this one too" or something like that.

**AJ 187** · 07-17-2007, 12:54 PM

WOOT! This is awesome news, thanks Wamsa. (I've gone and updated the wiki page to reflect this new info.)

Wamsa · 07-17-2007, 01:36 PM

Btw, there was one released version of tamakin viela. It was only released on finnish DDR IRC-channels. I had the beta version of this but I deleted it 'cause it took too much space from my hard drive. (I had 4gb hard drive.

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But there was one released version so the info should be added to Wiki.

**AJ 187** · 07-17-2007, 02:00 PM

Yup, I've gone and done that. Thanks again! Do you happen to know if Tamakin is still around or know of anyone else who might have the theme?

Wamsa · 07-18-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ 187

Yup, I've gone and done that. Thanks again! Do you happen to know if Tamakin is still around or know of anyone else who might have the theme?

I have him added on MSN but he is always away (not offline). I ask him to send the theme when he is not away. :3

Edit: Okay, he said that there is no need to Wiki that theme. So he really doesn't care about the theme I think. He doesn't even have the theme anymore.

So no luck of getting that theme anymore. :/

k⁄⁄eternal · 07-18-2007, 08:11 PM

Wikis are there to document things that existed at some point in time. At least there's more info on it now than before.

**laser123454321** · 07-19-2007, 06:25 AM

If you want, I can talk to Hideki Motsuwa and see if he's still doing these. I saw an early build of his other theme. CPS and OS-Tan were just two of the 3 themes he was working on.

Timer Rabbit · 11-10-2007, 01:59 PM

Sorry if I have to revive a very old thread. But I can not help it but SHOUT this out.

I actualy USED to own Pop'n Life Cafe. In some "SM/DDR-Geek" website, where I found some stuff that StepMania Things doesn't own (like the Cloud Strife dancer. <3). And Pop'n Life Cafe is one of them.

However, I had the BETA verson, so it's not complete. (It has the graphics and everything, though.) But after shortly, I deleted. But I want to find it again for all of you. THen no answer.

(And finaly, I am still seeking for a good Pop'n theme for StepMania, which it was very hard to find, since Pop'n Life is the only one... More rare if themes are made for Step'n Music, StepMania's Pop'n mod game.)