Side Pocket (Arcade)

Side Pocket
Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Platform: Arcade (Data East Side Pocket hardware) Released internationally: June 1986 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has unused music.

Side Pocket is a billiards game about billiards.

Developer Messages

Three hidden messages are stored in the audio CPU.

Address	Comment	Notes
0x9050	Biliyerd bilibili	Biribiri is an onomatopoeia usually denoting an electric-like sound. Here, it's just part of some silly wordplay.
0x915F	Fukuda baka	Testuo Fukuda, founder of Data East, may or may not be an idiot.
0x91AC	Mitchiyan !	The name (pseudonym?) of the sound programmer, the late Michiya Hirasawa.

Unused Music

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The Bonus Round theme, which was rearranged in the Game Boy version, is clipped. Here's the full version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1cTf5X3KF0

This Round Clear jingle was not used in the game. Possibly meant for the Bonus Round?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnge67pDeFg