<s>
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Roxor	O
Games	O
 '	O
2004	O
arcade	O
game	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
23	O
,	O
2006	O
Konami	O
and	O
Roxor	O
reached	O
an	O
out-of-court	O
settlement	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
Konami	O
acquiring	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
franchise	O
and	O
thus	O
effectively	O
terminating	O
the	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
development	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
known	O
solely	O
as	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Roxor	O
Games	O
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
add	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Andamiro	O
's	O
Pump	O
It	O
Up	O
line	O
,	O
becoming	O
Pump	B-Application
It	I-Application
Up	I-Application
:	I-Application
In	I-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
USB	O
memory	O
card	O
support	O
has	O
been	O
expanded	O
on	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
now	O
install	O
revision	O
updates	O
stored	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
internet	O
saved	O
onto	O
the	O
memory	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
early	O
ITG2	B-Application
machines	O
contain	O
"	O
r1	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
contain	O
the	O
Machine	O
Update	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Novice	O
difficulty	O
level	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
home	O
version	O
of	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
,	O
carried	O
over	O
to	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
worth	O
noting	O
that	O
on	O
ITG2	B-Application
,	O
Novice	O
always	O
forces	O
a	O
constant	O
speed	O
of	O
120	O
BPM	O
(	O
a	O
"	O
C120	O
"	O
mod	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
continually	O
tap	O
the	O
corresponding	O
arrows	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
roll	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
drum	O
roll	O
notes	O
in	O
Namco	O
's	O
Taiko	B-Application
no	I-Application
Tatsujin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fitness	O
Mode	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
home	O
version	O
feature	O
on	O
dance	B-Application
games	I-Application
that	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
ITG2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
resembles	O
the	O
default	O
arrow	O
color	O
scheme	O
used	O
in	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
includes	O
more	O
than	O
60	O
new	O
songs	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
entire	O
songlist	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
,	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
several	O
artists	O
that	O
have	O
released	O
songs	O
for	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
games	I-Application
appear	O
on	O
ITG2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
Bambee	O
,	O
Missing	O
Heart	O
,	O
Spacekats	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
Bus	O
Stop	O
in	O
DDR	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
exclusion	O
of	O
one	O
member	O
)	O
,	O
Ni-Ni	O
,	O
Triple	O
J	O
,	O
E-ROTIC	O
and	O
Lynn	O
(	O
Papaya	O
in	O
DDR	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
three	O
songs	O
appear	O
on	O
ITG2	B-Application
that	O
have	O
been	O
on	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
though	O
with	O
different	O
step	O
charts	O
:	O
Typical	O
Tropical	O
and	O
Bumble	O
Bee	O
from	O
Bambee	O
and	O
Sunshine	O
(	O
originally	O
Follow	O
The	O
Sun	O
)	O
from	O
Triple	O
J	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
note	O
,	O
Wanna	O
Do	O
~	O
Hardhouse	O
Mix	O
~	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
song	O
in	O
ITG	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
dedicated	O
music	B-Application
video	O
in-game	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
also	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
theme	O
song	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
matured	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
Roxor	O
released	O
patches	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
revisions	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
machine	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
update	O
it	O
,	O
fix	O
bugs	O
,	O
adjust	O
timing	O
window	O
errors	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
issues	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
discovered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
website	O
discussing	O
these	O
Machine	O
Updates	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
respective	O
downloads	O
are	O
still	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
subdomain	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Increased	O
music	B-Application
wheel	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
End	O
all	O
Custom	O
Songs	O
at	O
120	O
seconds	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
music	B-Application
runs	O
for	O
longer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prevents	O
players	O
from	O
playing	O
for	O
longer	O
than	O
120	O
seconds	O
when	O
using	O
.ogg	O
music	B-Application
with	O
inaccurate	O
metadata	O
length	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
11	O
,	O
2006	O
(	O
a	O
week	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
announcement	O
of	O
Konami	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
to	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Roxor	O
released	O
Revision	O
21	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
r21	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songs	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
StepMania	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
song	O
files	O
and	O
accompanying	O
audio	O
files	O
are	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
USB	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	B-Application
file	O
can	O
be	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
120	O
seconds	O
(	O
2	O
minutes	O
)	O
long	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	B-Application
file	O
must	O
be	O
in	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogg	O
music	B-Application
files	O
must	O
be	O
less	O
than	O
5	O
MB	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
background	O
scripts	O
that	O
use	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
's	O
background	O
videos	O
do	O
work	O
within	O
r21	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
songs	O
of	O
any	O
length	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
machine	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
music	B-Application
file	O
is	O
still	O
under	O
5	O
MB	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
some	O
professional	O
players	O
prefer	O
r23	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
timing	O
fixes	O
,	O
the	O
strict	O
time	O
limit	O
of	O
120	O
seconds	O
was	O
looked	O
down	O
upon	O
since	O
some	O
official	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
songs	O
and	O
even	O
some	O
official	O
songs	O
on	O
the	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
cabinet	O
itself	O
go	O
beyond	O
this	O
time	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
players	O
feel	O
that	O
RoXor	O
should	O
have	O
implemented	O
a	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
5th	O
Mix	O
(	O
and	O
already	O
implemented	O
in	O
StepMania	B-Language
)	O
in	O
which	O
songs	O
longer	O
than	O
150	O
seconds	O
(	O
2½	O
minutes	O
)	O
are	O
deemed	O
a	O
"	O
long	O
version	O
"	O
song	O
,	O
which	O
takes	O
up	O
two	O
stages	O
(	O
two	O
songs	O
 '	O
worth	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
credit	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
blocking	O
the	O
songs	O
from	O
being	O
played	O
entirely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
technologically	O
savvy	O
players	O
have	O
found	O
methods	O
of	O
hacking	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
loading	O
additional	O
content	O
onto	O
an	O
"	O
In	B-Application
the	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
"	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
arcade	O
machine	O
has	O
a	O
regular	O
computer	O
inside	O
that	O
runs	O
a	O
distribution	O
of	O
Debian	O
Linux	O
and	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
open-source	O
StepMania	B-Language
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
who	O
can	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
can	O
modify	O
configuration	O
files	O
,	O
add	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
load	O
new	O
songs	O
,	O
change	O
graphics	O
or	O
artwork	O
,	O
or	O
modify	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
the	O
StepMania	B-Language
engine	O
running	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
hacks	O
utilize	O
an	O
option	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
StepMania	B-Language
's	O
configuration	O
files	O
,	O
Static.ini	O
,	O
to	O
load	O
songs	O
and	O
content	O
from	O
additional	O
locations	O
on	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
where	O
the	O
hacker	O
can	O
store	O
songs	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
,	O
some	O
players	O
modified	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
2009	O
became	O
released	O
as	O
OpenITG	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
Stepmania	B-Language
3.95	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aims	O
to	O
preserve	O
compatibility	O
with	O
all	O
existing	O
StepMania	B-Language
3.95	O
and	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
mod	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
be	O
the	O
definitive	O
environment	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
enjoying	O
that	O
content.	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
tournaments	O
are	O
held	O
at	O
arcades	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
tournaments	O
are	O
NAT05	O
and	O
the	O
ITG	O
World	O
Cup	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
first	O
place	O
received	O
an	O
ITG2	B-Application
dedicated	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
the	O
tournament	O
scene	O
began	O
to	O
die	O
down	O
,	O
in	O
part	O
because	O
Roxor	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
sponsor	O
local	O
tournaments	O
with	O
small	O
prizes	O
and	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
paraphernalia	O
such	O
as	O
T-shirts	O
and	O
posters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
Konami	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
port	O
of	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
patch	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
that	O
adds	O
the	O
new	O
songs	O
and	O
theme	O
from	O
In	B-Application
The	I-Application
Groove	I-Application
2	I-Application
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
