# I.D. Melody as heard in The Bishi Bashi arcade game in Akihabara **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 5, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-melody-as-heard-in-the-bishi-bashi-arcade-game-in-akihabara/559548 "2010-11-05T04:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-melody-as-heard-in-the-bishi-bashi-arcade-game-in-akihabara/559548/1 "2010-11-05T04:13:16Z")
While in Japan, I spent a day in Akihabara. After coming to terms with the fact that every single arcade game in Akihabara costs at least 100 yen, I decided to play a few games. One game, reminded me way too much of the Warioware line of games. Some preliminary research yielded that **the Bishi Bashi version in quesiton was made in 2009 [4 buttons per player, Green, Red and Blue in line, Yellow by itself, up top.] The title is : The \Bishi Bashi.** One mini game has two animals [Cat-Rabbit hybrids?!] per player, with cosmically large mallets. The aim is to hit the color coded button to knock out the same colored donut / inner tube / sorting ring. I know the last 7 notes or so are “Shave and a Haircut”. \*\*The name for the remainder of the piece is what I am after. It uses the same notes as shave and a haircut. \*\* Other comments : The melody in question has 6 distinct parts. Parts 4 5 and 6 are cut and paste copies of 1 2 and 3, respectively. Parts 1 and 2 [and 4 and 5] are cut and paste copies of each other. 3 and 6 would be copies for 1 and 4, except that it breaks off at a distinct point, and gets overextended. Again, using only the notes from Shave and a Haircut. XXXYY XXXYY XXXYXYXZZ [x2] Would approximate it. – To my non professional ear.