IIDX History

Arcade Release Timeline

1999

• Beatmania IIDX
• Beatmania IIDX Substream
• Beatmania IIDX Club Version
• Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style

2000

• Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style
• Beatmania IIDX 4th Style

2001

• Beatmania IIDX 5th Style
• Beatmania IIDX 6th Style

2002

• Beatmania IIDX 7th Style
• Beatmania IIDX 8th Style

2003

• Beatmania IIDX 9th Style

2004

• Beatmania IIDX 10th Style
• Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED

2005

• Beatmania IIDX 12: HAPPY SKY

Home Release Timeline

November 2nd, 2000

beatmaniaIIDX 3rd style released.

March 29th, 2001

beatmaniaIIDX 4th style -new songs collection- released.

August 30th, 2001

beatmaniaIIDX 5th style -new songs collection- released.

July 18th, 2002

beatmaniaIIDX 6th style -new songs collection- released.

September 27th, 2003

Konami announces that they are considering making beatmaniaIIDX 7th style after over a year of hiatus. To proceed, players would have to fill out 10,000 questionnaires.

October 22nd, 2003

10,000 questionnaires are filled out.

November 27th, 2003

Pre-orders begin for beatmaniaIIDX 7th style. Konami announces they must receive at least 20,000 pre-orders to release the game.

December 25th, 2003

beatmaniaIIDX 7th style is officially announced.

May 13th, 2004

beatmaniaIIDX 7th style released in limited quantities from Konamistyle.

August 5th, 2004

beatmaniaIIDX 7th style released normally due to overwhelming demand.

November 18th, 2004

beatmaniaIIDX 8th style released.

March 24th, 2005

beatmaniaIIDX 9th style released.