beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX

beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX

Release Information

• Release date: December 23rd, 1998
• Retail value: 2,800 yen

General Information / Changes

• Port of beatmania 3rdMIX, with some differences:
  • Four songs (Beginning of life, DJ BATTLE, jam jam reggae (Funky Jam Cookie mix), and SKA a go go) are missing.
  • EXPERT mode is also not playable.
  • There is no combo counter, and GREATs don't flash if you have more than 10 combo.
• First BEMANI game to use the BEMANI logo and branding on the box art, and in-game (during the credits sequence).
• Total songs: 22

beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini

• Prior to the final game's release, beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini was released together with the soundtrack beatmania 3rdMIX complete on November 27th, 1998.
  • beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini only contains five songs: find out, life goes on, Queen's Jamaica, tribe groove, and wild I/O.
    • life goes on uses lower quality audio samples than that of the AC original and final CS version.
    • Each song's video is recycled from the respective song that has the same genre in beatmania CS.
  • Most of the UI is also recycled from beatmania CS, including the thinner turntable notes and red judgement line.

Staff Information

beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX credits

Song List

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
beatmania 3rdMIX Songs
HARD TECHNO	Attack the music	DJ FX	140	6	6
J-DANCE POP	Believe again HYPER MEGA MIX	dj nagureo featuring miryam	130	2	2
SOUL	find out	nouvo nude	100	1	1
AMBIENT	life goes on	Quadra	125	1	1
EURO BEAT	LUV TO ME THIRD-MIX	miryam reo yoshinori	154	6	6
REGGAE	Queen's Jamaica	Crunky Boy featuring Muhammad	94	4	4
HIPHOP	s.d.z	DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad	100	2	2
DRUM'N BASS	super highway	nouvo nude	160	6	6
WORLD GROOVE	tribe groove	nite system	126	6	6
HOUSE	wild I/O	nouvo nude	130	3	3
Hidden Songs
DIGI ROCK	area code	nouvo nude	112	5	5
80'S J-POP	Believe again	Emotion of Sound featuring miryam	130	4	4
DIGITAL FUNK	nine seconds	nouvo nude	97	5	5
beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX Songs
BOSSA GROOVE	La Bossanova de Fabienne	staccato two-F	143	3	3
BIGBEAT MIX	METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme	ESPACIO BROTHERS	140	4	4
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE	Stop Violence!	Herbie Hammock & His Band	113	3	3
beatmania 2ndMIX Songs
DRUM'N BASS MIX	Deep Clear Eyes	QUADRA	155	5	5
BALLADE (JAZZ-SOUL)	Do you love me?	reo-nagumo	100	2	2
beatmania Songs
HOUSE	20,november (single mix)	DJ nagureo	130	5	-
HOUSE	20,november (radio edit)	DJ nagureo	130	-	5
SOUL	LOVE SO GROOVY	LOVEMINTS	141	4	-
SOUL	LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	LOVEMINTS	141-		4

Hidden Commands

Activate Play Mode or Modifier for Main Game

The information in this section pertains to beatmania CS, beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX (mini), APPEND GOTTAMIX, and all games with a BONUS EDIT mode (4th/5th/GOTTA2/Club) when BONUS EDIT mode is active.

• To activate a play mode or modifier for the main game, you must do so from the PRESS START BUTTON screen and then choose GAME START after you activate it.
  • Unless otherwise noted, actions for activating a play mode or modifier must be performed on only the P1 controller or P2 controller, and will not work if performed on the opposite controller.
    • However, after you activate a play mode or modifier, you can choose GAME START with either controller.
  • When you activate a play mode or modifier, a confirmation sound will play.
    • The active play mode or modifier will be deactivated if you go back to the PRESS START BUTTON screen, or if you choose anything other than GAME START.
  • After you choose GAME START, the activated play mode or modifier will be applied to all sides that play the game.
    • Note that only DOUBLE PLAY or HIDDEN PLAY can be active; it is not possible for both DOUBLE PLAY and HIDDEN PLAY to be active at the same time.

Play Modes

• DOUBLE PLAY
  • "1-Credit": On the P1 controller, while holding down all three white keys (or Left, Square, and X on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button, then quickly release the white keys and hold down all two black keys (L1 and R1).
    • In "1-Credit" DOUBLE PLAY, you play a mode that is similar to FREE mode in certain AC beatmania games. You have two guaranteed stages and can pick any song that is listed.
      • Unlike in certain AC beatmania games however, you do not need to separately enter unlock codes for any songs.
  • "2-Credit": On the P2 controller, while holding down all three white keys (or Left, Square, and X on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button, then quickly release the white keys and hold down all two black keys (L1 and R1).
    • Unlike "1-Credit" DOUBLE PLAY, you can play any normally accessible mode, with all of the restrictions inherent to it.

Modifiers

• HIDDEN PLAY
  • On the P1 controller, while holding down all two black keys (or L1 and R1 on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button (this action can be performed on either P1 or P2), then release the black keys and hold down the left and right white keys (Left and X).

Undocumented Features

These features are only available if you have switched over to beatmania CS, beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX (mini), or APPEND GOTTAMIX via the DISC CHANGE option from either of the following games:

• beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO!
• beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX

Autoplay

• At any time during a song, press and then release START to turn on Autoplay. Press START and release again at any time to turn off Autoplay.
  • Autoplay is available for all game modes (GAME START, TRAINING, and FREE) and will remain enabled between songs in GAME START and FREE modes until the player goes back to the title screen.

Quit Mid-Song

• At any time during a song, press both START and SELECT to quit the song and jump to the results screen.
  • This command is available in GAME START and FREE modes.
  • Be aware that using this command causes a bug where incorrect audio is played during sounds and music.
    • However, the effects of this bug disappear when the player either returns to the title screen or plays a song.

Related Link

• beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX official site (archived)