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* Released: September 1998
* Released: September 1998
* The ''only'' version of the series, arcade, home, CD, or otherwise, labeled with the italic ''Konami'' logo used from 1986 to 1998. The first two versions of ''beatmania'' also used it.
* This game ran on the BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE arcade system, the same one used for ''beatmania'', hence the poor graphic quality as opposed to later games in the series. The series would continue to run on this hardware through [[PnM_AC_3|Pop'n Music 3]]. Pop'n Music spinoff [[PnS_AC_1|Pop'n Stage]] also used the same hardware.
* This game ran on the BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE arcade system, the same one used for ''beatmania'', hence the poor graphic quality as opposed to later games in the series. The series would continue to run on this hardware through [[PnM_AC_3|Pop'n Music 3]]. Pop'n Music spinoff [[PnS_AC_1|Pop'n Stage]] also used the same hardware.
* Two of the game's composers, [[Reo Nagumo]] and [[Takeyasu Hiroshi]], also worked on the original ''beatmania''. Both have continued long careers in the Pop'n series.
* Two of the game's composers, [[Reo Nagumo]] and [[Takeyasu Hiroshi]], also worked on the original ''beatmania''. This game also marks the first appearance of Hiroki Koga (Naya-n). He arranged The Theme of Gamber Z (ANIME HERO).
* Only one difficulty level was present for songs in the original. The easiest was FANTASY, which was a 3. The hardest song was SPY, which was a 16.
* The only song from this game that would one day get an EX chart is Fantasy (it's a 30). It would get this EX chart in [[PnM AC 11|Pop'n Music 11]].
* First appearances of Ikeda Tomonori, Youhei Shimizu, [[Sugimoto Kiyotaka]] (DJ SIMON), and [[Sanae Shintani]] in Bemani.
* First appearances of Ikeda Tomonori, Youhei Shimizu, [[Sugimoto Kiyotaka]] (DJ SIMON), and [[Sanae Shintani]] in Bemani.
* This game also marks the first appearance of Hiroki Koga (Naya-n). He arranged The Theme of Gamber Z (ANIME HERO).
* Only one difficulty level was present for songs in the original. The easiest was FANTASY (3), and the hardest song is SPY (16).
* Total number of songs: 14
* Total number of songs: 14