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pop'n music itself had [[PnS_AC|pop'n stage]], which was a bit like ''Pump-It-Up'', but keysounded. This game also had an almost completely original songlist, and near all of its songs would pop up in the main series of pop'n music titles. It even got an upgrade later that year known as '''pop'n stage ex''', which added a new difficulty level, a few songs from the then current [[PnM_AC_3|pop'n music 3]], and two brand-new songs. One of the new songs, [[WE TWO ARE ONE]], introduced [[Seiya Murai]] to BEMANI. Murai would be for years after one of the biggest names in pop'n music, and also a key staff member of KEYBOARDMANIA starting the following year. | pop'n music itself had [[PnS_AC|pop'n stage]], which was a bit like ''Pump-It-Up'', but keysounded. This game also had an almost completely original songlist, and near all of its songs would pop up in the main series of pop'n music titles. It even got an upgrade later that year known as '''pop'n stage ex''', which added a new difficulty level, a few songs from the then current [[PnM_AC_3|pop'n music 3]], and two brand-new songs. One of the new songs, [[WE TWO ARE ONE]], introduced [[Seiya Murai]] to BEMANI. Murai would be for years after one of the biggest names in pop'n music, and also a key staff member of KEYBOARDMANIA starting the following year. | ||
The Sony PlayStation became the new home for most of these new BEMANI arcade releases. DanceDanceRevolution games became huge hits on the system, and the beatmania games continued to sell quite well. KONAMI even dabbled with the Game Boy with their beatmania, producing three games in all. | The Sony PlayStation became the new home for most of these new BEMANI arcade releases. DanceDanceRevolution games became huge hits on the system, and the beatmania games continued to sell quite well. KONAMI even dabbled with the Game Boy with their beatmania games, producing three games in all. | ||
KONAMI knew it couldn't keep their music games to just Japan and Korea at this point, so they started releasing some of their arcade games overseas in North America as well. Unfortunately, the American arcade market at the time wasn't as receptive as they would be just a couple of years later to rhythm games. There were two exceptions, though. The first was [[AC DS 1st|Dancing Stage]], an European arcade game loosely based on [[AC DDR 2nd|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX]] that encouraged KONAMI to release a sequel the following year. The other was '''hiphop completeMIX''', a North American version of [[AC bm complete|beatmania completeMIX]] that also managed a year later to get a sequel. (Unfortunately the cabinet is quite hard to find, even back then.) | KONAMI knew it couldn't keep their music games to just Japan and Korea at this point, so they started releasing some of their arcade games overseas in North America as well. Unfortunately, the American arcade market at the time wasn't as receptive as they would be just a couple of years later to rhythm games. There were two exceptions, though. The first was [[AC DS 1st|Dancing Stage]], an European arcade game loosely based on [[AC DDR 2nd|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX]] that encouraged KONAMI to release a sequel the following year. The other was '''hiphop completeMIX''', a North American version of [[AC bm complete|beatmania completeMIX]] that also managed a year later to get a sequel. (Unfortunately the cabinet is quite hard to find, even back then.) | ||
Lastly, 1999 also marked an extremely important milestone. KONAMI started adapting the BEMANI name for their games, the name itself taken from their first game series beatmania. | Lastly, 1999 also marked an extremely important milestone. KONAMI started adapting the current BEMANI name for their music games, the name itself taken from their first game series beatmania. | ||
So overall 1999 was a very big year for KONAMI's BEMANI series. But 2000 would make 1999 look like nothing happened at all. | So overall 1999 was a very big year for KONAMI's BEMANI series. But 2000 would make 1999 look like nothing happened at all. | ||
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* January 19th: [[AC bm complete|beatmania completeMIX]], a compilation game of the first three [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] [[AC bm 2nd|arcade]] [[AC bm3rd|games]], is released to Japanese arcades. | * January 19th: [[AC bm complete|beatmania completeMIX]], a compilation game of the first three [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] [[AC bm 2nd|arcade]] [[AC bm3rd|games]], is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* January 29th: [[AC DDR 2nd|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * January 29th: [[AC DDR 2nd|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* January 31st: ''beatmania Special CS'' album is released. It contains several songs from the first three beatmania arcade games, coming free with the ''beatmania PRESS MIX'' book KONAMI released to promote beatmania. | |||
== February == | == February == | ||
* February 16th: [[AC GF1|GUITARFREAKS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * February 16th: [[AC GF1|GUITARFREAKS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* [[PnM_CS_1|pop'n music CS]] is released in Japan for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast. | * [[PnM_CS_1|pop'n music CS]] is released in Japan for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast. | ||
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* March 11th: [[CS bm GB|beatmania GB]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | * March 11th: [[CS bm GB|beatmania GB]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | ||
* March 18th: ''GUITAR FREAKS ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | |||
* March 26th: ''pop'n music original soundtrack'' album released. | |||
== April == | == April == | ||
* April 10th: [[CS DDR 1st JP|DanceDanceRevolution CS (Japan)]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * April 10th: [[CS DDR 1st JP|DanceDanceRevolution CS (Japan)]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* ''Konami Game Music Now 1999'' album released. It exclusively contains the new songs from beatmania GB on it, along with various beatmania, DanceDanceRevolution, GUITARFREAKS, and pop'n music songs. | |||
* April 21st: [[AC DDR CLUB VER.1|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX with beatmania IIDX CLUB VERSiON]] is released to Japanese arcades. This game combines DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX and beatmania IIDX together to play 13 songs on for synchronized play. | * April 21st: [[AC DDR CLUB VER.1|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX with beatmania IIDX CLUB VERSiON]] is released to Japanese arcades. This game combines DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX and beatmania IIDX together to play 13 songs on for synchronized play. | ||
* April 23rd: ''beatmania IIDX Original Soundtracks'' album is released, containing (near) all the KONAMI originals new and old from [[AC 1st style|beatmania IIDX]]. | |||
* April 26th: [[AC bm 4th|beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * April 26th: [[AC bm 4th|beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* April 28th: [[CS bm WS|beatmania for WonderSwan]] is released in Japan for the Bandai WonderSwan. | * April 28th: [[CS bm WS|beatmania for WonderSwan]] is released in Japan for the Bandai WonderSwan. | ||
* April 28th: ''' DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX LINK VERSION'' is released to Japanese arcades. This version added five new songs and allows you to play ''any'' song you wish for any stage, a first in the series. | * April 28th: ''' DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX LINK VERSION'' is released to Japanese arcades. This version added five new songs and allows you to play ''any'' song you wish for any stage, a first in the series. | ||
* April 28th: ''Dance Dance Revolution 2nd MIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | |||
== May == | == May == | ||
* May 28th: [[beatmania SuperMIX]] album is released. | |||
* May 29th: [[CS bm GOTTAMIX|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * May 29th: [[CS bm GOTTAMIX|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
== June == | |||
* June 10th: ''beatmania GOTTAMIX Original CD'', a mini-album of the new songs from beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX, is released alongside the ''beatmania GOTTAMIX Consumer Guide'' book. | |||
* June 17th: ''beatmania 4thMIX Original Soundtracks'' album released. | |||
* June 20th: ''Dance Dance Revolution KONAMI ORIGINAL DANCE NUMBERS'' mini-album released. It contains a few songs from [[AC DDR 1st|DanceDanceRevolution]], and was released with a guide book for DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX. | |||
== July == | == July == | ||
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== August == | == August == | ||
* August 6th: ''drummania original soundtracks'' album released. | |||
* August 19th: [[AC DDR Solo BASS|DanceDanceRevolution Solo BASS MIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * August 19th: [[AC DDR Solo BASS|DanceDanceRevolution Solo BASS MIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* August 26th: [[CS DDR 2ndReMIX PS|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * August 26th: [[CS DDR 2ndReMIX PS|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* August 27th: ''beatmania GOTTAMIX Original Soundtracks'' album released. | |||
== September == | == September == | ||
* September 3rd: ''GUITAR FREAKS 2nd MIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | |||
* September 9th: [[CS bm 4th|beatmania APPEND 4thMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * September 9th: [[CS bm 4th|beatmania APPEND 4thMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* September 14th: [[PnM CS 2|pop'n music 2 CS]] is released in Japan for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast. | * September 14th: [[PnM CS 2|pop'n music 2 CS]] is released in Japan for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast. | ||
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== October == | == October == | ||
* October 8th: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring Dynamic Pro'' album released. It contains new remixes of various anime licenses. Notable remixers include [[Hiroshi Watanabe]] and [[Yasuhiko Fukuda]]. | |||
* October 8th: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring Tatsunoko Pro'' album released. It contains remixes of various Tatsunoko Production anime series. Later pop'n music composer CO-PING appears on the album. | |||
* October 22nd: ''pop'n music 2 original soundtracks ★ new songs collection'' album released. | |||
* October 30th: [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * October 30th: [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
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* November 25th: [[CS bm GB Gatcha|beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | * November 25th: [[CS bm GB Gatcha|beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | ||
* November 25th: [[CS DDR 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB vol.1|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * November 25th: [[CS DDR 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB vol.1|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* November 26th: [[Nanka hen da! ~from pop'n music 3 (Limited Edition)|なんか変だ! ~from pop'n music 3 (Limited Edition)]] EP released. It is the only [[Atsushi Shindo]] song released under KONAMI's muslc label. | |||
* November 26th: [[un-Balance ~from pop'n music 3 (Limited Edition)]] EP released. | |||
== December == | == December == | ||
* December 3rd: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring Tsuburaya Pro: ULTRAMANIAX RHYTHM'' album released. It contains exclusively remixes of songs from the popular ''Ultraman'' series of shows. | |||
* December 3rd: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX ULTRAMANIAX BEAT'' album released. | |||
* December 8th: ''Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | |||
* December 9th: [[CS DS TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON|Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * December 9th: [[CS DS TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON|Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* December 16th: [[AC DDR Solo 2000|DanceDanceRevolution Solo 2000]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * December 16th: [[AC DDR Solo 2000|DanceDanceRevolution Solo 2000]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||