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== Differences between ''beatmania'' and ''beatmania III'' == | == Differences between ''beatmania'' and ''beatmania III'' == | ||
* ''beatmania'' uses the ''DJ MAIN'' platform, built on early 1990s technology. The low performance of this platform compared to the ''FIREBEAT'' used by ''beatmania III'' means that a given ''beatmania III'' release will usually have more songs, better sound quality, and better graphics than its ''beatmania'' equivalent. | * ''beatmania'' uses the ''DJ MAIN'' platform, built on early 1990s technology. The low performance of this platform compared to the ''FIREBEAT'' used by ''beatmania III'' means that a given ''beatmania III'' release will usually have more songs, better sound quality, and better graphics than its ''beatmania'' equivalent. | ||
* ''beatmania III'' uses a scoring system with a maximum score of 100,000 different from the scoring system used before [[AC bm complete|beatmania complete mix]]. | |||
* Like ''beatmania IIDX'', ''beatmania III'' cabinets allow various effects to be applied to audio, though ''beatmania III'' units offered a far more versatile effect selection than contemporary ''beatmania IIDX'' releases. | |||
* ''beatmania III'' allows a player to save their high scores and options, along with some unlocks, to a floppy disk. ''beatmania'' does not have this feature. | * ''beatmania III'' allows a player to save their high scores and options, along with some unlocks, to a floppy disk. ''beatmania'' does not have this feature. | ||
* Later ''beatmania III'' versions often add long versions of songs that do not appear in arcade ''beatmania'' titles. | * Later ''beatmania III'' versions often add long versions of songs that do not appear in arcade ''beatmania'' titles. | ||
* ''beatmania III'' displays a rank after every song played. | |||
* ''beatmania III'' retained separate Normal and Hard modes after ''beatmania'' removed them. | * ''beatmania III'' retained separate Normal and Hard modes after ''beatmania'' removed them. | ||
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