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Under the 16:9 wide display are the start button, both effector and VEFX buttons, and effector sliders (or the touch screen in the LIGHTNING cabinets). After [[AC 9th style|9th style]], there is also a cardreader in order to use the magnetic/contact-less smart card of [[e-amusement|e-AMUSEMENT]]. Each series produced has a different mix of new songs and older returning songs; starting with [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]], each style has also had a different graphical theme. | Under the 16:9 wide display are the start button, both effector and VEFX buttons, and effector sliders (or the touch screen in the LIGHTNING cabinets). After [[AC 9th style|9th style]], there is also a cardreader in order to use the magnetic/contact-less smart card of [[e-amusement|e-AMUSEMENT]]. Each series produced has a different mix of new songs and older returning songs; starting with [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]], each style has also had a different graphical theme. | ||
beatmania IIDX features quite a few differences from beatmania, including: two extra keys, full-motion video, more powerful hardware, wife-screen display, more powerful speakers. | beatmania IIDX features quite a few differences from beatmania, including: two extra keys, full-motion video, more powerful hardware, wife-screen display, more powerful speakers. Three different models of the cabinet existed: a more standard one called beatmania II, a more advanced one named beatmania IIDX (hence why a lot of older games' generic videos have "beatmania II" in their background videos), and a cabinet with two screens named LIGHTNING MODEL (this last is released on December 16th, 2019). Eventually KONAMI discontinued support for the beatmania II cabs, with the IIDX versions becoming the standard. | ||
As of [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]], two built-in cameras for hand-shooting have been added: one on the metal cage in front of the neon lights pointing at the controls, and one to the left of the screen pointing at the player(s). Initially the game would not boot up if the cameras were not attached; this was eventually patched out. | As of [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]], two built-in cameras for hand-shooting have been added: one on the metal cage in front of the neon lights pointing at the controls, and one to the left of the screen pointing at the player(s). Initially the game would not boot up if the cameras were not attached; this was eventually patched out. | ||