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= 2000 = | = 2000 = | ||
The year 2000 might have been KONAMI's biggest year ever with BEMANI. In addition to all their previous series of the following years receiving brand-new games, which all had several new installments this year, KONAMI released '''three''' new BEMANI series: | The year 2000 might have been KONAMI's biggest year ever with BEMANI. In addition to all their previous series of the following years receiving brand-new games, which all had several new installments this year, KONAMI released '''three''' new BEMANI series: [[Dance Maniax Information|Dance Maniax]], [[KEYBOARDMANIA Information|KEYBOARDMANIA]], and [[ParaParaParadise Information|ParaParaParadise]]. They also released ''another'' spinoff of beatmania; [[AC bm III|beatmania III]]. | ||
2000 also saw the year of KONAMI slowly transitioning to more powerful consoles for their BEMANI series. With the exception of Dance Maniax, all of the year's new BEMANI series ran on the more powerful BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, which allowed for more space and better graphics. pop'n music even began using it this year, beginning with [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Curiously, KONAMI continued to run the original beatmania series on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE, and beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and GUITARFREAKS/drummania would continue to run on PlayStation-based hardware for a few more years. (Dance Maniax ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware used for [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution]] through [[AC DDR EXTREME|EXTREME]], as well as [[AC GF3|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] & [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] through [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]].) | 2000 also saw the year of KONAMI slowly transitioning to more powerful consoles for their BEMANI series. With the exception of Dance Maniax, all of the year's new BEMANI series ran on the more powerful BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, which allowed for more space and better graphics. pop'n music even began using it this year, beginning with [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Curiously, KONAMI continued to run the original beatmania series on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE, and beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and GUITARFREAKS/drummania would continue to run on PlayStation-based hardware for a few more years. (Dance Maniax ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware used for [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution]] through [[AC DDR EXTREME|EXTREME]], as well as [[AC GF3|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] & [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] through [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]].) | ||
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* June 21st: [[AC DDR 3rd PLUS|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX PLUS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * June 21st: [[AC DDR 3rd PLUS|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX PLUS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* June 21st: [[CS DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * June 21st: [[CS DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* June 21st: | * June 21st: [[AC DMX|Dance Maniax]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* June 21st: ''pop'n music 4 arcade originals'' album released. | * June 21st: ''pop'n music 4 arcade originals'' album released. | ||
* June 28th: ''Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | * June 28th: ''Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | ||
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== December == | == December == | ||
* December 5th: | * December 5th: [[AC DMX 2nd|Dance Maniax 2ndMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* December 6th: ''Dance Dance Revolution Disney's RAVE Original Soundtrack'' album released. Similar to the ''pop'n music ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK MICKEY TUNES'' album, this soundtrack was published by Walt Disney Records and distributed by avex distribution, due to its usage of Disney music. | * December 6th: ''Dance Dance Revolution Disney's RAVE Original Soundtrack'' album released. Similar to the ''pop'n music ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK MICKEY TUNES'' album, this soundtrack was published by Walt Disney Records and distributed by avex distribution, due to its usage of Disney music. | ||
* December 6th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA 2nd MIX + consumer1 new songs'' album released. | * December 6th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA 2nd MIX + consumer1 new songs'' album released. |