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= BEMANI Timeline =
= BEMANI Timeline =


In late 1997, KONAMI launched [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]], the very first BEMANI arcade game. While not the first rhythm game, its colorful graphics, variety of music, and then high challenge captivated players, and spawned a music game multimedia franchise that has spawned over a dozen different series, and still continues to thrive in Japan to this day over 20 years later.<br>
In late 1997, KONAMI launched [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]], the very first BEMANI arcade game. While not the first rhythm game, its colorful graphics, variety of music, and then high challenge captivated players, and launched a music game multimedia franchise that has resulted in over a dozen different series, continuing to thrive in Japan to this day nearly 25 years later.<br>


This timeline will cover the following BEMANI-related events by year:
This timeline will cover the following BEMANI-related events by year:
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#Various things that happen to in-house staff members (i.e. [[Akira Yamaoka]]'s quitting KONAMI in 2009.)
#Various things that happen to in-house staff members (i.e. [[Akira Yamaoka]]'s quitting KONAMI in 2009.)


It will NOT cover:
It will ''not'' cover:


#Releases of albums not directly from KONAMI. (There are far too many of these to cover.)
#Releases of albums not directly from KONAMI. (There are far too many of these to cover.)

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