User:Kyle3912/sandbox/beatmania III THE ULTIMATE

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This is currently a work-in-progress. Feel free to expand upon this page or fix errors if necessary.

Imagine this...

One day in late 2003, KONAMI decided to commission a Japanese arcade game developer to create a brand new game: beatmania III THE ULTIMATE. It would be unlike any version before it as it would contain absolutely EVERY song that had ever been playable in any arcade/consumer beatmania title before it, including licenses. Considering their licensing fees at the time, they couldn't really do it themselves, and they had to commission another company to re-license songs and develop the game. These Japanese developers agreed to do this massive project, referencing from the beatmania III THE FINAL source code provided to them by KONAMI (this project assumes that KONAMI still has the source code), and even going as far as to re-license licensed songs that previously appeared, or were removed from prior beatmania games. They also took the time to add in new features to improve the player experience, and the game as a whole. Eventually, after months of hard work and lots of care being put into the game, it was released to Japanese arcades sometime around late 2004, with an American version known as hiphopmania ultimateMIX being released in mid-2005.

New Features

  • The game now uses PC-based hardware, similarly to what beatmania IIDX was doing at the time (and still is today).
  • Save data is now primarily stored on e-amusement ENTRY CARDs, a feature that KONAMI wanted to be included in the game. The publishers of the game later released an updated version of the game in early 2006 that also supports the then-recent e-amusement passes.
    • If you used to save data onto a floppy disk and want to transfer your song records to an ENTRY CARD or e-amusement pass, you can insert the floppy disk into the machine's disk drive, and then insert an ENTRY CARD/pass into the card reader so it can read the data and then add them into the e-amusement card, making any adjustments if necessary. You will then be asked to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive and the game will continue as normal.
  • Some screens had their menu timers changed. Now, MODE SELECT lasts 20 seconds, SOUND SELECT lasts 100 seconds (120 seconds in EXPERT mode), and the screen where your can view your high-scores for each song lasts 90 seconds.
  • The mode selection has been changed to NORMAL, EXPERT, and FREE. NORMAL is the regular play mode, and EXPERT and FREE are nearly identical to the TSUNAGI and SOZAI modes (respectively) from previous beatmania III games.
    • EVENT MODE now also allows you to access the MODE SELECT screen
  • EXPERT mode now allows you to play a set of 3 to 5 songs. (Previously, you were only allowed to play a set of exactly 4 songs.)
  • In the SOUND SELECT screen, difficulties can now be changed by pressing the two black keys simultaneously. (NORMAL→HARD→ANOTHER→FOOT)
    • You can also easily switch to FOOT charts by pressing the foot pedal in the SOUND SELECT screen
  • All music previews are now keysounded and loop from the beginning (no matter where they start) immediately after reaching the end, rather than a while after
  • Songs longer than 2:30 count as 2 stages, while songs longer than 5:00 count as 3.
  • The play option menu in the SOUND SELECT screen has been given an overhaul. You can now use the white keys to go to the next (lower) play option, while the black keys go back to the previous (higher) one.
    • The play frame system has been updated. The "SEPARATE," "COUNTER," and "SPE-ANA" frames are now separate play options (SPE-ANA's option is known as ANALYZER), so every play frame now supports all of these features. Furthermore, all play frames now support FOOT charts. (in beatmania III THE FINAL, it wasn't possible to have a counter while using a singular frame like the CLOUD frame. It is now possible in this game.)
      • Additionally, play frames can now have variations, which are different color schemes for a frame that you can choose from.
    • The FAST PLAY option has been renamed to MUSIC TEMPO and can now be adjusted from ×0.5 to ×2.0 in intervals of ×0.05.
      • Every song now supports all MUSIC TEMPO options as well, and you can now properly see a song's visual animations while playing on faster MUSIC TEMPO options. (Earlier games just displayed a generic animation with your FAST PLAY option instead of the song's animations)
        • The tempo-adjusted song length is used to determine how many stages the song counts as.
      • Timing windows are now consistent between all MUSIC TEMPO options over ×1, now using the timing windows for ×1 MUSIC TEMPO, no matter how high the MUSIC TEMPO is. (The developers said that this change makes the option more accessible to people who don't like the tight timing windows of FAST PLAY in previous beatmania III games. I might be wrong about this, though...)
    • The HI-SPEED option has been updated: This option can now be set anywhere from ×0.25 to ×20 in intervals of ×0.05
  • All duplicate charts have now been dealt with, as songs with duplicated charts now use their charts from their latest appearance in beatmania. If the song had duplicate charts in their latest appearance, the developers decided to either replace a specific chart of the song with a unique chart created in-house, or remove it altogether. Not only that, but all DOUBLE charts can now have separate ratings from SINGLE charts. 2-player FOOT charts still can't be played in DOUBLE PLAY, though.
  • The scoring system has finally been updated to have JUST GREATs be worth twice as many points as normal GREATs, thus raising the maximum possible score on any song to 200,000.
    • The score counter has also been upgraded to hold up to seven digits.

Full Songlist

Charts with bolded difficulty numbers are new charts. DOUBLE charts with a * symbol next to their difficulty number use the alternative DOUBLE version of the song.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
NORMAL HARD ANOTHER NORMAL HARD ANOTHER
beatmania 1stMIX (10 songs)
PRACTICE PRACTICE STAGE DJ KONAMI 112 1 - - 1 - -
BREAKBEATS greed eater The Dust Fathers 112 1 - - 1 - -
REGGAE jam jam reggae jam master '73 90 1 - - 1 - -
HIPHOP u gotta groove DJ nagureo 94-100 1 3 - 1 3 -
BREAKBEATS 2 gorgeous 4U prophet-31 150 2 - - 2 - -
DJ-BATTLE DJ BATTLE DJ nagureo 112 3 - - 3 - -
TECHNO OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix) MIRAK 132 / 134 3 - - 4* - -
HOUSE 20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit) DJ nagureo 130 4 5 6 4* 6* 8*
RAVE e-motion e.o.s 130 4 5 - 4 5 -
SOUL LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) LOVEMINTS 141 4 4 4 4* 4* 4*
beatmania 2ndMIX
beatmania 3rdMIX (1 song so far)
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE Stop Violence! Herbie Hammock & His Band 127 3 4 - 3 4 -
beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX (5 songs)
FUNK Cat Song ~Theme of UPA UPA&NORA 127 1 - - 1 - -
UK GARAGE BODY Tomoki Hirata 134 1 - - 2 - -
UK GARAGE Ain't It Good Tomoki Hirata 134 2 - - 2 - -
ASIAN TRADITIONAL Changing the ASIA CHEAP FOREST 95 2 - - 2 - -
BOSSA GROOVE papayapa bossa staccato two-J 143 2 - - 2 - -
HARD HOUSE I.C.B. TOMOKI HIRATA ~remixed by r24bm 140 4 - - 4 - -
beatmania completeMIX
beatmania GB (10 songs)
REGGAE It's your funky life! GB-MIX 90 1 1 - 1 1 -
CLASSIC Suites No.3 Air GB-MIX 68 1 1 - 1 1 -
JAZZ Kiiroi Kabin GB-MIX 131 2 2 - 2 2 -
DISCO MIRROR BALL GB-MIX 143 2 2 - 2 2 -
RAKUGAKIDS Theme of RAKUGAKIDS GB-MIX 143 2 2 - 2 2 -
CLASSIC Amadeus Mania GB-MIX 127 3 3 - 3 3 -
LATIN Feel the Beat! GB-MIX 113 3 3 - 3 3 -
CLASSIC The Nutcracker Suite GB-MIX 143 3 3 - 3 3 -
COUNTRY Cow Boy Star GB-MIX 143 4 4 - 4 4 -
E.N.K. おっかさんの歌 GB-MIX 95 5 5 - 5 5 -
beatmania 4thMIX
beatmania GOTTAMIX
beatmania 5thMIX
beatmania GB 2 ガッチャミックス
beatmania completeMIX 2
beatmania completeMIX 2 ANOTHER
beatmania IIDX 3rd style
beatmania APPEND 5thMIX
beatmania III (1 song so far)
TEKNO 12.4 RAM 152 5 6 8 5 6 9
beatmania ClubMIX (21 songs)
TECHNO CLASSIC Tokyo European Espresso FinalOffset 127 1 3 - 1 3 -
HIPHOP COMMITTED FEAT. PHIFE AMBIVALENCE 94 2 3 - 2 3 -
BREAKBEATS MASK RAM 152 2 3 - 2 3 -
DIGIROCK Snatcher ~Dual Vacuum Mix~ FinalOffset 114 2 3 - 2 3 -
ELECTRO POP TOKIO REMIXED BY TATSUYA NISHIWAKI 166 2 3 - 2 3 -
LATIN Viva2000 -27mix REMIXED BY DJ NAGUREO 120 2 3 - 2 3 -
GARAGE HOUSE DON'T STOP THE MUSIC COSA NOSTRA (ERIC KUPPER REMIX) 126 2 4 - 2 4 -
LATIN HOUSE FALLING COSA NOSTRA (YUKIHIRO FUKUTOMI REMIX) 125 2 5 - 2 5 -
BIGBEAT SUPER DYNAMITE SOUL DJ MURPHY 129 3 4 - 3 4 -
HARD HOUSE TRIBE SONIC AKI 130 3 4 - 3 4 -
DISCO DISCO DANCING DJ SIMON 126 3 5 - 3 5 -
BREAKBEATS FURUHATA'S THEME REMIXED BY U10G 131 3 6 - 3 6 -
RAVE SKA TAIYO NI HOERO -SHOUGEKI- REMIXED BY U10G 160 3 7 7 3 7 7
LATIN HOUSE WALKIN' IN THE SUN YUKIHIRO FUKUTOMI 128 4 4 - 4 4 -
MODS BANG BANG BANG REMIXED BY TATSUYA NISHIWAKI feat. REIKA MORISHITA 200 4 5 - 4 5 -
80'S DISCO KOI NO BOOGIE-WOOGIE TRAIN REMIXED BY U10G DJ NAGUREO feat. CHAKA 120 4 5 - 4 5 -
LOUNGE GROOVE DOLLY CATCHER MONTPARNASSE 145 4 6 - 4 6 -
HAPPY DA MUZIK GIANT TOMO 144 5 6 6 5 6 6
CYBER FUNK GAME SLAKE 175 5 6 6 5 6 6
TRANCE VENUS ON YOUR SMILE H2H 140 5 7 7 5 7 7
BIGBEAT SWEET BREEZE ESCALATOR TEAM 150 5 8 - 5 8 -
beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE
beatmania GOTTAMIX 2
beatmania GB ガッチャミックス2
beatmania CORE REMIX (2 songs so far)
BIGBEAT STAY WITH ME ~BIGBEAT MIX~ dj nagureo 171 3 3 4 3 3 4
DJ-BATTLE DJ-BATTLE ~JODLER MIX~ DJ SIMON 130-240 3 5 - 3 5 -
beatmania APPEND ClubMIX (3 songs)
HOKOTEN BREAKS GANBARE NIHONCHA!! DJ TAKAWO 174 3 4 - 3 4 -
MONDO CUBAN SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE -B.L.T. STYLE- Togo Project feat. Sana 90-180 3 5 - 3 5 -
AMBIENT INFINITE PRAYER -floating flock style- L.E.D.LIGHT feat.GORO 120 4 5 - 4 5 -
beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO! (13 songs)
BOOGIE DISCO BREAK How to Scratch Part.1 TMVG (AKIRA MIZUMOTO+HIBIKI TOKIWA) 119 1 6 7 1 6 7
LATIN BREAKBEATS mambotango no.5 COMOESTAS 135 1 6 7 1 6 7
GROOVY DRUM METHOD ビートの達人 小西 康陽 163 1 8 9 1 8 9
POP ART BREAKBEATS THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT P&ART SASANOOOHA(パンダとササノハ) 185 2 3 4 2 3 4
SWEET FUTURE JAZZ Young Gun(Who is H&H) 須永 辰緒 124 2 5 6 2 5 6
LOVE GROOVE I LOVE YOU 野本 かりあ 127 3 4 5 3 4 5
JOKER BREAKBEATS a monkey scratches atomic soul experiences 166 3 5 6 3 5 6
LATIN HI-NRG GAME OF EXOTICA TAKÉ RODRIGUEZ AND HIS EXOTIC ARKESTRA 161 3 5 6 3 5 6
JAZZY GROOVE 中華街大作戦 横山 剣 (クレイジーケンバンド) 182 3 6 7 3 6 7
JOKER SAMBA HOUSE サンバじゃない? ロケットマン 134 4 5 6 4 5 6
BRAZILIAN HOUSE POP A.O.R. Mansfield 123 4 6 6 4 6 6
HAPPY HI-NRG BLAST OFF! The Orangers 165 4 6 7 4 6 7
ORGAN JAZZ LOUNGE あ! ことりになっちゃった! TUCKER 109-154 5 7 8 5 7 8
beatmania 6thMIX
beatmania 7thMIX
beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX (6 songs)
UK GARAGE Ain't it good -2001 South LONDON MIX- Remixed by TOMOKI HIRATA (Original Music by TOMOKI HIRATA) 134 2 3 - 2 3 -
FILTER DISCO Lonely Man -Sunaga t' Experience's mix- Remixed by Sunaga t' Experience's (Original Music by SHOGUN) 116 2 3 - 2 3 -
AMBIENT POP La Bossanova de Sana Remixed by Mitsuto Suzuki (Original Music by Sana & Togo) 115 3 4 6 3 4 6
BOSSA GOGO Bad City -readymade 524 mix- Remixed by KONISHI yasuharu (Original Music by SHOGUN) 180-200 3 5 - 3 5 -
MONDO JAZZ Stop Violence! -B.L.T. Re Production- Remixed by Togo (Original Music by Herbie Hammock & His Band) 141 4 5 - 4 5 -
beatmania THE FINAL (44 songs)
DANCE POP Dr.LOVE baby weapon feat. Asuka.M 123 2 3 - 3 3 -
LATIN POP BAILA! BAILA! DANDY MINEIRO 130 2 5 6 3 4 5
HIPHOP HIT'N'SLAP ASLETICS 103 2 6 7 2 6 7
PERCUSSIVE 西新宿清掃曲 サイモンマン 140-280 2 6 9 1 5 9
CYBER PUNK CAT MAN CALF 110 2 7 8 4 7 7
EXPERIMENTAL 赤カーテン mur.mur.kurotoh 215 3 4 - 3 4 -
BIG BEAT GAMBOL SLAKE 102 3 4 - 4 5 -
DUB POP SAVIOR reo nagumo feat. Lala Moore 90 3 5 - 3 4 -
EURO GROOVE SYNTH 1997 e.o.s 130 3 5 - 4 4 -
2STEP birdman NM feat. TIME 130 3 5 6 3 5 6
NU JAZZ NURUHACHI ASLETICS 128 3 5 7 2 5 7
J-R&B calling for destiny NM feat. NAPPO 102 3 6 - 3 6 -
DISCO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY KAZ SENOO feat. MANNY MENDEZ 125 3 6 6 4 5 5
BROKEN BEATS 蝶の羽 SLAKE feat. ANCTEA 135 3 6 7 1 6 6
DISCO TRANCE RE-ROOTS NAPAKICK 130 3 6 8 2 6 8
J-GARAGE POP Miracle Moon Togo Project featuring Sana 128 4 - - 3 - -
HYPER EUROBEAT KISS KISS KISS NAOKI feat. SHANTI 150 4 5 - 4 5 -
BROKEN AMBIENCE one seek positive MA feat. akino 145 4 5 - 4 5 -
KONAMIX MGS2 mission R Remixed by L.E.D. (Original Music by NORIHIKO HIBINO) 150 4 5 6 4 5 6
TRANCE TECHNO special energy DJ FX 140 4 5 6 2 8 7
TECHNO ULTRA RAM 130 4 5 7 3 6 8
BREAKBEATS TRANCE FIRE WIRE PINK PONG 137 4 5 7 4 7 8
CANDY POP CANDY☆ Luv UNLIMITED 192 4 5 8 4 7 8
EPILOGUE fellows dj taka feat. sana 135 4 6 - 4 7 -
DRUM'N'BASS gentle stress DJ Swan 175 4 6 6 4 6 7
TRANCE PURE DREAM PINK PONG 142 4 6 8 4 6 7
HARD COUNTRY Jet World Mutsuhiko Izumi 138 4 6 9 2 7 9
PROGRESSIVE The Least 100 sec Sasaki Hirofumi 263 4 7 - 4 7 -
GUITAR PUNK Happy Man Mutsuhiko Izumi 180 4 7 8 4 7 8
DRUM'N'BASS SHOX RAM 175 4 7 9 3 7 9
GOA TRANCE IMPLANTATION TOMOSUKE 145 4 7 9 6 7 9
EURO GROOVE BRILLIANT 2U NAOKI 150 5 5 6 4 5 5
PSYCHEDELIC perfect sunrise MIRAK feat. Brian Smith 124 5 5 6 5 5 8
TECHNO 2.14.13 dj nagureo 130 5 6 - 5 6 -
BOSSA LOUNGE LA BRISE D'ETE Orange Lounge 100 5 6 - 5 6 -
DRUM'N'BASS CLOUDY MUSIC SLAKE 190 5 6 - 5 7 -
MIXTURAL COREDESAT Des-ROW ??? 5 6 - 6 7 -
BREAKBEATS RETROFUTURE DJ SIMON 100 5 6 - 6 8 -
HAPPY HARDCORE LOVE D RIVE D-crew 190 5 7 8 5 7 7
MIXTURE VOIDDD Des-ROW feat. Kevin Vecchione 136 6 7 - 4 7 -
PSYCHEDELIC Quickening dj TAKA 150 6 7 8 5 6 9
HIP-ROCK 大見解 Des-ROW 143-172 6 7 8 6 8 8
GAMELAN TRANCE GAMELAN DE COUPLE TOMOSUKE 138 6 7 9 7 8 9
RADA TECHNO taulanaewn mur.mur.kurotoh 147 6 8 - 5 8 -


Play Frames

The first variant listed for a play style is the default.

  • AUTO (Default option. The play frame and variant chosen depends on what song you're playing)
  • CLOUD
  • TECHNO
  • STREET
  • METAL
  • JAPAN
  • SHINY (SPE-ANA as a separate play frame)
  • SEA
  • EXOTIC (In a European version, this would be called WORLD due to censorship)
  • BOLD
    • YELLOW, RED, PINK, BLUE, GREEN
  • STYLISH
    • PRETTY, SPARKLY, SHINY
  • RAINBOW
    • STATIC, ANIMATED
  • KONAMI
  • completeMIX (A remake of the play frame from beatmania through completeMIX)
    • CLASSIC (beatmania and 2ndMIX), C-METAL (3rdMIX and completeMIX)
  • completeMIX 2 (A remake of the play frame from beatmania 4thMIX, 5thMIX and completeMIX 2)
  • ClubMIX
    • GREEN, SMOKY BLUE, PINK, GRAY, BLUE, ORANGE, LIME GREEN, BABY PINK, DARK GRAY, PURPLE, LIGHT BLUE, BROWN
  • 6thMIX
    • GRAY, RED, GOLD, FOREST, DARKNESS, CHOCOLATE, OCEAN, FLAT