beatmania CS General Information

Unless otherwise specified, the information on this page primarily pertains to the Japanese CS beatmania games for the PlayStation.

Controls

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KEY DISCS and APPEND DISCS

• For definitions of KEY DISC and APPEND DISC, see the respective pages.
• You can start any beatmania KEY DISC game individually, and can swap to either a beatmania APPEND DISC or to beatmania CS via the in-game DISC CHANGE menu.
• To play a beatmania APPEND DISC game, you must first start a KEY DISC game, then swap to the APPEND DISC via the KEY DISC's in-game DISC CHANGE menu.
• Some beatmania APPEND DISC games also have a BONUS EDIT mode that can be accessed through a certain disc change order; those games are listed below with an asterisk (*) next to them.

List of beatmania KEY DISCS

• beatmania CS
• beatmania BEST HITS
• beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE CS
• beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO!
• beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX

List of beatmania APPEND DISCS

• beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
• beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX
• beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX
• beatmania APPEND 4thMIX 〜the beat goes on〜*
• beatmania APPEND 5thMIX -Time to get down-*
• beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~*
• beatmania APPEND ClubMIX*

Save File Info

• The following games each have an individual save file:
  • beatmania CS
  • beatmania APPEND 4thMIX 〜the beat goes on〜
  • beatmania APPEND 5thMIX
  • beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE
  • beatmania BEST HITS
  • beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~
  • beatmania APPEND ClubMIX
  • beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO!
  • beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX
• The following games share a save file with beatmania CS, but only one of them can do so at a time on a single memory card:
  • beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
  • beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX (mini)
  • beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX
  • All BONUS EDIT Games (4th/5th/Gotta2/Club)
  • To save scores and song unlocks for each game, you will need to manage a separate save file for each game on separate memory cards.
  • In addition, none of the BONUS EDIT games have an AUTO LOAD feature, so to restore scores and songs unlocks, you will need to manually load your save file from the OPTIONS menu.

BONUS EDIT

• This is a mode that is available in certain beatmania APPEND DISC games.
• The mode lets you play additional songs in the same engine as the one used for beatmania CS through APPEND GOTTAMIX.
• All songs from BONUS EDIT mode are also playable in the respective game's engine after unlocking them.

List of Games With BONUS EDIT Mode

• beatmania APPEND 4thMIX 〜the beat goes on〜
• beatmania APPEND 5thMIX -Time to get down-
• beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~
• beatmania APPEND ClubMIX

How to Access BONUS EDIT Mode

• To access BONUS EDIT mode, use the DISC CHANGE option on the main menu to swap between the following discs, in the order listed below:

1. beatmania CS
2. (Optional, can skip to 3.) APPEND YebisuMIX or APPEND 3rdMIX (mini)
3. APPEND GOTTAMIX
4. (BONUS EDIT Game)

• To indicate that BONUS EDIT is enabled, the screen will show the words Bonus Edit.
• Even after BONUS EDIT is enabled, you can still use the DISC CHANGE option to freely swap between beatmania CS and any other APPEND DISC.
  • However, BONUS EDIT will remain enabled for the applicable games. To swap to the regular game, you must reset the console and then swap to that APPEND DISC from a KEY DISC.

Scroll Speed Multiplier Values for Hi-Speed Options

CS beatmania series

	beatmania CS - APPEND 4thMIX; European Edit	APPEND 5thMIX; BEST HITS	DREAMS COME TRUE; APPEND GOTTAMIX2	APPEND ClubMIX; THE SOUND OF TOKYO!	6thMIX + CORE REMIX	beatmania (2006)
Default *	x1	x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
Hi-Speed 1		x2	x2	x1.6	x1.25	x2
Hi-Speed 2			x3	x2.2	x1.9	x2.5
Hi-Speed 3			x4	x3.3	x2.4	x3
Hi-Speed 4						x3.5

Sound Effectors

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Undocumented Features in Certain Games

• Certain earlier games allow you to enable Autoplay or quit a song before it has ended, both of which are undocumented features that can be unlocked via a specific DISC CHANGE order.

How to Enable

• Start either beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO! or beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX as the KEY DISC.
• On the main menu, choose DISC CHANGE, then switch over to one of the following games:
  • beatmania CS
  • beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
  • beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX (mini)
  • beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX
• Doing so will allow you to use the undocumented features described below when playing a song in that game.

Autoplay

• At any time during a song, press and then release START to turn on Autoplay. Press START and release again at any time to turn off Autoplay.
  • Autoplay is available for all game modes (GAME START, TRAINING, and FREE) and will remain enabled between songs in GAME START and FREE modes until the player goes back to the title screen.

Quit Mid-Song

• At any time during a song, press both START and SELECT to quit the song and jump to the results screen.
  • This command is available in GAME START and FREE modes.
  • Be aware that using this command causes a bug where incorrect audio is played during sounds and music.
    • However, the effects of this bug disappear when the player either returns to the title screen or plays a song.