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This page is for the 1998 PlayStation release titled beatmania. For other games titled beatmania, please see beatmania (disambiguation).

beatmania CS

Release Information

• Release dates:
  • Original release: October 1st, 1998
    • Retail value: 5,800 yen
  • BEST edition: December 9th, 1999
    • Retail value: 2,800 yen

General Information / Changes

• A direct port of beatmania 2ndMIX.
• This game was the only KEY DISC for all the other beatmania PlayStation releases until beatmania BEST HITS. After that, other titles were also released as KEY DISC.
• The game was issued on two discs: the first one being labeled as ARCADE 2ndMIX and the other as APPEND YebisuMIX.
  • The name Yebisu is a reference to the Yebisu Garden Place (恵比寿ガーデンプレイス), a centre where the KCEJ WEST office was located at that time.
• Only CS BEMANI release to feature the original 1986-1998 italicized KONAMI logo in-game and on the packaging (the BEST edition shows the newer 1998-2003 logo).
• First BEMANI project worked on by Hiroyuki Togo, who would remain a prominent staff member of the CS beatmania series.
• Total songs: 23 (2ndMIX), 9 (YebisuMIX)

Staff Information

beatmania CS credits

Song List

ARCADE 2ndMIX

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
beatmania Songs
HIP-HOP	u gotta groove	DJ nagureo	94-100	1	1
REGGAE	jam jam reggae	jam master '73	90	2	2
TECHNO	OVERDOSER (romo mix)	MIRAK	132	3	-
	OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	MIRAK	134	-	3
BREAK-BTS	2 gorgeous 4U	pro phet-31	150	3	-
	greed eater	The Dust Fathers	112	-	3
SOUL	LOVE SO GROOVY	LOVEMINTS	141	4	-
	LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	LOVEMINTS	141	-	4
HOUSE	20,november (single mix)	DJ nagureo	130	5	-
	20,november (radio edit)	DJ nagureo	130	-	5
RAVE	e-motion	e.o.s	140-145	4	4
DJ-BATTLE	DJ BATTLE		93	N/A	N/A
beatmania 2ndMIX Songs
-	PRACTICE STAGE		100	N/A	N/A
AMBIENT	Beginning of life	QUADRA	110	2	2
REGGAE FUNKY MIX	jam jam reggae (FUNKY jam Cookie mix)	Crunky Boy	90	2	2
BALLAD (JAZZ-SOUL)	Do you love me?	reo-nagumo	100	2	2
HIP-HOP STREET MIX	u gotta groove (Triple Mazin Dub)	DJ Mazinger	94	3	3
JAPANESE HIP-HOP	tokai	perfomeed by co-key DJ Mazinger	97	4	4
KONAMIX	Salamander Beat Crush mix	NITE SYSTEM	134	4	4
HOUSE SPILITUAL MIX	LOVE SO GROOVY (Nite's After Luv mix)	NITE SYSTEM	131	4	4
MINIMAL TECHNO MIX	OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix)	QUADRA	133	5	5
SKA	SKA a go go	THE BALD HEADS	144-160	6	6
DRUM'N BASS MIX	Deep Clear Eyes	QUADRA	155	6	6
HARD TEKNO	Acid Bomb	DJ FX	140	6	6
RAVE	e-motion (2nd MIX)	e.o.s	140-145	N/A	N/A

APPEND YebisuMIX

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
New CS Songs
FUNK	Cat Song ～Theme of UPA	UPA&NORA	127	1	1
STYLISH GARAGE	Body	TOMOKI HIRATA ～remixed by r24bm	134	1	1
BOSSA GROOVE	PAPAYAPA BOSSA	staccato two-J	143	2	2
ASIAN TRADITIONAL	Changing the ASIA	CHEAP FOREST	95	2	2
SPEED GARAGE	Ain't it Good	TOMOKI HIRATA ～remixed by r24bm	134	3	3
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE	Stop Violence!	Herbie Hammock & His Band	113	4	4
HARD HOUSE	I.C.B.	TOMOKI HIRATA ～remixed by r24bm	140	4	4
BIGBEAT MIX	METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme	ESPACIO BROTHERS	140	5	5
BOSSA GROOVE	La Bossanova de Fabienne	staccato two-F	143	5	5

EXPERT Courses

If the courses are played with two players, the alternate songs or versions are used instead of the original.

No.	Song	No.	Song
CLASSIC		VOCAL
1.	2 gorgeous 4U / greed eater	1.	tokai
2.	OVERDOSER	2.	jam jam reggae (FUNKY jam Cookie mix)
3.	LOVE SO GROOVY	3.	20,november
4.	20,november	4.	SKA a go go
5.	e-motion	5.	Do you love me?
TECHNO
1.	OVERDOSER	1.
2.	OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix)	2.
3.	Salamander Beat Crush mix	3.
4.	Beginning of life	4.
5.	Deep Clear Eyes	5.

Unlock Information

Alternate EXPERT Mode Songs

• Hold the SELECT button while choosing EXPERT mode. Alternate songs will appear on a particular stage, depending on which EXPERT course was chosen.
  • CLASSIC EXPERT course: e-motion (2nd MIX) will be played on the fifth stage, instead of e-motion.
  • TECHNO EXPERT course: Acid Bomb will be played on the third stage, instead of Salamander Beat Crush mix.

Related Link

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