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GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX

Release Information

• Location test dates:
  • June 28th to July 7th, 2002
  • July 2nd to 7th, 2002
  • July 10th to 14th, 2002
  • July 22nd to 28th, 2002
• Release date: August 30th, 2002

General Information / Changes

• BASS charts, which have been around since GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX, are finally given individual ratings.
• Launch title for e-AMUSEMENT. At this point in time it was only used for keeping track of machine high scores and submitting internet ranking scores, profile support would not occur until power-up ver..
• First game in the series to feature a licensed BONUS TRACK song.
• First game to have songwheel and banners in the music select interface.
• First game to allow players to change difficulty and settings in EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE.
• A new font for note combo and judgements is introduced, which would be used up to GuitarFreaks V8 & DrumMania V8.
• BRANCH and REVERSE modifiers are introduced.
• With the release of the newer PlayStation 2 games, GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX are the only installments in the classic GuitarFreaks & DrumMania franchise between GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX and GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX to have all of their licenses on CS GuitarFreaks & DrumMania games.
• This is the first GuitarFreaks & DrumMania game with original Hirofumi Sasaki songs where he did not compose one of the EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE songs.
• System BGM is composed by TOMOSUKE.
• Final game in the series to have genres for songs, though they are only listed for the new KONAMI originals on the title screen and are not shown in-game or on the website.
• Total songs: 106 (101 in both, 2 only in GUITARFREAKS, 3 only in drummania)

Staff Information

• GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX Credits
• GUITAR FREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX OST Booklet Credits

Full Song List

• GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX full song list

New Songs

Default Songs

Song	Artist	BPM	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
			Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
KONAMI originals
BRE∀K DOWN! (GF&DM STYLE)	BeForU	190	14	39	58	19	32	40	24	58	-	30	38	41
cachaca	Mokky de Yah Yah's	128	32	52	66	26	34	44	26	32	-	32	39	40
☆CANDY	野獣王国	114	24	53	78	20	25	33	35	50	-	22	25	35
CHOCOLATE PHILOSOPHY	常盤ゆう	110	16	44	68	16	33	44	20	24	-	21	37	46
Homesick Pt.2&3 from pop'n music 5	ORANGENOISE SHORTCUT	178	16	33	70	19	30	51	28	29	-	23	28	47
Keiko my love	Jimmy Weckl	120	32	50	67	24	40	53	33	49	-	28	44	54
KISS ME GOODBYE!	TAEKO	120	31	63	69	26	34	48	31	40	-	31	40	50
SWEET FELINE	Anna Vieste	157	15	28	43	19	22	29	24	26	-	20	23	32
THE OCEAN AND YOU	古川もとあき	128	15	32	46	28	29	40	23	36	68	29	40	56
The sun shines through rain	高野治幸&NEW BIG 5	146	18	24	40	22	30	43	18	20	-	21	33	50
To the IST	Glancer	99	22	42	56	19	38	59	19	22	-	29	48	68
too late two	Des-ROW	???	21	38	60	22	30	60	30	39	-	39	46	74
美丽的家乡	劉鋒	145	16	36	64	19	27	41	19	24	-	28	32	46
そっと。	鈴木 愛	290	35	77	79	41	65	74	60	67	-	51	59	66
BONUS TRACK
HEAVEN INSIDE	Stephen McKnight	155	18	40	57	24	37	44	-	-	-	-	-	-
SUZY AND THE TIME MACHINE	Thomas Howard Lichtenstein	190	18	31	56	24	34	57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sweet Illusion	vivi(from iyiyim)	114	22	27	37	19	26	36	-	-	-	-	-	-
ファミレス・ボンバー License	(SEX MACHINEGUNS)	???	29	53	66	23	48	65	-	-	-	-	-	-
Licensed Covers
ANOTHER WORLD	(Gackt)	201	12	24	55	23	33	52	30	50	-	37	39	50
Home Girl	(THE☆SCANTY)	165	14	26	40	17	21	38	20	23	30	24	26	33
I FOUGHT THE LAW	(THE CLASH)	152	14	32	58	15	21	45	21	23	-	16	22	45
MIND YOUR STEP!	(SNAIL RAMP)	204	17	30	65	19	37	51	24	53	-	23	39	52
Power	(HELLOWEEN)	220	13	29	55	15	38	40	19	45	-	22	35	37
RUSSIAN ROULETTE	(布袋寅泰)	173	16	39	54	21	32	58	25	31	-	27	34	53
人にやさしく	(THE BLUE HEARTS)	???	12	20	58	22	28	53	20	30	-	24	34	48
♥桃色片思い♥	(松浦亜弥)	154	16	34	54	17	23	30	20	22	-	26	29	35
ロマンス	(PENICILLIN)	146	14	30	53	21	47	66	23	24	-	22	54	62
ロビンソン	(スピッツ)	???	11	25	39	18	19	20	21	27	-	18	19	25

EXTRA/ENCORE STAGEs

Note: Infinite received Bass and Open Pick charts in GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX power-up ver..

Song	Artist	BPM	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
			Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
EXTRA STAGE
三毛猫ロック	亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾	246	33	49	65	41	49	79	28	46	48	47	65	77
ENCORE STAGE
MODEL DD3	Mutsuhiko Izumi	230	60	81	90	67	76	93	80	94	97	72	79	90
BONUS TRACK EXTRA STAGE
ツミナガラ... と彼女は謂ふ	あさき	153	50	77	83	46	62	78	32	41	-	55	65	72
BONUS TRACK ENCORE STAGE
Infinite	PARALLEL FLOATERS	170	39	54	72	21	24	54	24	26	33	20	33	51

NONSTOP Mode

No.	Song	Drum			Guitar
		Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Come Back !!
1.	P.P.R.	33	47	61	32	44	57
2.	I'M GONNA GET YOU!
3.	しりとり
4.	SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
SMASHING HITS
1.	Can't Help Fall In Love	17	33	60	19	33	49
2.	MIND YOUR STEP!
3.	I FOUGHT THE LAW
4.	Power
MEN'S
1.	ROCKET DIVE	18	36	60	23	43	69
2.	人にやさしく
3.	ロマンス
4.	みかんのうた
EXOTIC TRAVEL
1.	美丽的家乡	26	46	69	23	37	51
2.	cachaca
3.	O JIYA
4.	Keiko my love
TOMBOY
1.	BRE∀K DOWN! (GF&DM STYLE)	20	44	62	23	37	51
2.	Home Girl
3.	Homesick Pt.2&3
4.	そっと。
Sketchbook
1.	ロビンソン	31	51	61	26	33	45
2.	YOU ELEVATE ME
3.	My first kiss
4.	子供の落書き帳
fusion
1.	THE OCEAN AND YOU	20	45	64	26	32	45
2.	CAPTAIN'S VOYAGE
3.	SMILE FOR YOU
4.	☆CANDY
jazzy
1.	Brazilian Anthem	38	51	66	40	55	66
2.	The sun shines through rain
3.	SEA ANEMONES
4.	One Phrase Blues
J-POP
1.	♥桃色片思い♥	14	30	49	19	35	50
2.	ANOTHER WORLD
3.	ボーイフレンド
4.	RUSSIAN ROULETTE
To the GOODBYE !
1.	To the IST	22	43	57	20	30	49
2.	SWEET FELINE
3.	too late two
4.	KISS ME GOODBYE!
TOMOSUKE a Go Go !
1.	Sunflower Girl	15	38	60	22	32	45
2.	Rebirth
3.	jet coaster☆girl
4.	CHOCOLATE PHILOSOPHY
CHALLENGE !!!
1.	三毛猫ロック	45	65	78	?	?	?
2.	ツミナガラ... と彼女は謂ふ
3.	MODEL DD3
4.	Infinite

Revived Songs

The following songs from previous GUITARFREAKS & drummania titles have been revived:

Song Title	Artist	Game
Ultimate power	Vaccines	drummania / GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX
P.P.R.	Handsome JET	drummania 2ndMIX
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN	Monoral Heads	GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX
DAY DREAM	Mutsuhiko Izumi	GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX
I'M GONNA GET YOU!	Kelly Cosmo	GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX
しりとり	Fantastic factory	GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX

New Charts

None.

Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last appearances:

Song	Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
		Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Across the nightmare	drummania / GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX	42→37	-	60→59	32→34	39→42	42→46	-	-	-	-	-	-
JET WORLD	drummania / GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX	37→29	49→42	52→47	22→23	45→50	63→68	-	-	-	-	-	-
MAGIC MUSIC MAGIC	GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX	-	-	-	38→43	52→58	62→68	-	-	-	-	-	-
COSMIC COWGIRL	drummania 2ndMIX	36→34	60→57	81→72	29→31	31→33	38→41	-	-	-	-	-	-
ERASER ENGINE	GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX	-	-	-	38→43	43→48	53→59	-	-	-	-	-	-
FIRE (Long Version)	GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX	26→13	51→43	60→53	26→33	36→43	47→55	-	-	-	-	-	-
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL	drummania 2ndMIX	29→21	50→48	72→74	12→18	16→21	31→33	-	-	-	-	-	-
STOP SPINNING ME IN CIRCLES	drummania 2ndMIX	-	55→52	71→67	31→32	34→36	41→44	-	-	-	-	-	-

Removed Songs

The following songs from previous GUITARFREAKS & drummania titles have been removed:

Song Title	Artist	Game
JET WORLD (Long Version)	Mutsuhiko Izumi	GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX
桜の時	(aiko)	GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX
DEPEND ON ME (Long Version)	Thomas Howard Lichtenstein	GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
SILLY GIRL	Handsome JET Project	GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
BLIND	有待 雅彦	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
FEEL THE EARTH	古川もとあき	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
hypnotheque	NM	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
IN YOUR EYES	浦田隆志	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
Long train runnin'	(THE DOOBIE BROTHERS)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
Mister magic	Thomas Howard Lichtenstein	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
mottö	(JUDY AND MARY)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
MY SWEET DARLIN'	(矢井田瞳)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
plastic imitations	Kevin Vecchione	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
Pretty G	zonlu	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
Riff Riff Paradise	泉 陸奧彦	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
SOME HARD REACTIONS	古川もとあき	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
THE POWER OF LOVE	(Huey Lewis and the News)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
TRAIN-TRAIN	(THE BLUE HEARTS)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
WAKE ME UP!	TAEKO	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
Yellow Panic Time	肥塚良彦	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME	(BON JOVI)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
銀河鉄道999	(ゴダイゴ)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
君のとなりに・・・	Handsome JET Project	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
夏色	(ゆず)	GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
BURN	(DEEP PURPLE)	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX
BRING BACK	Kevin Vecchione	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX
DREAM RUSH	Stephen McKnight	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX
Look Back Again	(矢井田瞳)	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX
WILD RIDE	中村康三	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX
ジェットにんぢん	(GO!GO!7188)	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX
すてきな雨あがり	寺島純子	GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX

Related Links

• GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX / drummania 7thMIX Official Site (archived)