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beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution

Release Information

• Release date: January 31st, 2002

General Information / Changes

• Introduces the SEPARATE frame, which divides each white and black key into separate lanes (much like in the beatmania IIDX series).
  • The CLASSIC frame (separate lanes for white keys, lines for black keys) remains as the default frame.
• Introduces a new note type, the 1-Turn Scratch. This note appears as a long green scratch note. To get the best score possible, you must turn the turntable exactly once by the time the note ends.
  • A similar note type, the Backspin Scratch, later appeared in beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS. However, there are a few differences that distinguish it from 1-Turn Scratches (see here for specific details).
• Single and Double charts are now rated individually, instead of having the same difficulty levels between Single and Double (like in earlier games).
• Changes the name of the IIDX DOUBLE modifier from CORE REMIX and 6thMIX (previously named BM-II DOUBLE in completeMIX 2) to CENTER DOUBLE. This name would carry over to THE FINAL.
  • The modifier moves the 1P- and 2P-side play fields to the center of the screen when playing Double (to mimic the layout of Double Play in IIDX).
• MANIAC difficulty is named ANOTHER once again. This name would carry over to THE FINAL.
• New songs are once again distinguished from returning songs on the song select screen.
  • Songs that are entirely new in 7thMIX are colored blue on the song wheel.
  • Songs from 6thMIX are colored white.
  • Songs or charts that cannot be played while BATTLE is active are colored yellow, and have an accompanying warning.
• The song loading screen and all of the in-game frames now show which modifiers have been enabled (this would carry over to THE FINAL).
• Last beatmania game that allows the menu's and gameplay UI's color scheme (frame color) to be selected.
  • Other mixes that allow the gameplay UI's color scheme (frame color) to be selected are 4thMIX, 5thMIX, and 6thMIX.
  • The only other mix that would also change the menu's color scheme upon selection is 6thMIX.
• Last beatmania game to feature fully animated background movies that occupy the center of the screen during gameplay, as THE FINAL uses animation clips (with mostly low frame counts) that only occupy a small square, and MISS backgrounds are removed entirely.
  • Also the last game to feature MISS backgrounds that appear when the player gets a BAD or POOR judgment.
• Only beatmania game that contains a "FLIP" modifier similar to the DP FLIP modifier that later officially debuted in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD.
  • When this "FLIP" modifier is enabled, the 1P and 2P sides of the notechart are swapped.
  • However, as noted later, there is no visible indication that it is enabled, and its implementation is incomplete, leading to a bug in charts that have 1-Turn Scratches.
• Only beatmania game to feature Hiroshi Takeyasu as part of the game staff.
• Masayuki Takahashi makes his BEMANI debut.

Staff Information

• Game credits: beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution credits
• Soundtrack credits: beatmania 7thMIX Original Soundtrack Booklet Credits

Full Song List

• beatmania 7thMIX full song list

New Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
				NORMAL	HARD	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HARD	ANOTHER
Licensed Songs
HIPHOP	COME ON EVERYBODY	YOU THE ROCK★	97	2	5	6	1	5	5
HIPHOP	CUT'N'SLICED	DJ YUTAKA feat. DJ AK	107	2	5	-	2	6	-
RAGA	GOOD FRIDAY	DJ YUTAKA feat. MC KRUSH	200	3	5	-	3	5	-
SOUL	WATER FLAME	K.	132	3	4	-	1	3	-
HIPHOP	超楽C-E-Z	YOU THE ROCK★	140	2	4	-	2	4	-
KONAMI originals
HIPHOP	7000 Questions	アルファ	112	5	7	8	6	8	9
TRIBAL	AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL from Dance Maniax	8-bit	200	3	5	8	2	7	9
R&B	BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002	DIVAS	96	1	6	6	2	5	6
HAPPY HARDCORE	BE LOVIN	D-Crew	185	5	7	9	6	8	9
HARDCORE BREAKBEATS	CALDERA	CALF	???	6	7	9	6	7	8
BOSSA NOVA	Cappuccino bossa	HASHED BOX	174	3	5	-	3	4	-
DRUM'N'BASS	CODE RED	RAM	172	3	5	6	2	4	6
80'S DISCO	DISCO DOG	ASLETICS	135	4	6	-	4	6	-
DUB	FIRE DUB	ASLETICS	85	2	4	7	2	5	7
ROCKET BEATS	FREE KICKER	NAPAKICK	130	3	7	9	3	7	8
2STEP	HEALEN	positive MA	133	4	5	6	4	5	5
RAVE	LIGHT MOTION	RAM	152	5	6	7	3	5	7
TRANCE	LIQUID RAIN	PINK PONG	138	3	6	8	2	5	7
DIGITAL HARDCORE	PANATIUM	RAGULIRA	137	4	6	-	4	7	-
TRANCE	REFERENCE	SPARKER	140	5	6	9	2	4	9
MELODIC CORE	S.F.M	KC hospital	200	4	5	6	4	5	6
ROCKET BEATS	SPACE TRIBE	NAPAKICK	100	2	3	-	2	4	-
GRAIND CORE	STEEL CAGE	Des-ROW	125	3	6	7	5	7	7
TECHNO	WATERING	SLAKE	140	3	5	7	3	5	8
HOUSE	What is Love?	TOMOSUKE	130	3	4	5	2	4	4
NU JAZZ	WHAT'S NEXT?	SLAKE feat. DAINA NORMAN	145	5	6	7	3	6	7
HIPHOP	ホワイトレクチャー	アルファ	105	1	2	6	3	4	6
Hidden Songs
HIPHOP	CHAMPION	ASLETICS	87	3	5	6	4	4	5
EXPERIMENTAL	LAUGA	murumuru-kurotou	179	3	6	-	3	6	-
AMBIENT POP	monotone	DAYSBLUE	120	1	2	3	1	2	2
TRANCE	PEACE DREAM	PINK PONG	148	3	6	9	4	8	9
HARD REGGAE	夜間行 ma-Remix	positive MA feat. TUBOI	102	3	5	5	3	4	5

EXPERT MODE

Name	STAGE
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
VOCAL (★)	BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002 (NORMAL)	ホワイトレクチャー (NORMAL)	WATER FLAME (NORMAL)	超楽C-E-Z (HARD)	DISCO DOG (NORMAL)
TECHNO (★★)	WATERING (NORMAL)	CODE RED (HARD)	REFERENCE (NORMAL)	LIQUID RAIN (HARD)	LIGHT MOTION (HARD)
POWER (★★★★★)	CUT'N'SLICED (HARD)	STEEL CAGE (HARD)	PANATIUM (HARD)	7000 Questions (HARD)	FREE KICKER (HARD)
SPEED (★★★★)	S.F.M (NORMAL)	GOOD FRIDAY (HARD)	AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL (HARD)	BE LOVIN (HARD)	CALDERA (HARD)
SELECTION (★★★)	SPACE TRIBE (HARD)	FIRE DUB (HARD)	HEALEN (HARD)	COME ON EVERYBODY (HARD)	WHAT'S NEXT? (HARD)
HIPHOP (★★★★)	CHAMPION (ANOTHER)	CUT'N'SLICED (HARD)	超楽C-E-Z (HARD)	COME ON EVERYBODY (ANOTHER)	ホワイトレクチャー (ANOTHER)
SLAKE&MA (★★★)	SURGE LINE (HARD)	WATERING (HARD)	HEALEN (ANOTHER)	WHAT'S NEXT? (ANOTHER)	Lying on the bench (HARD)
LIGHT (★★)	WATER FLAME (HARD)	air (HARD)	What is Love? (HARD)	Feel The Light (HARD)	Cappuccino bossa (HARD)
U.G.!!! (★★★★)	PANATIUM (HARD)	LAUGA (HARD)	Disabled the FLAW (HARD)	UZIEL (HARD)	CALDERA (HARD)
SECRET (???)	夜間行 ma-Remix (HARD)	LAUGA (HARD)	CHAMPION (HARD)	PEACE DREAM (ANOTHER)	monotone (ANOTHER)

EXPERT+ MODE

No.	Song
EXPERT+ MODE
1.	AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL (ANOTHER)
2.	PEACE DREAM (ANOTHER)
3.	7000 Questions (ANOTHER)
4.	LIQUID RAIN (ANOTHER)
5.	Smack up (ANOTHER)
6.	FREE KICKER (ANOTHER)
7.	Drumfunk (ANOTHER)
8.	BE LOVIN (ANOTHER)
9.	NEW WORLD (ANOTHER)
10.	CALDERA (ANOTHER)

Songs With Default Scroll Speed Multipliers

• Some songs in this game have a scroll speed multiplier applied to them by default when playing certain charts.
  • In other words, on such charts, the in-game BPM is higher than the displayed BPM, and thus the chart scrolls faster than the displayed BPM would imply.
  • When a HI-SPEED option is used on such a chart, that HI-SPEED's multiplier will stack (multiply) with that chart's default scroll speed multiplier.
• Songs that have such charts, as well as other relevant information, are shown in the table below (for all games and applicable songs, see here).

Song	Display BPM	Multiplier (N/H/A*)	In-Game BPM (N/H/A*)
7000 Questions	112	x1.2 / x1.2 / x1.2	134.4 / 134.4 / 134.4
BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002	96	x1 / x1.2 / x1.2	96 / 115.2 / 115.2
FIRE DUB	85	x1 / x1.4 / x1.4	85 / 119 / 119
FREE KICKER	130	x1.2 / x1.2 / x1.2	156 / 156 / 156
REFERENCE	140	x1.2 / x1.2 / x1.4	168 / 168 / 196

_{* N = Normal; H = Hard; A = Another}

Codes & Unlock Information

Phase Unlock System

• 7thMIX has a phase unlock system, which unlocks new content in the game by entering codes at the title screen while it says to press either START button.
  • Each phase code entered also unlocks all content from each phase below it.
    • During phase 02 and higher, if you fail to enter a phase code 3 times, the game will refuse to accept any more codes until you leave and return to the title screen.
  • The phase entered will remain active until either the TEST MENU is entered, or the machine is powered off.
• Phase Codes
  • Phase 01: Press and hold 2+4, then press 3.
    • Unlocks ANOTHER charts for FREE KICKER and LIQUID RAIN
  • Phase 02: Press 5-8-3-4-1-9.
    • Unlocks CHAMPION and ANOTHER charts for FIRE DUB and ホワイトレクチャー
  • Phase 03: Must be in phase 1 or higher. Press 6-4-2-7-7-4.
    • Unlocks monotone and the EXPERT courses HIPHOP and SLAKE&MA.
  • Phase 04: Must be in phase 1 or higher. Press 8-1-5-7-5-8-4-4-2.
    • Unlocks LAUGA and ANOTHER charts for AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL, BE LOVIN and REFERENCE.
  • Phase 05: Must be in phase 3 or higher. Press 1-8-8-3-3-10-5-9-5.
    • Unlocks PEACE DREAM and the EXPERT courses LIGHT and U.G.!!!.
  • Phase 06: Must be in phase 5. Press 6-9-7-10-4-10.
    • Unlocks 夜間行 ma-Remix and ANOTHER charts for PEACE DREAM and CALDERA.
  • Phase MAX: Must be in phase 6. Hold 1, then press 8-3-2-10-9-8.
    • Unlocks the ALL MUSIC option, the EXPERT course SECRET, and EXPERT+ mode.
• Fastest Unlock Route
  • Not all codes need to be entered to reach phase MAX; the fastest route to reach it is as follows.
    • Phase 01: [2+4]+[3]
    • Phase 03: [6-4-2-7-7-4]
    • Phase 05: [1-8-8-3-3-10-5-9-5]
    • Phase 06: [6-9-7-10-4-10]
    • Phase MAX: [1]+[8-3-2-10-9-8]

Select Options

• To select options, do so via either of the methods below.
• Available options will differ according to the method used, and whether Event Mode is enabled.

Title Screen

• While the screen says to press either START button, press the EFFECT button, then press the corresponding key button(s) shown on screen, or rotate the turntable.
  • Available options: BATTLE/CENTER; MIRROR/RANDOM; DOUBLE/CENTER DOUBLE; HISPEED 1/2/3; HIDDEN/SUDDEN/HIDDEN+SUDDEN; ALL MUSIC (when unlocked)
• This method is not available while Event Mode is enabled.

Song Select Screen

• Press and hold the EFFECT button, then press the corresponding key button(s) shown on screen.
  • Available options: CENTER (Event Mode only); MIRROR/RANDOM; HISPEED 1/2/3; HIDDEN/SUDDEN/HIDDEN+SUDDEN
• This method is available even while Event Mode is enabled.

Select Frame Type & Frame Color

• To select the frame type and frame color, do so from the Mode Select screen by pressing the following buttons.
  • Frame Type: 2+4 or 7+9 (both black key buttons on an active play side)
    • Default: CLASSIC
      • Note that if 1P or 2P START is held when starting the game on the title screen, SEPARATE will be the default frame type instead.
    • One: SEPARATE
    • Two: (Return to Default)
  • Frame Color: 1P or 2P START (on an active play side)
    • Default: Default
    • One: FLAME
    • Two: ICE
    • Three: Gold
    • Four: Black
    • Five: Forest
    • Six: CHERRY
    • Seven: SNOW
    • Eight: Chocolate
    • Nine: Bright
    • Ten: (Return to Default)

Select Graphic Mode in EXPERT Mode

• To select the graphic mode in EXPERT Mode, do so from the course select screen by pressing the following buttons.
  • 2+4 or 7+9 (both black key buttons on an active play side)
    • Default: COUNTER
    • One: MOVIE
    • Two: (Return to Default)

Select Song Sort

• To select the song sort on the song select screen, press the START button on an active play side.
  • Default: Difficulty
  • One: Song Name
  • Two: (Return to Default)

Select NORMAL/HARD/ANOTHER Difficulty Charts

• To change between NORMAL/HARD difficulty charts on the song select screen, press 2+4 or 7+9 (both black key buttons on an active play side).
  • Default: NORMAL
  • One: HARD
  • Two: (Return to Default)
• To change to ANOTHER difficulty charts on the song select screen, press and hold 2+4 or 7+9.
  • Once "ANOTHER" is displayed, continue to hold 2+4, then select the song by pressing 1/3/5 or 6/8/10 (any white key on an active play side).
  • Releasing 2+4 or 7+9 will return to HARD or NORMAL difficulty.

Undocumented "FLIP" Modifier

• In 7thMIX, there is an undocumented modifier that behaves similarly to the DP FLIP modifier that later officially debuted in the IIDX series (in DistorteD).
  • When this "FLIP" modifier is enabled, the 1P and 2P sides of the notechart are swapped.
    • However, due to the modifier's implementation being incomplete, 1-Turn Scratch notes will remain on the original side.
• To enable "FLIP", during two-player or DOUBLE mode, follow the steps below on the song select screen (the modifier cannot be selected on the title screen).

1. Press and hold the EFFECT button to open the option select menu.
2. Press 2 or 7 (left black key on an active play side) the corresponding number of times.
   1. Default: (Nothing)
   2. One: MIRROR
   3. Two: RANDOM
   4. Three: "FLIP" (no visible indication)
   5. Four: "FLIP" (no visible indication) + MIRROR
   6. Five: "FLIP" (no visible indication) + RANDOM
   7. Six: (Return to Default)

• Strictly speaking, it is also possible to enable "FLIP" during SINGLE mode.
  • If a second player joins in while on the song select screen, the "FLIP" status shown below will continue to be enabled.

1. Press and hold the EFFECT button to open the option select menu.
2. Press 2 or 7 (left black key on an active play side) the corresponding number of times.
   1. Default: (Nothing)
   2. One: MIRROR
   3. Two: RANDOM
   4. Three: "FLIP" (no visible indication; automatically disabled if song is selected without second player)
   5. Four: (Return to Default)

Event Mode

Selecting Options, Song Sort, Frame Type, and Mode During Event Mode

• When Event Mode is enabled, there are several differences in making selections, which are as follows.
  • The options menu cannot be shown on the title screen, preventing selection of options from there.
  • The Mode Select menu is skipped, preventing selection of game mode, frame type, and frame color.
  • Song selection is performed with the START button(s), instead of a white key button (1/3/5 or 6/8/10).
  • To make each selection, follow the procedures below on the song select screen.
• Select Options
  • Press and hold the EFFECT button, then press the corresponding key button(s) shown on screen.
    • Unlike in non-Event Mode, the CENTER option can be enabled from this menu.
      • To enable CENTER DOUBLE, enable the CENTER option, then select DOUBLE mode.
• Select Song Sort
  • Press and hold the EFFECT button, then press either START button.
    • Default: Difficulty
    • One: Song Name
    • Two: (Return to Default)
• Select Frame Type
  • Press and hold the following button(s), then select the song and mode.
    • CLASSIC: Nothing
    • SEPARATE: 1 and/or 6 (leftmost white key button on either side)
• Select Mode
  • Press the following button(s).
    • 1P START: SINGLE
    • 2P START: DOUBLE
    • 1P+2P START: BATTLE
      • Two-player non-BATTLE mode (DOUBLE chart with two lifebars) cannot be specifically selected while in Event Mode.
        • However, if a chart says that BATTLE cannot be played and BATTLE is selected anyway, it will play two-player non-BATTLE mode (DOUBLE chart with two lifebars).

Related Link

• beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution official website (archived)