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{{DISPLAYTITLE:beatmania III}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:beatmania III}} | ||
{{bm-AC}} | {{bm-AC}} | ||
= beatmania III = | = beatmania III = | ||
== Release Information == | == Release Information == | ||
* Release date: March 8th, 2000 | * Release date: March 8th, 2000 | ||
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* First title of the beatmania III series. | * First title of the beatmania III series. | ||
* The last game with the Dancemania licenses from [[AC bm 5th|beatmania 5thMIX]]. | * The last game with the Dancemania licenses from [[AC bm 5th|beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-]]. | ||
* Though it retains the same 5-key gameplay of beatmania, beatmania III differs in the following ways: | * Though it retains the same 5-key gameplay of beatmania, beatmania III differs in the following ways: | ||
** beatmania III runs on BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, the same hardware used in [[ | ** beatmania III runs on BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, the same hardware used in [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] through [[AC pnm 8|8]], as opposed to the more primitive BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE. As a result, songs have more fluid, full-screen videos and animations, and the interface is much more colorful. | ||
*** Unfortunately, memory limitations leave songs with only having 5-10 seconds of unique animations repeated throughout a song. | *** Unfortunately, memory limitations leave songs with only having 5-10 seconds of unique animations repeated throughout a song. | ||
** A much more expanded effector table. | ** A much more expanded effector table. | ||
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** A headphone jack is included. | ** A headphone jack is included. | ||
** Each cleared song is graded with red or blue colors. This is used to unlock secrets. | ** Each cleared song is graded with red or blue colors. This is used to unlock secrets. | ||
*** In tsunagi (expert) mode: | *** In tsunagi (expert) mode: clearing with 95% or more GOOD, GREAT, and JUST GREAT will grant you a red grade. | ||
*** Other modes: | *** Other modes: clearing with 95,000 points or higher will grant you a red grade. | ||
** DJ LEVEL | |||
*** In tsunagi (expert) mode: (JUSTGREAT×10 + GREAT×5) ÷ TotalNotes | |||
*** Other modes: ((JUSTGREAT + GREAT)×10 + GOOD×2) ÷ TotalNotes | |||
****A = 8.75 or more | |||
****B = 7.50 or more | |||
****C = 6.25 or more | |||
****D = 5.00 or more | |||
****E = 3.75 or more | |||
****F = 2.50 or more | |||
****G = 1.25 or more | |||
****H | |||
** Unlike beatmania, beatmania III very rarely removed songs from the original beatmania series. | ** Unlike beatmania, beatmania III very rarely removed songs from the original beatmania series. | ||
** beatmania III's max points possible for a song is 100,000 points (beatmania had switched to 200,000 max points [[AC bm complete|a year earlier]]), which continued through the entire series. | ** beatmania III's max points possible for a song is 100,000 points (beatmania had switched to 200,000 max points [[AC bm complete|a year earlier]]), which continued through the entire series. | ||
* Only title in the beatmania III series with brand-new songs. Subsequent games were released as "APPEND" titles with the same new songs as their original beatmania counterpart (along with new LONG versions in the case of [[AC bm III 6th|6thMIX]] | ** GOODs break combo, like the earlier beatmania games. | ||
* | ** The Internet Ranking course data file was uploaded at the official site, which can be downloaded to a floppy disk in order to play those courses. | ||
** Those courses are installed into Backup RAM on the PCB. Then all players can choose them without a floppy disk. | |||
* Only title in the beatmania III series with brand-new songs. Subsequent games were released as "APPEND" titles with the same new songs as their original beatmania counterpart (along with new LONG versions in the case of [[AC bm III 6th|6thMIX]], [[AC bm III 7th|7thMIX]], and [[AC bm III THE FINAL|THE FINAL]].) | |||
* Four songs have charts that change depending on the player's performance. If the player gets a high number of BADs and POORs, the chart changes to a more simple version of itself. | |||
* ANOTHER and foot ver. charts are listed separately in song select screen, much like beatmania 5thMIX's HARD VERSION songs. | * ANOTHER and foot ver. charts are listed separately in song select screen, much like beatmania 5thMIX's HARD VERSION songs. | ||
* HI-SPEED multipliers are 1.3x, 2x, and 4x. | * HI-SPEED multipliers are 1.3x, 2x, and 4x. | ||
== Staff Information == | == Staff Information == | ||
[[beatmania III credits]] | * Game credits: [[beatmania III credits]] | ||
[[beatmania III | * Soundtrack credits: [[beatmania III //new songs collection Booklet Credits]] | ||
== Full Song List == | == Full Song List == | ||
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= New Songs = | = New Songs = | ||
{{bm Songlist Header| | {{bm Songlist Header| | ||
{{bm Songlist Category|Licensed cover}} | |||
{{bm Song|Lover's Reggae|[[my cherie amour]]|[[Reo Nagumo|DJ nagureo]] feat. [[Sanae Shintani|sana]]|90|1|3|3|1|3|-}} | |||
{{bm Songlist Category|KONAMI originals}} | {{bm Songlist Category|KONAMI originals}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|jungle|[[2TONE|2tone]]|[[Kouichi Yamazaki|RAM]]|184|3|3|-|3|3|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|tekno|[[12.4]]|[[Kouichi Yamazaki|RAM]]|152|5|5|5|5|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Drum'n' Bass|[[All is vanity]]|[[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]|157|3|4|4|3|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Rave|[[ASK]]|[[Kouichi Yamazaki|RAM]]|152|4|4|4|4|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Hiphop|[[Badboy flygirl]]|[[Masaru Umehara|U.M.E.D.Y]]|105|4|5|-|4|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Rave|[[Cyber Girl]]|[[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]|133|5|5|5|5|5|5}} | ||
{{bm Song|80' | {{bm Song|80's Soul|[[Devoted To You]]|[[Reo Nagumo|DJ nagureo]] feat. [[Robbie Danzie]]|108|3|4|-|3|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|trance|[[EAST MEETS WEST]]|[[Kouichi Yamazaki|RAM]]|155|3|4|4|3|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|House|[[feeling of love]]|[[Youhei Shimizu|youhei shimizu]]|136|3|5|-|3|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Practice|[[Instant Love]]|[[Reo Nagumo|DJ KONAMI]]|115|N/A|-|-|N/A|-|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Warp House|[[Jam & Marmalade]]|[[Hideaki Sugaya|FinalOffset]]|145|4|5|5|4|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Jazz Hiphop|[[Keep On Liftin']]|[[Reo Nagumo|dj nagureo]]|100|3|3|3|3|3|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|House|[[Live together]]|[[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]|125|3|5|-|3|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Jazz House|[[mnemoniq]]|[[Youhei Shimizu|youhei shimizu]]|111|4|5|-|4|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Eurobeat|[[Overwhelming]]|[[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]|122|3|4|-|3|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song|spiritual|[[qingdao]]|[[Reo Nagumo|DJ nagureo]]|130|3|4|4|3|4|-}} | |||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Hiphop|[[Rest my mind]]|[[Reo Nagumo|dj nagureo]] feat. [[Masaru Umehara|Doublecheese]]|94|4|4|-|4|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|J-pop|[[Shake it down]]|[[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]|125|4|5|-|4|5|-}} | ||
{{bm Song|J- | {{bm Song|Garage House|[[Stay with me]]|[[Reo Nagumo|DJ nagureo]] feat. [[Robbie Danzie]]|126|3|4|4|3|4|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | |||
{{bm Song|SKA|[[Tondemo paradise]]|[[Hirofumi Taniguchi|thelonious monkees]]|145|2|3|-|2|3|-}} | {{bm Song|SKA|[[Tondemo paradise]]|[[Hirofumi Taniguchi|thelonious monkees]]|145|2|3|-|2|3|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Acid Jazz|[[Trust no one]]|[[Hirofumi Taniguchi|thelonious monkees]]|170|2|3|-|2|3|-}} | ||
{{bm Song| | {{bm Song|Eurobeat|[[Twin Bee ~Generation X~|Twin Bee ~Generation X~]]|[[Hideaki Sugaya|FinalOffset]]|177|5|5|5|5|5|-}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
= EXPERT Courses = | = EXPERT Courses = | ||
{{DDR Course Header| | |||
{{4S Course|linear-gradient(115deg, black 0% 6%, transparent 10% 100%), linear-gradient(75deg, transparent 0% 90%, black 94% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, #890009 0% 10%, transparent 14% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, black 85%, red 85% 100%)|white|DJ nagureo|[[COME AND GET IT]]|[[peace-out]]|[[Stay with me]]|[[20,november|20,november (single mix) /<br>20,november (radio edit)]]}} | |||
{{Course | {{4S Course|linear-gradient(115deg, black 0% 6%, transparent 10% 100%), linear-gradient(75deg, transparent 0% 90%, black 94% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, #890009 0% 10%, transparent 14% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, black 85%, red 85% 100%)|white|CLIMAX|[[All is vanity]]|[[Overwhelming]]|[[feeling of love]]|[[mnemoniq]]}} | ||
{{4S Course|linear-gradient(115deg, black 0% 6%, transparent 10% 100%), linear-gradient(75deg, transparent 0% 90%, black 94% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, #890009 0% 10%, transparent 14% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, black 85%, red 85% 100%)|white|RAVE|[[e-motion|e-motion (2ndMIX)]]|[[ASK]]|[[R3]]|[[Cyber Girl]]}} | |||
{{4S Course|linear-gradient(115deg, black 0% 6%, transparent 10% 100%), linear-gradient(75deg, transparent 0% 90%, black 94% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, #890009 0% 10%, transparent 14% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, black 85%, red 85% 100%)|white|Selection|[[Keep On Liftin']]<br>(ANOTHER)|[[EAST MEETS WEST]]<br>(ANOTHER)|[[qingdao]]<br>(ANOTHER)|[[Jam & Marmalade]]<br>(ANOTHER)}} | |||
{{4S Course|linear-gradient(115deg, black 0% 6%, transparent 10% 100%), linear-gradient(75deg, transparent 0% 90%, black 94% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, #890009 0% 10%, transparent 14% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, black 85%, red 85% 100%)|white|KONAMIX|[[quick master (reform version)|quick master]]|[[METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme|METALGEAR SOLID -Main Theme-]]|[[Salamander Beat Crush mix]]|[[Twin Bee ~Generation X~|Twin Bee ~Generation X~]]}} | |||
{{4S Course|linear-gradient(115deg, black 0% 6%, transparent 10% 100%), linear-gradient(75deg, transparent 0% 90%, black 94% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, #890009 0% 10%, transparent 14% 100%), linear-gradient(to bottom, black 85%, red 85% 100%)|white|HIPHOP|[[s.d.z.|s.d.z]]|[[tokai]]|[[ALL PRO]]|[[Badboy flygirl]]}} | |||
}} | |||
= Codes & Unlock Information = | = Codes & Unlock Information = | ||
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** Hold keys 2 and 4, then press 3 to start: FAST PLAY 2 (1.6X). | ** Hold keys 2 and 4, then press 3 to start: FAST PLAY 2 (1.6X). | ||
** Hold keys 2 and 4, then press 5 to start: FAST PLAY 3 (2.0X). | ** Hold keys 2 and 4, then press 5 to start: FAST PLAY 3 (2.0X). | ||
** Hold keys 1, 3 and 5, then press | ** Hold keys 1, 3 and 5, then press 2 to start: SLOW PLAY (0.8X). | ||
*** Note that some songs do not allow these modifiers. | *** Note that some songs do not allow these modifiers. | ||
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* Play all songs except secret songs. sozai (free) mode will be available from the next time playing with the FD. | * Play all songs except secret songs. sozai (free) mode will be available from the next time playing with the FD. | ||
** Note: If you want to unlock sozai (free) mode by playing in kobako (basic) mode, you will also need to play the practice stage. | ** Note: If you want to unlock sozai (free) mode by playing in kobako (basic) mode, you will also need to play the practice stage. | ||
;Playable ending | |||
* Meet the requirements for mnemoniq with a FD. Then, the ending will have notes (note that the ending is omitted in sozai (free) mode). | |||
;Old ending song | |||
* Upon playing with a FD that has already unlocked mnemoniq, the ending song will change to ''love's theme of beatmania'', the ending song of the first beatmania. | |||
= Related Links = | = Related Links = | ||
* [http://kani.no.coocan.jp/bm3mirror/bm3_1st/index.html beatmania III mirrored site] | * [http://kani.no.coocan.jp/bm3mirror/bm3_1st/index.html beatmania III mirrored site] | ||
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