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== June ==
== June ==


* June 26th: ''beatmania 2ndMIX complete'' is released. It contains all the songs from beatmania and beatmania 2ndMIX, as well as instrumental versions of some of the vocal songs, plus a long version of [[Deep Clear Eyes]].
* June 26th: ''beatmania 2ndMIX complete'' is released. It contains all the songs from beatmania and beatmania 2ndMIX, instrumental versions of some of the vocal songs, and a long version of [[Deep Clear Eyes]].


== July ==
== July ==
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== September ==
== September ==


* September 26th: [[AC DDR 1st|DanceDanceRevolution]] is released to arcades, the first game in the DanceDanceRevolution series. Series legend [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] makes his debut, and would continue to contribute to DDR and other BEMANI games for the next 15 years.
* September 26th: [[AC DDR 1st|DanceDanceRevolution]] is released to arcades, the first game in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
** Series legend [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] makes his debut, and would continue to contribute to DDR and other BEMANI games for the next 15 years.
* September 28th: [[AC bm 3rd|beatmania 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* September 28th: [[AC bm 3rd|beatmania 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
** Graphic artist [[Gyo Eguchi|VJ GYO]] makes his BEMANI debut in this game.
* September 28th: [[AC pnm|pop'n music]] is released, the first game in the pop'n music series. It ran on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE, the same hardware as beatmania.
* September 28th: [[AC pnm|pop'n music]] is released, the first game in the pop'n music series. It ran on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE, the same hardware as beatmania.
** Composer/singer [[Kiyotaka Sugimoto]] and singer [[Sanae Shintani]] both make their BEMANI debuts.
** Graphic/CG designer [[Tomoko Shiono]] also makes her BEMANI debut.


== October ==
== October ==


* October 1st: [[CS bm|beatmania CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. It also includes a bonus disc called YebisuMIX, which contains nine brand-new songs.
* October 1st: [[CS bm|beatmania CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. It also includes a bonus disc called YebisuMIX, which contains nine brand-new songs.
** Veteran KONAMI composer [[Hiroyuki Togo]] makes his BEMANI debut.
* October 10th: ''beatmania Original CD'' is released, containing all the new songs from YebisuMIX. It was included with ''beatmania Consumer Guide'' book.
* October 10th: ''beatmania Original CD'' is released, containing all the new songs from YebisuMIX. It was included with ''beatmania Consumer Guide'' book.
* October 23rd: [[beatmania TOMOKI HIRATA]], the first KONAMI-published album that includes BEMANI songs that isn't a soundtrack/remix album, is released. As the name applies, it contains songs composed by [[Tomoki Hirata]].
* October 23rd: [[beatmania TOMOKI HIRATA]], the first KONAMI-published album that includes BEMANI songs that isn't a soundtrack/remix album, is released. As the name applies, it contains songs composed by [[Tomoki Hirata]].