beatmania 3rdMIX

beatmania 3rdMIX

Release Information

• Release date:
  • Japan: September 28th, 1998
  • Europe: January 1999
  • South Korea: 1999 (as beatstage 3rdMIX)

General Information / Changes

• First beatmania game to keep track of your combo count.
  • GOODs break your combo.
  • GREATs flash if you have more than 10 combo, but this gives no bonuses.
    • These so-called "Flashing GREATs" were later repurposed in completeMIX as a separate, more accurate judgment.
• The score calculation in beatmania 3rdMIX is unique:
  • GOOD = 70,000 ÷ TotalNotes ÷ 5
  • GREAT (1-10) = 70,000 ÷ TotalNotes + 30,000 ÷ (45 + 10 × (TotalNotes - 10)) × (Combo - 1)
  • GREAT (11-more) = 70,000 ÷ TotalNotes + 30,000 ÷ (45 + 10 × (TotalNotes - 10)) × 10
• First beatmania game to feature the EXPERT mode groove gauge, which differs in several ways from the standard groove gauge of NORMAL and EASY mode.
  • EXPERT gauge starts out full, and decreases with BADs/POORs.
  • Neither GREATs/GOODs, nor the start of the next stage, increase the gauge.
  • If the gauge runs out before the final stage ends, the stage ends immediately.
  • The only way to increase the gauge is to continue after failing a stage.
    • However, doing so will nullify all scores and judgment counts earned up to that point; only subsequent scores and judgment counts will be accounted for on the total results screen.
• One of two games in the series (the other being beatmania) where EXPERT is accessed via a button command or modifier on the PRESS START screen, instead of by selecting it on a mode selection screen.
• A grade screen identical to the EXPERT screen is now displayed after completing any mode.
• EASY mode is now available. It differs from NORMAL mode in regards to the lifebar increase/decrease, songs that can be chosen and when, and most song's judgment windows (except for PRACTICE and DJ BATTLE).
• Returning songs' genres are displayed with "[classic]".
• HIDDEN and DOUBLE, introduced in the previous game, are now implemented as regular modifiers that are activated by holding down a button (instead of as button commands).
• Three new modifiers were introduced:
  • BATTLE, which allows two players to play the same exact chart, instead of a split chart as in regular versus mode.
  • MIRROR, which inverts the notechart (besides the scratches).
  • RANDOM, which randomizes the notechart of the song you're playing (besides the scratches).
• The FREE ZONE mechanic was removed. As such, charts that previously had the FREE ZONE mechanic now have higher notecounts than they did in beatmania or 2ndMIX.
• First BEMANI game worked on by Gyo Eguchi (VJ GYO), who became the chief movie designer of beatmania IIDX a few months later, a position he still holds to this very day.
• First BEMANI game released with the 1998-2003 KONAMI logo on the start-up screen (in version JA-B and all versions released afterward).
  • However, the oldest revision of the game (version JA-A), along with the cabinet itself, still show the 1986-1998 italicized KONAMI logo.
• First BEMANI game with CS crossovers. As such, the songs that originated from the CS release of BEMANI games are carried over to future arcade releases.
• beatmania 3rdMIX was released the same day as pop'n music, marking the first time two BEMANI games were released the same day in the arcades.

Staff Information

• Game credits: beatmania 3rdMIX credits
• Soundtrack credits: beatmania 3rd MIX complete Booklet Credits

Full Song List

• beatmania 3rdMIX full song list

New Songs

Since ANOTHER charts do not have separate ratings, they will be denoted with a check mark (✓).

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
				NORMAL	HARD	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HARD	ANOTHER
Default Songs
AMBIENT	life goes on	Quadra	124	1	1	-	1	1	-
SOUL	find out	nouvo nude	100	1	1	-	1	1	-
J-DANCE POP	Believe again HYPER MEGA MIX	dj nagureo featuring miryam	130	-	2	-	-	2	-
HIPHOP	s.d.z	DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad	100	2	2	-	2	2	-
HOUSE	wild I/O	nouvo nude	130	3	3	-	3	3	-
BOSSA GROOVE	La Bossanova de Fabienne from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX	staccato two-F	143	3	3	-	3	3	-
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE	Stop Violence! from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX	Herbie Hammock & His Band	113	-	3	-	-	3	-
REGGAE	Queen's Jamaica	Crunky Boy featuring Muhammad	94	4	4	-	4	4	-
BIGBEAT MIX	METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX	ESPACIO BROTHERS	140	4	4	-	4	4	-
WORLD GROOVE	tribe groove	nite system	126	-	6	-	-	6	-
EURO BEAT	LUV TO ME THIRD-MIX	miryam reo yoshinori	154	6	6	-	6	6	-
HARD TECHNO	Attack the music	DJ FX	140	6	6	✓	6	6	-
DRUM'N BASS	super highway	nouvo nude	160	-	6	-	-	6	-
Hidden Songs
80'S J-POP	Believe again	Emotion of Sound featuring miryam	130	-	4	-	-	4	-
DIGITAL FUNK	nine seconds	nouvo nude	97	-	5	-	-	5	-
DIGI ROCK	area code	nouvo nude	112	-	5	-	-	5	-

EXPERT Courses

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

Course	STAGE
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
CLASSIC	Do you love me?	LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit)	Deep Clear Eyes	SKA a go go
VOCAL	find out	Believe again (HYPER MEGA MIX)	Queen's Jamaica	LUV TO ME	La Bossanova de Fabienne
TECHNO	life goes on	METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme	tribe groove	Attack the music	super highway
SPECIAL	Stop Violence!	nine seconds	LUV TO ME	area code	super highway

Codes & Unlock Information

Codes

• To activate a play mode or modifier, you must do so from the title screen when either the "PUSH 1P START BUTTON" or "PUSH 1P START BUTTON OR PUSH 2P START BUTTON" message is flashing.
  • In this game you can combine certain play modes and modifiers, but some combinations require you to first insert at least 2 credits.

Play Modes

• EXPERT: Hold 1, then press START.
• DOUBLE: Hold 2, then press the START button that corresponds to the desired type of DOUBLE mode.
  • 1-Credit: If you press 1P START, you play a mode that is similar to FREE mode in certain games. You have two guaranteed stages and can pick any song that is listed (you must separately enter unlock codes for any songs that require them).
  • 2-Credit: If you press 2P START, you can play all normally accessible modes.

Modifiers

• BATTLE: Hold 3, then press START.
• HIDDEN: Hold 4, then press START.
• MIRROR: Press 8-10-8-7-6 three times, then press START.
• RANDOM: Almost the same as the above, except don't press 6 on the third time.
  • In other words, press 8-10-8-7-6, 8-10-8-7-6, 8-10-8-7

Song Unlocks

Believe again, nine seconds and area code

• On the title screen, turn the 1P turntable clockwise 2 times, hold 5, then turn the turntable counterclockwise 2 times and press Start.
  • This unlocks the songs for play in the regular modes, and the SPECIAL course in EXPERT mode.

ANOTHER charts

• Highlight either 20,november or Attack the music, then when the timer is at 11 seconds, press 1 and 6 at the same time.
  • Note that Attack the music doesn't have a DP ANOTHER chart.

New Charts

The following songs from previous releases have received new charts in beatmania 3rdMIX.

Since ANOTHER charts do not have separate ratings, they will be denoted with a check mark (✓).

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
				NORMAL	HARD	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HARD	ANOTHER
HOUSE	20,november (single mix)	DJ nagureo	130	-	-	✓	-	-	-
HOUSE	20,november (radio edit)	DJ nagureo	130	-	-	-	-	-	✓
SOUL	LOVE SO GROOVY	LOVEMINTS	141	4	-	-	-	-	-
SOUL	LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	LOVEMINTS	141	-	-	-	4	-	-
AMBIENT	Beginning of life	QUADRA	110	1	-	-	1	-	-
SKA	SKA a go go	THE BALD HEADS	144-160	6	-	-	6	-	-
DRUM'N BASS MIX	Deep Clear Eyes	QUADRA	155	5	-	-	5	-	-

Removed Songs

The following songs from previous beatmania releases have been removed from beatmania 3rdMIX.

Song Title	Artist	Game
2 gorgeous 4U	prophet-31	beatmania
e-motion	e.o.s	beatmania
greed eater	The Dust Fathers	beatmania
jam jam reggae	jam master '73	beatmania
OVERDOSER (romo mix)	MIRAK	beatmania
OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	MIRAK	beatmania
u gotta groove	DJ nagreo	beatmania
Acid Bomb	DJ FX	beatmania 2ndMIX
e-motion (2nd MIX)	e.o.s	beatmania 2ndMIX
LOVE SO GROOVY (Nite's After Luv mix)	NITE SYSTEM	beatmania 2ndMIX
OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix)	QUADRA	beatmania 2ndMIX
Salamander Beat Crush mix	NITE SYSTEM	beatmania 2ndMIX
tokai	perfomed by co-key DJ Mazinger	beatmania 2ndMIX
u gotta groove (Triple Mazin Dub)	DJ Mazinger	beatmania 2ndMIX

Related Link

• beatmania 3rdMIX Official Site (archived)
• beatmania 3rdMIX Official Site (UK) (archived)