beatmania 2ndMIX

beatmania 2ndMIX

Release Information

• Release date:
  • Japan: March 26th, 1998 [1]
    • Although KONAMI published a press release on March 18th, 1998, this date is not the actual release date of the game.
  • North America: 1998 [2] (as hiphopmania)
  • Europe: 1998 (as hiphopmania)
  • Asia: 1998 (as beatstage)

General Information / Changes

• HIDDEN modifier is introduced, which makes notes disappear in the middle of the screen.
• DOUBLE modifier is introduced, which allows a single player to play the 1P & 2P version of charts while using a single lifebar and score counter.
• Only arcade game with the HIDDEN and DOUBLE modifiers where they must be activated using a button command instead of by pressing or holding down a button.
• Difficulty levels are now on a scale of 1 to 6.
• Hiroshi Watanabe makes his BEMANI debut.
• 20,novemver and e~emotion had their typos from the previous game fixed, and are now 20,november and e-motion.
• Some of the mechanics of FREE ZONE were changed:
  • Some scratch notes can appear during FREE ZONE.
    • To obtain a GREAT, players must play perfectly (i.e. obtain what would be considered a GREAT judgment) during every scratch note of the FREE ZONE. It is counted as one GREAT, which is why notecounts are not different between the original beatmania and 2ndMIX.
  • By playing perfectly, a base Stage Score of 100,000 points can now be obtained on all songs.

Staff Information

• Game credits: beatmania 2ndMIX credits
• Soundtrack credits: beatmania 2ndMIX complete Booklet Credits

Full Song List

• beatmania 2ndMIX full song list

New Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
Default Songs
-	PRACTICE STAGE		100	N/A	N/A
AMBIENT	Beginning of Life	QUADRA	110	2	2
REGGAE FUNKY MIX	jam jam reggae (Funky Jam Cookie mix)	Crunky Boy	90	2	2
BALLAD (JAZZ-SOUL)	Do you love me?	reo-nagumo	100	2	2
HIP-HOP STREET MIX	u gotta groove (Triple Mazin Dub)	DJ Mazinger	94	3	3
JAPANESE HIP-HOP	tokai	perfomed by co-key DJ Mazinger	97	4	4
KONAMIX	Salamander Beat Crush mix	NITE SYSTEM	134	4	4
HOUSE SPILITUAL MIX	LOVE SO GROOVY (Nite's After Luv mix)	NITE SYSTEM	131	4	4
MINIMAL TECHNO MIX	OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix)	QUADRA	133	5	5
SKA	SKA a go go	THE BALD HEADS	144-160	6	6
DRUM'N BASS MIX	Deep Clear Eyes	QUADRA	155	6	6
HARD TEKNO	Acid Bomb	DJ FX	140	6	6
RAVE	e-motion (2nd MIX)	e.o.s	140-145	N/A	N/A

EXPERT Courses

If the courses are played with two players (or with one player using the DOUBLE modifier), the alternate songs or versions are used instead of the original.

Furthermore, if DIP switches 3-3 and 3-6 are set to ON, the following songs are used instead in their corresponding EXPERT course:

• e-motion (2nd MIX): Will be played on the fifth stage, instead of e-motion, in CLASSIC.
• Acid Bomb: Will be played on the third stage, instead of Salamander Beat Crush mix, in TECHNO.

Course	STAGE
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
CLASSIC	2 gorgeous 4 U / greed eater	OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit)	e-motion / e-motion (2nd MIX)
VOCAL	tokai	jam jam reggae (Funky Jam Cookie mix)	20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit)	SKA a go go	Do you love me?
TECHNO	OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix)	Salamander Beat Crush mix / Acid Bomb	Beginning of Life	Deep Clear Eyes

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, only one of DOUBLE PLAY or HIDDEN PLAY can be active. In other words, it is not possible for both DOUBLE PLAY and HIDDEN PLAY to be active.

Play Modes

• DOUBLE PLAY
  • 1-Credit: Hold 1, 3 and 5, press 1P START, then before the screen completely fades out let go of all buttons and then hold 2 and 4.
    • 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: Hold 1, 3 and 5, press 2P START, then before the screen completely fades out let go of all buttons and then hold 2 and 4.
    • You can play all normally accessible modes.

Modifiers

• HIDDEN PLAY
  • Hold 2 and 4, press 1P or 2P START, then before the screen completely fades out let go of all buttons and then hold 1 and 5.

Related Link

• beatmania 2ndMIX official site (archived)