AC bm 1st
| beatmania Arcade Releases |
|---|
| beatmania Series |
| beatmania - 2nd - 3rd - completeMIX |
| 4th - 5th - completeMIX 2 |
| 6th - 7th - THE FINAL |
| ClubMIX - CORE REMIX - DREAMS COME TRUE |
| beatmania III Series |
| beatmania III - APPEND CORE REMIX - APPEND 6th |
| APPEND 7th - THE FINAL |
beatmania
Release Information
- Release date: December 31st, 1997
General Information
- beatmania is the very first BEMANI game ever released.
- beatmania has the smallest amount of selectable songs in any BEMANI game, with 7 songs available in 1P or 2P mode, and a maximum of 3 are available in one stage.
- Once the player starts playing, the game gives you an option to enter a practice stage, which lets the player see a short tutorial, and then play jam jam reggae and u gotta groove.
- If the player skips the practice stage, then he/she can choose a song each stage from a limited song list:
- u gotta groove, jam jam reggae, and OVERDOSER are available on Stage 1 and Stage 2.
- After clearing Stage 1 and Stage 2, you play DJ BATTLE as a Special Stage.
- 20, novemver, LOVE SO GROOVY, and 2 gorgeous 4U/greed eater are available on Stage 3 and Stage 4, after which the game ends.
- e~emotion is available only on Stage 4.
- If the player skips the practice stage, then he/she can choose a song each stage from a limited song list:
- An EXPERT course can be accessed if the player holds all the keys while pressing Start. This course contains every song in the game (save for DJ BATTLE).
Staff Information
Full credits list: beatmania credits
- Director: Yuichiro Sagawa
- Planner: MiZKiNG, Takashi Hamano
- Sound Producer: Hiroshi Takeyasu, Reo Nagumo, Tomomi Ohta
- Programmer: Takayuki Fukunaga, Hideki Hashimoto
- CG Designer: MiZKiNG
- Graphic Designer: Noriyuki Yokoki
- Producer: Koji Okamoto
New Songs
| Genre | Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default Songs | |||||
| PRACTICE | PRACTICE STAGE | DJ-KONAMI | 94-112 | N/A | N/A |
| HIP-HOP | u gotta groove | DJ nagureo | 94-100 | 1 | 1 |
| REGGAE | jam jam reggae | jam master'73 | 90 | 2 | 2 |
| TECHNO | OVERDOSER (romo mix) | MIRAK | 132 | 4 | - |
| OVERDOSER (ambient mix) | MIRAK | 134 | - | 4 | |
| BREAK-BTS | 2 gorgeous 4U | prophet-31 | 150 | 3 | - |
| greed eater | The Dust Fathers | 112 | - | 3 | |
| SOUL | LOVE SO GROOVY | LOVEMINTS | 141 | 4 | - |
| LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) | LOVEMINTS | 141 | - | 4 | |
| HOUSE | 20, novemver (single mix) | DJ nagureo | 130 | 5 | - |
| 20, novemver (radio edit) | DJ nagureo | 130 | - | 5 | |
| RAVE | e~emotion | e.o.s | 140-145 | N/A | N/A |
| DJ BATTLE | DJ BATTLE | (DJ nagureo) | 93 | N/A | N/A |