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This page is for the original 1997 arcade game beatmania. For other games titles beatmania, please see beatmania (disambiguation).
| 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 on the title screen.
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 STAGE | ♪♪♪♪♪ | 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 | ♪♪♪♪♪ | 93 | N/A | N/A |
EXPERT Course
| No. | Song |
|---|---|
| EXPERT Course | |
| 1. | u gotta groove |
| 2. | jam jam reggae |
| 3. | OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix) |
| 4. | 2 gorgeous 4U / greed eater |
| 5. | LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) |
| 6. | 20,novemver (single mix) / 20,novemver (radio edit) |
| 7. | e~emotion |