beatmania

This page is for the original 1997 arcade game beatmania. For other games titled 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.
  • The song select screen does not display the title of a song, only its genre. The title is only displayed on the splash screen before gameplay.
  • 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:
  • 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

Song List

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

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