beatmania 3rdMIX
| 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 3rdMIX
Release Information
- Release date: September 28th, 1998
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.
- 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
- Totals for each judgment are now displayed on the results screen after each song.
- A grade screen identical to the EXPERT screen is now displayed after completing any mode.
- NORMAL and EASY modes are now available. The two modes differ in which songs can be chosen and when.
- 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).
- 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.
- However, older revisions of the game along with the cabinet itself still shows the 1986-1998 Italicized KONAMI logo.
- 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.
- FREE ZONE was removed.
Staff Information
Full credits: beatmania 3rdMIX credits
- Producer & Director: Koji Okamoto
- Planner: MiZKiNG
- Sound Director: Reo Nagumo
- Composer: NITE SYSTEM, QUADRA, dj Mazinger, Crunky Boy, nouvo nude, Hiroshi Takeyasu, Reo Nagumo, Tomomi Ohta
- Sound Data Analyzer: Ryuichi Nitta
- Programmer: Hideki Hashimoto, Youhei Shimizu (Sound Tool Programmer)
- CG Designer: MiZKiNG, Gyo Eguchi, Hajime Yashiro
- Graphic Designer: Noriyuki Yokoki
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 | 125 | 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.
| No. | Song | No. | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASSIC | VOCAL | ||
| 1. | Do you love me? | 1. | find out |
| 2. | LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) | 2. | Believe again (HYPER MEGA MIX) |
| 3. | 20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit) | 3. | Queen's Jamaica |
| 4. | Deep Clear Eyes | 4. | LUV TO ME |
| 5. | SKA a go go | 5. | La Bossanova de Fabienne |
| TECHNO | SPECIAL | ||
| 1. | life goes on | 1. | Stop Violence! |
| 2. | METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme | 2. | nine seconds |
| 3. | tribe groove | 3. | LUV TO ME |
| 4. | Attack the music | 4. | area code |
| 5. | super highway | 5. | super highway |
Codes & Unlock Information
Codes
All codes are entered on the title screen
- Play Modes
- EXPERT: Hold 1, then press Start.
- DOUBLE: Hold 2, then press Start.
- If you press 1P Start, you enter a mode similar to FREE mode in later games, with two guaranteed stages and all songs selectable. This mode costs 1 credit.
- If you press 2P Start, the game will play as normal, with all modes selectable. This mode costs 2 credits.
- 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: Same as above, but don't press 6 on the third time.
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.