beatmania 2ndMIX

beatmania 2ndMIX

Release Information

• Release date: March 18th, 1998

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.
• 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, 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.

No.	Song	No.	Song
CLASSIC		VOCAL
1.	2 gorgeous 4 U / greed eater	1.	tokai
2.	OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	2.	jam jam reggae (Funky Jam Cookie mix)
3.	LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	3.	20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit)
4.	20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit)	4.	SKA a go go
5.	e-motion / e-motion (2nd MIX)	5.	Do you love me?
TECHNO
1.	OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	1.
2.	OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix)	2.
3.	Salamander Beat Crush mix / Acid Bomb	3.
4.	Beginning of Life	4.
5.	Deep Clear Eyes	5.

Codes

All codes are entered on the title screen

Play Styles

• DOUBLE
  • 1 Coin Play: Hold 1, 3 and 5, press 1P Start, then immediately let go and hold 2 and 4. This mode functions identically to FREE mode in later games, where you have two guaranteed stages, and can pick any song in the game.
  • 2 Coin Play: Hold 6, 8 and 10, press 2P Start, then immediately let go and hold 7 and 9. This lets you play the game as normal, with all modes available.
• HIDDEN: Hold 2 and 4, press 1P or 2P Start, then immediately let go and hold 1 and 5.

Related Link

• beatmania 2ndMIX official site (archived)