beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX
beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX
Release Information
- Release date: December 23rd, 1998
- Retail value: 2,800 yen
General Information / Changes
- Direct port of beatmania 3rdMIX, minus four songs: Beginning of life, DJ BATTLE, jam jam reggae (Funky Jam Cookie mix), and SKA a go go.
- Despite being unused, the BGAs, BGMs, charts, and keysounds for the missing songs are included.
- EXPERT mode was also not included. Graphical data for the mode is left on the disc, however.
- Unlike the arcade release, there is no combo counter, nor do GREATs flash if you have more than 10 combo.
- Prior to the game release, beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini was released with beatmania 3rdMIX complete on November 27th, 1998.
- beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini only included find out, life goes on, Queen's Jamaica, tribe groove, and wild I/O. The interface and BGAs are recycled from 2ndMIX.
- Total songs: 22
Staff Information
Song List
Genre | Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NORMAL | HARD | ANOTHER | NORMAL | HARD | ANOTHER | ||||
beatmania 3rdMIX Songs | |||||||||
HARD TECHNO | Attack the music | DJ FX | 140 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
J-DANCE POP | Believe again HYPER MEGA MIX | dj nagureo featuring miryam | 130 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
SOUL | find out | nouvo nude | 100 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
AMBIENT | life goes on | Quadra | 125 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
EURO BEAT | LUV TO ME THIRD-MIX | miryam reo yoshinori | 154 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
REGGAE | Queen's Jamaica | Crunky Boy featuring Muhammad | 94 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
HIPHOP | s.d.z | DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad | 100 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
DRUM'N BASS | super highway | nouvo nude | 160 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
WORLD GROOVE | tribe groove | nite system | 126 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
HOUSE | wild I/O | nouvo nude | 130 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
Hidden Songs | |||||||||
DIGI ROCK | area code | nouvo nude | 112 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - |
80'S J-POP | Believe again | Emotion of Sound featuring miryam | 130 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
DIGITAL FUNK | nine seconds | nouvo nude | 97 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - |
beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX Songs | |||||||||
BOSSA GROOVE | La Bossanova de Fabienne | staccato two-F | 143 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
BIGBEAT MIX | METALGEAR SOLID ~Main Theme | ESPACIO BROTHERS | 140 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE | Stop Violence! | Herbie Hammock & His Band | 113 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
beatmania 2ndMIX Songs | |||||||||
DRUM'N BASS MIX | Deep Clear Eyes | QUADRA | 155 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - |
BALLADE (JAZZ-SOUL) | Do you love me? | reo-nagumo | 100 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
beatmania Songs | |||||||||
HOUSE | 20,november (single mix) | DJ nagureo | 130 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
HOUSE | 20,november (radio edit) | DJ nagureo | 130 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
SOUL | LOVE SO GROOVY | LOVEMINTS | 141 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
SOUL | LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) | LOVEMINTS | 141 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Hidden Commands
Activate Play Mode or Modifier for Main Game
The information in this section pertains to beatmania CS, beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX (mini), APPEND GOTTAMIX, and all games with a BONUS EDIT mode (4th/5th/GOTTA2/Club) when BONUS EDIT mode is active.
- To activate a play mode or modifier for the main game, you must do so from the PRESS START BUTTON screen and then choose GAME START after you activate it.
- When you activate a play mode or modifier, a confirmation sound will play.
- Any active play mode or modifier will be deactivated if you go back to the PRESS START BUTTON screen, or if you choose anything other than GAME START.
- Only DOUBLE PLAY or HIDDEN PLAY can be active; it is not possible for both DOUBLE PLAY and HIDDEN PLAY to be active at the same time.
- Play Modes
- DOUBLE PLAY
- While holding down all three white keys (or Left, Square, and X on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button, then release the white keys and hold down all two black keys (L1 and R1).
- When DOUBLE PLAY is active, it is applied to the side currently playing the game.
- In PRACTICE/NORMAL/EXPERT mode: 1P or 2P
- DOUBLE PLAY in the main game acts like "1-Credit DOUBLE" from beatmania 2ndMIX and later.
- "1-Credit DOUBLE" is similar to FREE mode in certain CS beatmania games, in that you pick any song that is listed; however, you can only pick two songs.
- Unlike certain AC beatmania games in the series, you do not need to separately enter unlock codes for any songs.
- When DOUBLE PLAY is active, it is applied to the side currently playing the game.
- While holding down all three white keys (or Left, Square, and X on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button, then release the white keys and hold down all two black keys (L1 and R1).
- Modifiers
- HIDDEN PLAY
- While holding down all two black keys (or L1 and R1 on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button, then release the black keys and hold down the left and right white keys (Left and X).
- When HIDDEN PLAY is active, it is applied to all sides currently playing the game.
- In PRACTICE/NORMAL/EXPERT mode: 1P, 2P, or 1P & 2P
- When HIDDEN PLAY is active, it is applied to all sides currently playing the game.
- While holding down all two black keys (or L1 and R1 on a standard PlayStation controller), press the START button, then release the black keys and hold down the left and right white keys (Left and X).
Undocumented Features
These features are only available if you have switched over to beatmania CS, beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX (mini), or APPEND GOTTAMIX via the DISC CHANGE option from either of the following games:
- Autoplay
- At any time during a song, press and then release START to turn on Autoplay. Press START and release again at any time to turn off Autoplay.
- Autoplay is available for all game modes (GAME START, TRAINING, and FREE) and will remain enabled between songs in GAME START and FREE modes until the player goes back to the title screen.
- Quit Mid-Song
- At any time during a song, press both START and SELECT to quit the song and jump to the results screen.
- This command is available in GAME START and FREE modes.
- Be aware that using this command causes a bug where incorrect audio is played during sounds and music.
- However, the effects of this bug disappear when the player either returns to the title screen or plays a song.
Related Link
None.