beatmania

This page is for the original 1997 arcade game beatmania. For other games titled beatmania, please see beatmania (disambiguation).

beatmania

Release Information

• Release date: Late December 1997
  • Although KONAMI published a press release on December 10th, 1997, this date is not the actual release date of the game.

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.
• beatmania is one of two games in the series (the other being beatmania 3rdMIX) where EXPERT is accessed via a button command or modifier on the PRESS START screen, instead of by selecting it on a mode selection screen.
• 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 they 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 for Stage 3 and 4 if you score high enough on DJ BATTLE.
• WORST judgments are the same as POOR judgements from all subsequent releases.
• Three songs include FREE ZONE at the scratch lanes.
  • Only GOOD or WORST can appear at the FREE ZONE.
  • There is no way to obtain 100,000 points on songs with FREE ZONE.
• The stage result screen in normal mode does not show note judge count or total number of notes.
  • EXPERT mode does show note judge counts in place of money score between each song.

Staff Information

• Game credits: beatmania credits
• Soundtrack credits: BEAT MANIA -REMIXES-: KONAMI GAME MUSIC REMIX SERIES Vol.4 WITH beatmania ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK credits

Song List

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
Stage 1 & 2
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
Stage 3 & 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
Hidden Song
RAVE	e~emotion	e.o.s	140-145	N/A	N/A
Special Stages
-	PRACTICE STAGE		94-112	N/A	N/A
DJ-BATTLE	DJ BATTLE		93	N/A	N/A

Codes

EXPERT Mode

• On the title screen, hold all keys on the 1P side (1+2+3+4+5), then press either the 1P START or 2P START button.
  • This lets you play every song in the game (except PRACTICE STAGE and DJ BATTLE) in order.

EXPERT Course

If the courses are played with two players, the alternate songs or versions are used instead of the original.

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

Related Link

• beatmania Official Site (archived)