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= KEYBOARDMANIA Series =
= KEYBOARDMANIA Series =
[[Image:KEYBOARDMANIA cabinet.png|thumb|KEYBOARDMANIA cabinet.]]
[[Image:KEYBOARDMANIA cabinet.png|thumb|A KEYBOARDMANIA cabinet.]]
KEYBOARDMANIA is the seventh [[BEMANI]] series to be released in Japan. The game can be played by one or two players. Each player uses a 2 octave, 24 key Yamaha keyboard and a pitch wheel.
'''''KEYBOARDMANIA''''' (キーボードマニア, often shortened to ''KBM'') is the seventh [[BEMANI]] series to be released in Japan. The game can be played by one or two players. Following the popularity of the [[GITADORA Information|GuitarFreaks & DrumMania]] series, KEYBOARDMANIA, as its name suggests, allows players to use a 2 octave, 24 key Yamaha keyboard and a pitch wheel. Although it only lasted for three arcade releases, the KEYBOARDMANIA series was infamous for its difficulty, with beginners being overwhelmed by its controller.


== Arcade ==
The final arcade release, [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]], was also compatible for session mode with GuitarFreaks & DrumMania, named ''MultiSession GDK'', allowing players linked play between the three games with a short shared song list.
 
In Korea, the KEYBOARDMANIA series was renamed to ''KEYBOARDHEAVEN''.
 
== Games ==
=== Arcade Releases ===
* [[AC KBM|KEYBOARDMANIA]] (released on February 6th, 2000)
* [[AC KBM|KEYBOARDMANIA]] (released on February 6th, 2000)
* [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] (released on October 6th, 2000)
* [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] (released on October 6th, 2000)
* [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]] (released on March 15th, 2001)
* [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]] (released on March 15th, 2001)


== Consumer Software ==
=== Consumer Software ===
 
==== PlayStation 2 ====
=== PlayStation 2 ===
* [[CS KBM|KEYBOARDMANIA CS]] (released on September 21st, 2000)
* [[CS KBM|KEYBOARDMANIA CS]] (released on September 21st, 2000)
* [[CS KBM II|KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX]] (released on February 28th, 2002)
* [[CS KBM II|KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX]] (released on February 28th, 2002)


=== PC ===
==== PC ====
* [[CS KBM Yamaha Edition|KEYBOARDMANIA Yamaha Edition]] (released on July 23rd, 2003)
* [[CS KBM Yamaha Edition|KEYBOARDMANIA Yamaha Edition]] (released on July 23rd, 2003)
== Game Modes ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1px" style="background:#ccccee; font-size:90%; text-align: center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|-
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" | Mode
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" | Stages
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" | Description
|-
|LIGHT
|Maximum 3 (1 guaranteed)
|Introduced in 2ndMix<br>Uses half-octave (12 keys) instead of 24 keys, absent in Double Play
|-
|LIGHT+
|Maximum 3
|Formerly called NORMAL in 1stMix<br>Lower difficulties only available
|-
|REAL
|Maximum 3
|
|-
|FREE
|Guaranteed 2
|Practice mode similar to the FREE mode in the beatmania series.
|-
|PRESSURE
|Maximum 4
|Introduced in 2ndMix<br>Course-based mode (a course with four songs that can be selected at any order), uses non-recovery gauge that starts at 100%.<br>Hidden game mode, requiring to press down the options further.
|-
|}
== Gameplay ==
Not unlike the [[beatmania Information|beatmania]] series, there are 24 columns on the screen, corresponding to each of the keys (48 columns if playing in Double). While playing, small horizontal notes fall straight through each of these columns, and the player must press the right key when the note touches the red line at the bottom of the column, no sooner and no later. KEYBOARDMANIA also has Long Notes, which are shown as a white/red beam (depending on the column where it appears: white for white notes, red for black notes) that must be kept pressed during its duration. Once a Long Note is pressed, it will reveal its real length. The pitch wheel also has its own lane, with its own notes not unlike scratches in beatmania (however, wheel notes mandate a direction to be hit).
As KEYBOARDMANIA is a keysounded game, each key press will play a sound which complements the song. Each hit can be judged as GREAT, GOOD, or MISS (Long Notes are judged at the start and end of the note).
== Scoring ==
KEYBOARDMANIA features a life bar (often referred to as the "groove gauge"), which increases moderately by GREATs, slightly by GOODs, and depletes somewhat by MISSes; the emphasis is clearly on missing as few notes as possible. To pass a song, the life bar has to be at 70% (50% in DOUBLE) or above at the end of a song, or to never reach 0% at any point of the song.
== Game Options ==
; MIRROR
Flips the note layout so, for example, all notes that would normally correspond to the extreme left-hand key now correspond to the extreme right-hand key, and so forth.
; HI-SPEED
Increases the scroll rate of the note chart, from 1x (default) to 4x.
; DOUBLE
Allows one player to use both keyboards, with each song having different charts using up to all 48 keys. DOUBLE cannot be used in LIGHT mode.
; HIDDEN (introduced in 2ndMIX)
Notes are only visible in the upper half of the screen.
; ANOTHER
Allows players to access a special, harder chart for select songs.
= KEYBOARDMANIA Resources =
* [http://www.bemaniwiki.com BEMANIwiki 2nd]
* [http://textage.cc/ TexTage]
* [http://wikiwiki.jp/cskm/?FrontPage KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki]


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