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= beatmania =
= beatmania =
== [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] ==
== [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] ==
* According to [[Kiyoshi Mizuki]] on the ''beatmania press mix'' book, at the very beginning of the development of beatmania, the game had three buttons per player. There was only one turntable, which was shared between both players.
* The January 1998 issue of the ''MyCom BASIC Magazine'' (マイコンBASICマガジン) includes a screenshot of an early version of beatmania:
* The January 1998 issue of the ''MyCom BASIC Magazine'' (マイコンBASICマガジン) includes a screenshot of an early version of beatmania:
** beatmania is referred by its working title, '''DJ BEATS'''.
** beatmania is referred by its working title, '''DJ BEATS'''.
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** Only one GROOVE GAUGE (named GROOVE LEVEL) is used, even if two players are present.
** Only one GROOVE GAUGE (named GROOVE LEVEL) is used, even if two players are present.
** An audio visualizer graphic is shown below the GROOVE LEVEL gauge.
** An audio visualizer graphic is shown below the GROOVE LEVEL gauge.
* According to [[Kiyoshi Mizuki]] on the ''beatmania press mix'' book, at the very beginning of the development of beatmania, the game had three buttons per player. There was only one turntable, which was shared between both players.
* beatmania was first unveiled to the public at the AM Show 1997 event. While it retained the GROOVE LEVEL gauge and audio visualizer from the above-mentioned screenshot, the notes were changed to the same shape as the final version's ones, although a bit thicker.
 
== [[AC bm 2nd|beatmania 2ndMIX]] ==
* The April 1998 issue of the ''Famitsu'' magazine includes a screenshot of an early version of beatmania 2ndMIX, which also shows the audio visualizer graphic from DJ BEATS. It is currently unknown if this graphic was present during development of beatmania 2ndMIX, or if the screenshot is just an updated version of the aforementioned DJ BEATS' image.


== [[AC bm 5th|beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-]] ==
== [[AC bm 5th|beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-]] ==