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:Available for home versions as a specific mode, this plays exactly as 7KEYS, except that the last two keys farthest from the turntable aren't used. This is probably a compatibility issue with original ''beatmania'' controllers, so that owners of the original could still somewhat play beatmania IIDX, only having the 5-key controller at hand. In arcade versions of beatmania IIDX, 5KEYS has been available from the start as a special gameplay option, most likely as an attempt to help players of the original series make the transition. Starting with [[AC 7th style|7th style]] (and [[CS 10th style|10th style CS]]), 5KEYS was turned into an ASSIST modifier, allowing it to be used with notecharts other than the ordinary 7KEYS mode. From [[AC 10th style|10th style arcade]] through [[AC DistorteD|DistorteD]], songs using this modifier counted as EASY CLEARs; the CS releases didn't save 5KEY scores until ASSIST CLEAR was introduced in [[AC GOLD|GOLD]]. 5KEY was removed in [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]].

:Introduced in [[AC copula|copula]], this Gauge modifier behaves in the same way as the EASY gauge; the passing requirement is also lowered to 60%.

:This mode was added in [[AC 9th style|9th style]] ([[CS 5th style|5th style CS]] for home version). BEGINNER gives an alternate note chart for nearly all songs from levels 1-3. From 9th style to [[AC PENDUAL|PENDUAL]], BEGINNER was a separate mode with only BEGINNER charts, thus severely limiting the number of songs available in a game. As of [[AC Lincle|Lincle]], several BEGINNER charts from console versions (and earlier arcade styles) were revived. Prior to [[AC HEROIC VERSE|HEROIC VERSE]], scores do not save for BEGINNER charts, and all songs have a generic green clear lamp.

:An even harder play mode than ANOTHER difficulty, available on [[CS DJ TROOPERS|DJ TROOPERS CS]] and [[CS EMPRESS|EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST]] only. While not every Black ANOTHER chart is rated level 12, several of them are, and have astoundingly high note counts. [[MENDES]]' Single Black ANOTHER chart is notorious for having the most notes of any Single Play beatmania IIDX chart ever, with 2626 notes.

:This mode is one in which you can play a course of songs in a row without stopping. You start with the gauge at its maximum; if it drops to 0, the game is over. The gauge is the same as that used in Hard mode in normal play, but drops at a much slower rate. EXPERT mode was removed beginning in [[AC tricoro|tricoro]], but has since returned in [[AC PENDUAL|PENDUAL]], this time as a software update.

:Similar to Standard/Arcade mode, with the exception that there is no limit on the which songs can be picked for any particular stage. On home versions, play in Free Mode will continue endlessly until the player chooses to return to the main menu. On arcade versions, Free Mode allows for the player to play two stages, but the player can pick any song for either stage without limits on difficulty and without having to worry about Game Over if a song is failed.

:A variant of arcade versions' FREE mode, but exclusively for two players and with three stages.

:A variant of FREE mode, but with four stages and a new restriction: if you break combo at any point, you fail the song instantly. In arcade versions, it is accessed by highlighting FREE on the mode select screen and pressing the three black keys simultaneously. In console versions, it is a GAUGE modifier accessed by holding down the key to change gauge modifier as you select HARD gauge.