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 == General Information / Changes ==
-* A direct port of [[AC bm 2nd|beatmania 2ndMIX]].
+* Despite being titled ''beatmania'' (ビートマニア), the game combines a port of the arcade game [[AC bm 2nd|beatmania 2ndMIX]] and a CS-exclusive version ''beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX''.
-* This game was the only [[KEY DISC]] for all the other beatmania PlayStation releases until [[CS bm BEST HITS|beatmania BEST HITS]]. After that, other titles were also released as KEY DISC.
+** The name Yebisu is a reference to Yebisu Garden Place (恵比寿ガーデンプレイス), where the KCEJ WEST office was located at the time.
-* The game was issued on two discs: the first one being labeled as ''ARCADE 2ndMIX'' and the other as ''APPEND YebisuMIX''.
+* First and only CS beatmania to be released on two discs, labeled as ''ARCADE'' on DISC 1 and ''APPEND'' on DISC 2.
-** The name Yebisu is a reference to the ''Yebisu Garden Place'' (恵比寿ガーデンプレイス), a centre where the KCEJ WEST office was located at that time.
+* Introduces the [[KEY DISC]] and [[APPEND DISC]] systems, which were used for some of the other CS beatmania, DanceDanceRevolution, GUITARFREAKS, and pop'n music games.
+** This game's ARCADE disc was originally the only KEY DISC until [[CS bm BEST HITS|beatmania BEST HITS]] was released (as well as later titles).
 * Only CS BEMANI release to feature the original 1986-1998 italicized KONAMI logo in-game ''and'' on the packaging (the BEST edition shows the newer 1998-2003 logo).
 * First BEMANI project worked on by [[Hiroyuki Togo]], who would remain a prominent staff member of the CS beatmania series.