Salamander Beat Crush mix
Salamander Beat Crush mix
Song Information
Artist: NITE SYSTEM
Composition/Arrangement: NITE SYSTEM
BPM: 134
Length: 1:21
Genre: KONAMIX
VJ: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX (generic video and overlays)), VJ GYO (overlays by MiZKiNG) (beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- The beginning part of Salamander Beat Crush mix samples STARFIELD from the KONAMI shoot'em up Salamander, a.k.a. Life Force. It is a side series of GRADIUS.
- A remix of Salamander Beat Crush mix by DECADES, titled Salamander Beat Crush mix ～CRASH MIX～, appears in beatmania CORE REMIX.
- An 8-bit arrangement of Salamander Beat Crush mix appears in beatmania GB.
- Salamander Beat Crush mix shares a vocal sample with Y31, from beatmania IIDX 6th style.
Trivia
- Salamander Beat Crush mix's charts were moved up to the HARD difficulty in beatmania completeMIX.
- The beatmania III series has duplicates of Salamander Beat Crush mix's HARD charts for its NORMAL charts.
- It received proper NORMAL charts in beatmania THE FINAL.
- The beatmania III series has duplicates of Salamander Beat Crush mix's HARD charts for its NORMAL charts.
- In beatmania GB, Salamander Beat Crush mix runs at 140 BPM.
- Salamander Beat Crush mix received a Single ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX substream.
- Salamander Beat Crush mix received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS.
- In the DanceDanceRevolution series, Salamander Beat Crush mix received a Double MANIAC chart in DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX. However, it's the same chart as its Double TRICK chart.
- In DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX, Salamander Beat Crush mix's title was written in the songwheel as Salamander (Beat Crush mix).
- In DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX, Salamander Beat Crush Mix reuses FURUHATA'S THEME's background animations.
- Salamander Beat Crush mix also appears on KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION, a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.
Song Production Information
beatmania 2ndMIX
This song was put together with sound samples from Salamander. It's interesting how the characters on screen synchronize with the button controls. The combination of synth backing and vocals looks complicated, but shouldn't be difficult once you get the timing down.
beatmania completeMIX English site
Get into this techno dance mix.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in 1st style and substream, 1 to 7 in 2nd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)
beatmania
Original Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 171 | 171 | - | 177 | 177 | - |
| beatmania 2ndMIX | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania completeMIX | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| beatmania CORE REMIX | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | - |
| beatmania III→THE FINAL | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | - |
| beatmania CS | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania GB | ※4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania (Europe) | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
※ Denotes chart has been changed from the original chart (total notes: 153).
THE FINAL Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 147 | 171 | - | 172 | 177 | - |
| beatmania THE FINAL | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | ↓3 | - |
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 157 | 171 | 171 | - | 173 | 177 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX | - | - | 3 | -- | - | 3 | - | - | |
| beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style | - | - | 3 | N/A | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS | - | 2 | 3 | N/A | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | - / - | 153 / 0 | 166 / 0 | 193 / 0 | - / - / - | 152 / 0 | 166 / 0 | 166 / 0 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC) | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - |