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1998 saw the beginning of KONAMI expanding its music line. Two new game series went into location tests, and were later released that same year: DanceDanceRevolution and pop'n music. | 1998 saw the beginning of KONAMI expanding its music line. Two new game series went into location tests, and were later released that same year: DanceDanceRevolution and pop'n music. | ||
DanceDanceRevolution originally focused on dance music from TOSHIBA-EMI's line of ''Dancemania'' albums, as KONAMI signed a deal with | DanceDanceRevolution originally focused on dance music from TOSHIBA-EMI's line of ''Dancemania'' albums, as KONAMI signed a deal with them advertise their albums in DanceDanceRevolution in exchange for access to their ever-increasing library of music. The few new original songs it had were made by a young [[Naoki Maeda]], a recent composer for KONAMI who would later become the series' sound producer. | ||
pop'n music, meanwhile, consisted of original songs much like beatmania, but expanded upon the 5 key layout with nine different, color-coded buttons, as well as a more colorful interface. It also had a character select screen to choose your desired character for play, which was still a new thing in music games at the time. | pop'n music, meanwhile, consisted of original songs much like beatmania, but expanded upon the 5-key layout with nine different, color-coded buttons, as well as a more colorful interface. It also had a character select screen to choose your desired character for play, which was still a new thing in music games at the time. | ||
In addition to two new music game series, KONAMI continued to produce new games for the beatmania series. beatmania 2ndMIX and 3rdMIX both came out, the former introducing [[Hiroshi Watanabe]], the first ever commission artist in BEMANI. His style of music, which varied from techno to house, made him popular within the beatmania community, even long after he stopped contributing. | In addition to two new music game series, KONAMI continued to produce new games for the beatmania series. beatmania 2ndMIX and 3rdMIX both came out, the former introducing [[Hiroshi Watanabe]], the first ever commission artist in BEMANI. His style of music, which varied from techno to house, made him popular within the beatmania community, even long after he stopped contributing. | ||