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beatmania Arcade Releases
beatmania Series
beatmania - 2nd - 3rd - completeMIX
4th - 5th - completeMIX 2
6th - 7th - THE FINAL
ClubMIX - CORE REMIX - DREAMS COME TRUE
beatmania III Series
beatmania III - APPEND CORE REMIX - APPEND 6th
APPEND 7th - THE FINAL

beatmania

Release Information

  • Release date: December 31st, 1997

General Information

  • beatmania is the very first BEMANI game ever released.
  • beatmania has the smallest amount of selectable songs in any BEMANI game, with 7 songs available in 1P or 2P mode, and a maximum of 3 are available in one stage.
  • Once the player starts playing, the game gives you an option to enter a practice stage, which lets the player see a short tutorial, and then play jam jam reggae and u gotta groove.
    • If the player skips the practice stage, then he/she can choose a song each stage from a limited song list:
      • u gotta groove, jam jam reggae, and OVERDOSER are available on Stage 1 and Stage 2.
      • After clearing Stage 1 and Stage 2, you play DJ BATTLE as a Special Stage.
      • 20, novemver, LOVE SO GROOVY, and 2 gorgeous 4U/greed eater are available on Stage 3 and Stage 4, after which the game ends.
      • e~emotion is available only on Stage 4.
  • An EXPERT course can be accessed if the player holds all the keys while pressing Start. This course contains every song in the game (save for DJ BATTLE).

Staff Information

Full credits list: beatmania credits

  • Director: Yuichiro Sagawa
  • Planner: MiZKiNG, Takashi Hamano
  • Sound Producer: Hiroshi Takeyasu, Reo Nagumo, Tomomi Ohta
  • Programmer: Takayuki Fukunaga, Hideki Hashimoto
  • CG Designer: MiZKiNG
  • Graphic Designer: Noriyuki Yokoki
  • Producer: Koji Okamoto

New Songs

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Default Songs
PRACTICE PRACTICE STAGE DJ-KONAMI 94-112 N/A N/A
HIP-HOP u gotta groove DJ nagureo 94-100 1 1
REGGAE jam jam reggae jam master'73 90 2 2
TECHNO OVERDOSER (romo mix) MIRAK 132 4 -
OVERDOSER (ambient mix) MIRAK 134 - 4
BREAK-BTS 2 gorgeous 4U prophet-31 150 3 -
greed eater The Dust Fathers 112 - 3
SOUL LOVE SO GROOVY LOVEMINTS 141 4 -
LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) LOVEMINTS 141 - 4
HOUSE 20, novemver (single mix) DJ nagureo 130 5 -
20, novemver (radio edit) DJ nagureo 130 - 5
RAVE e~emotion e.o.s 140-145 N/A N/A
DJ BATTLE DJ BATTLE (DJ nagureo) 93 N/A N/A

EXPERT Course

No. Song
1. u gotta groove
2. jam jam reggae
3. OVERDOSER (romo mix) / OVERDOSER (ambient mix)
4. 2 gorgeous 4U / greed eater
5. LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)
6. 20,novemver (single mix) / 20,novemver (radio edit)
7. e~emotion

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