This page is for the original 1997 arcade game beatmania. For other games titles beatmania, please see beatmania (disambiguation).
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.
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 SongsEXPERT CourseRelated Link