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 # Continue to hold the button, then use the turntable to highlight the song you want to play.
 # With the button still held down, press the second button (e.g. 1) to select that song when the timer is at 11 seconds.
+== Play Any Song (or Ending) ==
+* In beatmania through 3rdMIX, there is a hidden feature that allows the player(s) to select any song (or the ending) regardless of stage, via a combination of the test switch and specific key button(s).
+** In 3rdMIX, there are three methods for activating this feature on the song select screen.
+*** 1. Simultaneously press the specific key(s) and the test switch at the exact same time.
+*** 2. While holding the specific key(s), press the test switch.
+*** 3. While holding the test switch, press the specific key(s).
+*** However, for all three methods, if all of the specific keys are on a side that is not currently active, the only way to subsequently select the song will be to wait for the timer to run out.
+*** If only the test switch is being held down when the timer runs out, the song select screen will fade out, then fade back in (with the timer having been reset).
+**** The same fade-out/fade-in will happen in the following scenarios.
+***** The test switch and specific key(s) are pressed, or held while time runs out, while the EFFECT button is also being held down.
+***** The test switch and an unassigned key combination (e.g. 1+2+4+5) are used.
+**** This fade-out/fade-in can be utilized to make selection easier: while the song select screen fades out, press and hold the specific key(s) before it fades in, then press the test button again after it fades in.
+* The specific keys to press for selecting each song (or the ending) are as follows.
+** [[20,november|20,november (radio edit)]]: 4+5 (two-player or DOUBLE only)
+** [[20,november|20,november (single mix)]]: 4+5 (one-player or BATTLE only)
+** [[area code]]: 7+8+9
+** [[Attack the music]]: 1+2+3
+** [[Beginning of life|Beginning of Life]]: 3
+** [[Believe again]]: 3+4+5
+** [[Believe again HYPER MEGA MIX]]: 6
+** [[Deep Clear Eyes]]: 6+7
+** [[DJ BATTLE]]: 1+2+3+4
+** [[Do you love me?]]: 5
+** ENDING: 2+3+4+5
+*** Note that the game will end immediately after the ending, regardless of which stage it was played on.
+** [[find out]]: 2
+** [[jam jam reggae (Funky jam Cookie mix)]]: 4
+** [[La Bossanova de Fabienne]]: 9
+** [[life goes on]]: 1
+** [[LOVE SO GROOVY]]: 2+3 (one-player or BATTLE only)
+** [[LOVE SO GROOVY|LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)]]: 2+3 (two-player or DOUBLE only)
+** [[LUV TO ME|LUV TO ME THIRD-MIX]]: 9+10
+** [[METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme]]: 3+4
+** [[nine seconds]]: 6+7+8
+** [[PRACTICE STAGE (beatmania 2ndMIX)|PRACTICE STAGE]]: 8+9+10
+*** When selected via this method, the loading screen will show the information for [[s.d.z]], but PRACTICE STAGE will be played.
+*** The normal groove gauge(s) will appear (while occasionally being blocked by DJ KONAMI's dialogue text), and it will be possible to fail the stage (unlike in [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]]).
+*** When this method is used to play PRACTICE STAGE on any stage, a genre of '''PRACTICE''' will appear for it on the DJ LEVEL screen when it scrolls down.
+** [[Queen's Jamaica]]: 1+2
+** [[s.d.z]]: 7
+** [[SKA a go go]]: 8+9 (redirects to DOUBLE chart if selected while BATTLE is enabled)
+** [[Stop Violence!]]: 10
+** [[super highway]]: 2+3+4
+** [[tribe groove]]: 7+8 (redirects to DOUBLE chart if selected while BATTLE is enabled)
+** [[wild I/O]]: 8
+* Note that this feature is the only way to play the following songs while in EASY mode.
+** [[area code]]; [[Believe again]]; [[nine seconds]]; [[PRACTICE STAGE (beatmania 2ndMIX)|PRACTICE STAGE]]; [[Stop Violence!]]; [[super highway]]; [[tribe groove]];
 == Event Mode ==
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 *** As such, there is no known way to select options during Event Mode.
 ** The mode select menu is skipped, preventing selection of game mode.
-** Song selection is performed with the START button(s), instead of a white or black key button (1/2/3/4/5 or 6/7/8/9/10).
+** Song selection is generally performed with the START button(s), instead of a white or black key button (1/2/3/4/5 or 6/7/8/9/10).
+*** However, when using the method described in [[AC_bm_3rd#Play_Any_Song_(or_Ending)|Play Any Song (or Ending)]], the test switch combined with the specific key(s) can be used for selection instead.
 ** To make each selection, follow the procedures below on the song select screen.
 * Select Mode
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 **** Two-player non-BATTLE mode (DOUBLE chart with two lifebars) cannot be specifically selected while in Event Mode.
 ***** However, if a chart says that BATTLE cannot be played and BATTLE is selected anyway, it will play two-player non-BATTLE mode (DOUBLE chart with two lifebars).
+;Test Switch Differences
+* While Event Mode is enabled, the operations that the test switch performs will differ as follows.
+** Pressing the test switch and letting go immediately: Selects the currently highlighted song, regardless of whether any keys or the EFFECT button are being held down.
+** Pressing and holding the test switch for slightly longer, or until the song select screen fades out, while holding the specific key(s) down: Selects the specified song.
+** Pressing and holding the test switch for slightly longer while not holding any keys down: Fades out of the song select screen, then fades back in.
+* In addition, using the test switch and specific key(s) to select a song will only allow SINGLE mode to be played.
 = New Charts =