beatmania 3rdMIX

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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 3rdMIX

Release Information

  • Release date:
    • Japan: September 28th, 1998
    • Europe: January 1999
    • South Korea: 1999 (as beatstage 3rdMIX)

General Information / Changes

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  • First beatmania game to keep track of your combo count.
    • GOODs break your combo.
    • GREATs flash if you have more than 10 combo, but this gives no bonuses.
      • These so-called "Flashing GREATs" were later repurposed in completeMIX as a separate, more accurate judgment.
  • The score calculation in beatmania 3rdMIX is unique:
    • GOOD = 70,000 ÷ TotalNotes ÷ 5
    • GREAT (1-10) = 70,000 ÷ TotalNotes + 30,000 ÷ (45 + 10 × (TotalNotes - 10)) × (Combo - 1)
    • GREAT (11-more) = 70,000 ÷ TotalNotes + 30,000 ÷ (45 + 10 × (TotalNotes - 10)) × 10
  • First beatmania game to feature the EXPERT mode groove gauge, which differs in several ways from the standard groove gauge of NORMAL and EASY mode.
    • EXPERT gauge starts out full, and decreases with BADs/POORs.
    • Neither GREATs/GOODs, nor the start of the next stage, increase the gauge.
    • If the gauge runs out before the final stage ends, the stage ends immediately.
    • The only way to increase the gauge is to continue after failing a stage.
      • However, doing so will nullify all scores and judgment counts earned up to that point; only subsequent scores and judgment counts will be accounted for on the total results screen.
  • One of two games in the series (the other being beatmania) where EXPERT is accessed via a button command or modifier on the PRESS START screen, instead of by selecting it on a mode selection screen.
  • A grade screen identical to the EXPERT screen is now displayed after completing any mode.
  • EASY mode is now available. It differs from NORMAL mode in regards to the lifebar increase/decrease, songs that can be chosen and when, and most song's judgment windows (except for PRACTICE and DJ BATTLE).
  • Returning songs' genres are displayed with "[classic]".
  • HIDDEN and DOUBLE, introduced in the previous game, are now implemented as regular modifiers that are activated by holding down a button (instead of as button commands).
  • Three new modifiers were introduced:
    • BATTLE, which allows two players to play the same exact chart, instead of a split chart as in regular versus mode.
    • MIRROR, which inverts the notechart (besides the scratches).
    • RANDOM, which randomizes the notechart of the song you're playing (besides the scratches).
  • The FREE ZONE mechanic was removed. As such, charts that previously had the FREE ZONE mechanic now have higher notecounts than they did in beatmania or 2ndMIX.
  • First BEMANI game worked on by Gyo Eguchi (VJ GYO), who became the chief movie designer of beatmania IIDX a few months later, a position he still holds to this very day.
  • First BEMANI game released with the 1998-2003 KONAMI logo on the start-up screen (in version JA-B and all versions released afterward).
    • However, the oldest revision of the game (version JA-A), along with the cabinet itself, still show the 1986-1998 italicized KONAMI logo.
  • First BEMANI game with CS crossovers. As such, the songs that originated from the CS release of BEMANI games are carried over to future arcade releases.
  • beatmania 3rdMIX was released the same day as pop'n music, marking the first time two BEMANI games were released the same day in the arcades.

Staff Information

Full Song List

New Songs

Since ANOTHER charts do not have separate ratings, they will be denoted with a check mark (✓).

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
NORMAL HARD ANOTHER NORMAL HARD ANOTHER
Default Songs
AMBIENT life goes on Quadra 124 1 1 - 1 1 -
SOUL find out nouvo nude 100 1 1 - 1 1 -
J-DANCE POP Believe again HYPER MEGA MIX dj nagureo featuring miryam 130 - 2 - - 2 -
HIPHOP s.d.z DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad 100 2 2 - 2 2 -
HOUSE wild I/O nouvo nude 130 3 3 - 3 3 -
BOSSA GROOVE La Bossanova de Fabienne
from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
staccato two-F 143 3 3 - 3 3 -
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE Stop Violence!
from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
Herbie Hammock & His Band 113 - 3 - - 3 -
REGGAE Queen's Jamaica Crunky Boy featuring Muhammad 94 4 4 - 4 4 -
BIGBEAT MIX METALGEAR SOLID ~Main Theme
from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
ESPACIO BROTHERS 140 4 4 - 4 4 -
WORLD GROOVE tribe groove nite system 126 - 6 - - 6 -
EURO BEAT LUV TO ME THIRD-MIX miryam reo yoshinori 154 6 6 - 6 6 -
HARD TECHNO Attack the music DJ FX 140 6 6 6 6 -
DRUM'N BASS super highway nouvo nude 160 - 6 - - 6 -
Hidden Songs
80'S J-POP Believe again Emotion of Sound featuring miryam 130 - 4 - - 4 -
DIGITAL FUNK nine seconds nouvo nude 97 - 5 - - 5 -
DIGI ROCK area code nouvo nude 112 - 5 - - 5 -


EXPERT Courses

If the courses are played with two players, the alternate songs or versions are used instead of the originals.


Course STAGE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL
CLASSIC Do you love me? LOVE SO GROOVY / LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) 20,november (single mix) / 20,november (radio edit) Deep Clear Eyes SKA a go go
VOCAL find out Believe again (HYPER MEGA MIX) Queen's Jamaica LUV TO ME La Bossanova de Fabienne
TECHNO life goes on METALGEAR SOLID ~Main Theme tribe groove Attack the music super highway
SPECIAL Stop Violence! nine seconds LUV TO ME area code super highway


Codes & Unlock Information

Codes

  • To activate a play mode or modifier, you must do so from the title screen when either the "PUSH 1P START BUTTON" or "PUSH 1P START BUTTON OR PUSH 2P START BUTTON" message is flashing.
    • In this game you can combine certain play modes and modifiers, but some combinations require you to first insert at least 2 credits.
Play Modes
  • EXPERT: Hold 1, then press START.
  • DOUBLE: Hold 2, then press the START button that corresponds to the desired type of DOUBLE mode.
    • 1-Credit: If you press 1P START, you play a mode that is similar to FREE mode in certain games. You have two guaranteed stages and can pick any song that is listed (you must separately enter unlock codes for any songs that require them).
    • 2-Credit: If you press 2P START, you can play all normally accessible modes.
Modifiers
  • BATTLE: Hold 3, then press START.
  • HIDDEN: Hold 4, then press START.
  • MIRROR: Press 8-10-8-7-6 three times, then press START.
  • RANDOM: Almost the same as the above, except don't press 6 on the third time.
    • In other words, press 8-10-8-7-6, 8-10-8-7-6, 8-10-8-7

Song Unlocks

Believe again, nine seconds and area code
  • On the title screen, turn the 1P turntable clockwise 2 times, hold 5, then turn the turntable counterclockwise 2 times and press Start.
    • This unlocks the songs for play in the regular modes, and the SPECIAL course in EXPERT mode.
ANOTHER charts
  • Highlight either 20,november or Attack the music, then when the timer is at 11 seconds, press 1 and 6 at the same time.
    • Note that Attack the music doesn't have a DP ANOTHER chart.

New Charts

The following songs from previous releases have received new charts in beatmania 3rdMIX.

Since ANOTHER charts do not have separate ratings, they will be denoted with a check mark (✓).

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
NORMAL HARD ANOTHER NORMAL HARD ANOTHER
HOUSE 20,november (single mix) DJ nagureo 130 - - - - -
HOUSE 20,november (radio edit) DJ nagureo 130 - - - - -
SOUL LOVE SO GROOVY LOVEMINTS 141 4 - - - - -
SOUL LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version) LOVEMINTS 141 - - - 4 - -
AMBIENT Beginning of life QUADRA 110 1 - - 1 - -
SKA SKA a go go THE BALD HEADS 144-160 6 - - 6 - -
DRUM'N BASS MIX Deep Clear Eyes QUADRA 155 5 - - 5 - -


Removed Songs

The following songs from previous beatmania releases have been removed from beatmania 3rdMIX.

Song Title Artist Game
2 gorgeous 4U prophet-31 beatmania
e-motion e.o.s beatmania
greed eater The Dust Fathers beatmania
jam jam reggae jam master '73 beatmania
OVERDOSER (romo mix) MIRAK beatmania
OVERDOSER (ambient mix) MIRAK beatmania
u gotta groove DJ nagreo beatmania
Acid Bomb DJ FX beatmania 2ndMIX
e-motion (2nd MIX) e.o.s beatmania 2ndMIX
LOVE SO GROOVY (Nite's After Luv mix) NITE SYSTEM beatmania 2ndMIX
OVERDOSER (Driving Dub mix) QUADRA beatmania 2ndMIX
Salamander Beat Crush mix NITE SYSTEM beatmania 2ndMIX
tokai perfomed by co-key DJ Mazinger beatmania 2ndMIX
u gotta groove (Triple Mazin Dub) DJ Mazinger beatmania 2ndMIX

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