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| '''''beatmania''''' (ビートマニア) is a [[rhythm video game]] developed and distributed by [[Japan|Japanese]] game developer [[Konami]] and first released in 1997. It contributed largely to the boom of music games in 1998, and the series expanded not only with arcade sequels, but also moved to [[video game console|home consoles]] and other portable devices. The [[Bemani|BEMANI]] line of music games from Konami is named after the series, and was first adopted in the arcade release of ''beatmania 3rdMIX'' and kept ever since. The series came to an end with the last game being ''beatmania THE FINAL'', released in 2002.
| | {{Dieser Artikel|erläutert den ersten Teil der Beatmania-Reihe; eine Übersicht findest du unter [[Beatmania-Reihe]].}} |
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| ''beatmania'' gave birth to other related series, with one being the 7-button [[beatmania IIDX]] series (as opposed to beatmania's 5 buttons) and the other being [[beatmania III]] which featured a pedal for optional effects and a 3.5" floppy disk drive to save play records. | | [[image:Beatmania.jpg|right|thumb|260px]] |
| | '''''beatmania''''' (ビートマニア) ist eine DJ-Simulation von [[Konami]]. Die erste Version erschien 1997. Mit beatmania begann der Musikspiele-Boom, der auch heute, zehn Jahre später, noch anhält. Die Serie endetete mit dem Erscheinen von [[beatmania THE FINAL AC|beatmania THE FINAL]] 2002. Beatmania wird mit fünf klavierähnlichen Tasten und einem Turntable gespielt. |
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| While the series was never ported to the [[Personal Computer|PC]], its popularity led to non-official simulators, with one of the most popular being BM98.
| | Als Nachfolger von ''beatmania'' erschienen die [[beatmaniaIIDX]] Serie mit sieben anstatt fünf Tasten sowie die [[beatmania III]] Serie, die dem "klassischen" Tastenlayout ein Fußpedal hinzufügte. |
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| ''beatmania'' and its variants have a hardcore following in [[Japan]] and all around the world. The password based Internet Ranking service allowed competition wherever a machine is available. There are very few ''beatmania'' arcade machines in the [[United States]].
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| ==Basic rules== | | ==Spielmodi== |
| The player is a club musician who must manipulate the controls according to the instructions on screen to win the praise of the audience. Each game consists of a set number of songs of various difficulties, and each song must attain a certain degree of satisfaction from the audience in order to progress to the next.
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| The game controls consist of five plastic vertical rectangular keys that are arranged in a zig-zag pattern alike the letter "M". They resemble the layout of the keys of a piano (e.g. C, C#, D, D#, and E) and are color coded, in the same fashion, with the lower row white and top row black. A turntable is to the right of the five keys, and is turned, or "scratched".
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| Each key has a corresponding vertical bar onscreen, as does the turntable. The bars indicate the path which rectangular icons cascade down towards a horizontal line near the bottom of the screen. The player must hit the corresponding key or rotate the turntable when the icon matches with the line, which will trigger a preset sound sample and recomposes the song properly. Players are judged for each key press for the accuracy of the timing on a scale of GREAT, GOOD, BAD and POOR. BAD and POOR, as well as hitting keys/scratching when corresponding notes are absent during the chart's duration, deplete from a bar indicating the audience satisfaction. The passing range is shown on the bar as a red region on the right, and green for the failing range on the left. The game may end pre-maturely if the bar is completely depleted, but this depends on individual machine settings.
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| The unit of score in the game is "money". A final grade is given at the end of the game to indicate the player's performance. This grade is not directly based on the "money score", but is instead based on the player's overall accuracy.
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| ==Additional rules==
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| Various game modes are available, with different rule alterations that provide suitable challenges for players of various degrees of skill.
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| ;'''Practice''' | | ;'''Practice''' |
| :First available in the arcade ''2ndMIX'', beginner players can go through the rules with DJ Konami. Two stages follow, where poor performance will not result in a game over. DJ Konami was not featured in any of the following games. Before the addition of the Practice mode in the original ''beatmania'', players had the choice of playing a practice stage for every normal game. | | :Dieser Modus war erstmals bei [[beatmania 2ndMIX AC|beatmania 2ndMIX]] verfügbar. Anfänger bekommen hier die Regeln von DJ Konami erklärt. Zwei weitere Stages folgen, bei denen eine schlechte Performance nicht zu einem Game Over führte. DJ Konami wurde in keinem weiteren Mix gefeatured. Vor dem Hinzufügen des Practice Modus gab es bei dem original [[beatmania 1stMIX AC|beatmania]] eine Practice Stage zu spielen. |
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| ;'''Free''' | | ;'''Free''' |
| :Introduced in ''6thMIX'', Free mode is another practice mode that follows all the rules of the Normal mode, with passing and failing scores, but allows the player to play all the predefined number of songs regardless of each song's grade. | | :Free Mode wurde in [[beatmania 6thMIX AC|beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-]] eingeführt. Dies ist ein weiterer Practice Modus der den Regeln des regulären Arcade Modus folgt. Allerdings kann der Spieler eine vorherbestimmte Anzahl an Songs spielen, unabhängig von der Songbewertung. |
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| ;'''Expert''' | | ;'''Expert''' |
| :A mode for skilled players with courses that predefines the songs to be played. The rules for this mode have been modified throughout different versions of the game. | | :Ein Modus für erfahrene Spieler wo ein Kurs mit vorherbestimmten Songs gespielt wird. Die Regeln dieses Modus unterschieden sich bei verschiedenen Mixen. |
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| :*:Players must play through all the songs in a set order, with the audience bar dropping in greater degrees and increasing less. All the other rules follow the normal mode. Continues are allowed.
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| :*''2ndMIX''
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| :*:Different themed course are given, each running five songs long. The scoring rules follow that of the previous beatmania.
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| :*''3rdMIX''
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| :*:In addition to the courses format of 2ndMIX, the audience bar is now full from the beginning, and any decrease will carry onto the next stage, where good performance does not recover the bar. The audience bar is characteristically colored in red, and no continues are allowed upon game over.
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| :*''completeMIX and after''
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| :*:With the introduction of the Internet Ranking service, scores are now counted as 2 points for JUST GREAT and 1 point for GREAT, which makes the overall EX Score. Upon completion of the course, a password is given to the player to submit to the official website for worldwide ranking. All of the internet ranking services have ended and are no longer available.
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| :*''featuring DREAMS COME TRUE''
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| :*:Unique to this release is MONKEY LIVE that comes between songs of the courses. Players are given a set amount of time where rapid scratching of the turntable will replenish the audience bar. The remainder of the rules follow those set in completeMIX.
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| :First offered in ''6thMIX'', this mode is designed for the most skilled of players. A single course is provided, featuring ten of the hardest songs in a particular version. The audience bar functions similarly to that of Expert mode, but falling to zero doesn't result in an immediate game over. Rather, DANGER is displayed on the screen, and it will take another subsequent miss to end the game. The bar is restored after each song.
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| ;'''Easy''' | | ;'''Easy''' |
| :Available since ''3rdMIX'', the Easy mode offers simplified playing sequences for songs. The selection of Easy and Hard modes were discarded altogether from ''6thMIX'' and after, with difficultly selection becoming options within the integrated Normal mode. | | :Anwählbar seit [[beatmania 3rdMIX AC|beatmania 3rdMIX]]. Der Easy Modus offenbart vereinfachte Spielsequenzen der Songs. Die Auswahl von Easy and Hard Modi wurden bei [[beatmania 6thMIX AC|beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-]] und späteren Mixen gestrichen, hier konnte man die Schwierigkeit bei der Songauswahl zum jeweiligen Song wählen. |
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| == Titles list ==
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| ;'''Arcade releases'''
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| :The main platform for the series, most other releases were based on certain titles from the arcade series, or featured a selection of songs across several of them.
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| :The following are arranged in the order of their release.
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| *'''beatmania''' (December 1997)
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| *'''beatmania 2ndMIX''' (March 1998)
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| *'''beatmania 3rdMIX''' (September 1998)
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| *'''beatmania completeMIX''' (January 1999)
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| *'''beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-''' ([[April 26]], [[1999]])
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| *'''beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-''' (September 1999)
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| *'''beatmania complete MIX 2''' ([[January 27]], [[2000]])
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| *'''beatmania Club MIX''' (March 2000)
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| *'''beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE''' (June 2000)
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| *'''beatmania CORE REMIX''' (November 2000)
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| *'''beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-''' (July 2001)
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| *'''beatmania 7thMIX -keepin' evolution-''' (January 2002)
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| *'''beatmania THE FINAL''' (July 2002)
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| ;'''North American arcade releases'''
| | ==Liste aller beatmania Spiele== |
| :Konami released two beatmania games in North America under the name HipHopMania.
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| | *[[beatmania 1stMIX AC|beatmania]] |
| | *[[beatmania 2ndMIX AC|beatmania 2ndMIX]] |
| | *[[beatmania 3rdMIX AC|beatmania 3rdMIX]] |
| | *[[beatmania complete MIX AC|beatmania complete MIX]] |
| | *[[beatmania 4thMIX AC|beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-]] |
| | *[[beatmania 5thMIX AC|beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-]] |
| | *[[beatmania complete MIX 2 AC|beatmania complete MIX 2]] |
| | *[[beatmania Club MIX AC|beatmania Club MIX]] |
| | *[[beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE AC|beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] |
| | *[[beatmania CORE REMIX AC|beatmania CORE REMIX]] |
| | *[[beatmania 6thMIX AC|beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-]] |
| | *[[beatmania 7thMIX AC|beatmania 7thMIX -keepin' evolution-]] |
| | *[[beatmania THE FINAL AC|beatmania THE FINAL]] |
| | 1stMIX, Complete MIX 1 und 2 sind in Korea unter dem Titel ''beatstage'' erschienen. |
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| *'''HipHopMania complete MIX''' (1999): Includes all songs from the Japanese cabinet beatmania complete MIX. | | ====USA==== |
| *'''HipHopMania complete MIX 2''' (2000): Includes almost all songs from the Japanese cabinet beatmania complete MIX 2. (Removed 10 songs) | | *[[beatmania 1stMIX AC|hiphopmania]] |
| | *[[beatmania complete MIX AC|hiphopmania complete MIX]] |
| | *[[beatmania complete MIX 2 AC|hiphopmania complete MIX 2]] |
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| '''Console releases''' | | ===[[CS|Heimversionen]]=== |
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| | *''PlayStation'' |
| | **[[beatmania 1stMIX CS|beatmania]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND YEBISU Mix]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND 4thMIX]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND 5thMIX]] |
| | **[[beatmania BEST HITS]] |
| | **[[beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE CS|beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX 2]] - Going Global |
| | **[[beatmania APPEND ClubMIX]] |
| | **[[beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO]] |
| | **[[beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX]] |
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| ;'''[[PlayStation]]:'''
| | *''Playstation2'' |
| :The PlayStation releases were only available for Japan. The first game acted as a key disc, which is required to play the subsequent releases through disc changing, and were called append discs. Special hidden songs could be accessed for certain append discs if the discs were changed through a specific order.
| | **[[beatmania-da!|beatmania-dadada!!]] |
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| *'''beatmania''' ([[October 1]], [[1998]]): The console release of the arcade 2ndMIX. Acts as a key disc. | | *''PC'' |
| *'''beatmania APPEND YEBISU Mix''': Append disc included with the release of beatmania comprised of all new songs. Features the debut of the popular Bemani artist [[Sanae Shintani]].
| | **[[beatmania-da!]] |
| *'''beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX mini''': Append disc included with the 3rdMIX soundtrack. Features 5 new songs from the arcade 3rdMIX. | |
| *'''beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX''' ([[December 23]], [[1998]]): The first stand alone append disc to be sold. Features various, but not all, new songs from the arcade 3rdMIX in addition to console original tracks. The Expert Mode from the arcade version was notably excluded.
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| *'''beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX''' ([[May 27]], [[1999]]): The second stand alone append disc release. Features 19 songs made by KCEJ unique to the PlayStation console and three songs from 4thMIX that served as a preview.
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| *'''beatmania APPEND 4thMIX''' ([[September 9]], [[1999]]): Append disc complete port of the arcade 4thMIX. All new songs from the arcade 4thMIX were included in addition to new console tracks. The Bonus Edit mode can be accessed if the discs are swapped in the order of 3rdMIX, then GottaMix, then 4thMIX. The Bonus Edit mode adds songs from 3rdMIX that were excluded from the previous console port.
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| *'''beatmania APPEND 5thMIX''' ([[March 2]], [[2000]]): Append disc port of the arcade 5thMIX. All new songs from the arcade were included with no new console tracks.
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| *'''beatmania BEST HITS''' ([[July 27]], [[2000]]):First console release to drop the append disc format. It could act as a key disc and access the append releases. Includes songs from the first beatmania up to 5thMIX and GOTTAMIX, chosen through fan votes on the internet.
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| *'''beatmania featuring [[DREAMS COME TRUE]]''' ([[July 27]], [[2000]]): Key disc release of the arcade version of the same name. Features music of the j-pop duo Dreams Come True. The difficulty is notably lower than most other previous games. | |
| *'''beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX 2 - Going Global''' ([[September 7]], [[2000]]): The official follow up release to GOTTAMIX, again, featuring all new songs exclusive to the console. The tracks were themed around music from around the world.
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| *'''beatmania APPEND ClubMIX''' ([[December 21]], [[2000]]): Append disc complete port of the arcade ClubMIX. Only one new secret console exclusive track was added. The Bonus Edit mode included tracks from the arcade completeMIX2 with rearranged button sequences.
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| *'''beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO''' ([[March 29]], [[2001]]): PlayStation exclusive key disc release. Produced by famous Japanese musician Konishi Yasuharu. The difficulty of songs were indicated with the number of passengers on a plane. The songs cover a wide spectrum of skill levels that suit from beginners to experts.
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| *'''beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX''' ([[January 26]], [[2002]]): Key disc release and the only coupled release. As the name implies, new songs from the arcade 6thMIX and CORE REMIX are included. Both the Left Hand Strach Mode and the Original Expert Course Mode were carried over from the console beatmania IIDX series.
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| *'''beatmania (Europe)''' (June 2000): The European version of beatmania included licensed songs from [[Moloko]], Skank, Les Rhythmes Digitales, and more. Also included are classic beatmania tracks from various mixes. The European licenses are also featured in GOTTAMIX 2.
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| | *''Game Boy Color'' |
| :Three games were released for the Game Boy color exclusively in Japan. The first two were backwards compatible with the classic Game Boy.
| | **[[beatmania GB]] |
| | **[[beatmania GB|beatmania GB GatchaMIX]] |
| | **[[beatmania GB|beatmania GB GatchaMIX2]] |
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| *'''beatmania GB''' ([[March 11]], [[1999]]): Features 10 songs selected from 2ndMIX, 3rdMIX and YEBISU MIX. Another 10 original songs complete the music list. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe. | | *''Wonderswan'' |
| *'''beatmania GB GatchaMIX''' ([[November 25]], [[1999]]): Features 5 songs selected from GOTTAMIX. Songs from famous artists such as the [[Morning Musume]], [[SMAP]], [[Utada Hikaru]] in addition to animations songs like Mobile Suit Gundam Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko make up 20 tracks. [[Hideo Kojima]] is listed as one of the producers and the title was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. | | **[[beatmania for WONDERSWAN]] |
| *'''beatmania GB GatchaMIX2''' ([[September 28]], [[2000]]): A Game Boy Color exclusive game, it follows the format of the previous GatchaMIX with console tracks from the PlayStation and other popular licensed songs from real life artists. This release also had 25 tracks in total. GatchaMIX2 was previously to be beatmania GB NET JAM, with the tracks available for download through the Mobile System GB in Japan.
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| | *''[[bemani Pocket]]'' |
| *'''beatmania for WONDERSWAN''' ([[April 28]], [[1999]]): The only beatmania title for the Wonderswan, and also the only title released on the system from Konami. It featured 11 songs from the arcade 3rdMIX. Because of the better sound processing capabilities for the system, the tracks closely resembled their arcade counterparts. It made use of the vertical orientation on the system to better mimic the arcade screen format. A snap on mini turntable was bundled with the game. Also worth noting is that on some advertisement material, the game was referred to as vol.1 of a series, hinting that Konami had positive expectations in its sales and planned subsequent releases. It was sold around the same period as beatmania GB. | | **beatmania Pocket |
| | **beatmania Pocket2 |
| | **beatmania Pocket -SummerMIX- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -AnimeSong Mix1- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -Tokimeki Memorial Edition- |
| | **beatmania Pocket Skeleton |
| | **beatmania Pocket -AnimeSong Mix2- |
| | **beatmania Pocket 2000 |
| | **beatmania Pocket -enjoy GEORGIA SIGNATURE- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -HELLO KITTY Edition- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -AnimeSong Mix3- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -TIGERS version |
| | **beatmania Pocket -Kawaii! version- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -Tokimeki Memorial 2 edition- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -Love Stories-. |
| | **beatmania Pocket -KONAMIX- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -Best Hits 2000- |
| | **beatmania Pocket -TIGERS version2- |
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| :The benmani Pocket line were portable gaming devices with a monochrome LCD screen, each featuring a :number of songs in a specific theme. As with most other bemani releases, they were sold only in Japan. :All the games were bundled with a set of earbuds, as the machine lacked a built-in speaker.
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| | **[[beatmaniaIIDX US CS|beatmania]] |
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| *'''beatmania Pocket''': The only version to feature a body that mimicked the arcade cabinet.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket2''': The first release to feature a smoother design that was used with all subsequent releases. | | *''PlayStation'' |
| *'''beatmania Pocket -SummerMIX-''' | | **[[beatmania (European Edit)]] |
| *'''beatmania Pocket -AnimeSong Mix1-''': A selection of songs from titles by [[Go Nagai]]. The body had the color scheme of [[Mazinger Z]]. | |
| *'''beatmania Pocket -[[Tokimeki Memorial]] Edition-''': Songs from the dating sim Tokimeki Memorial.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket Skeleton''': A special release of SummerMIX with a clear body given away as a prize. 5000 units were given away.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -AnimeSong Mix2-''' Features songs from titles by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]].
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| *'''beatmania Pocket 2000''': The internal hardware was updated to improve sound quality, and was kept for all subsequent releases.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -enjoy GEORGIA SIGNATURE-''': A special edition for the Georgia Signature novelty goods stores of Japan. It was included inside a gift package for their Millennium Campaign.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -HELLO KITTY Edition-''': Hello Kitty's face is molded on the scratch disc part.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -AnimeSong Mix3-''': A selection of songs from titles by [[Leiji Matsumoto]].
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -TIGERS version''': A special edition for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team of Japan featuring cheer songs for the team.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -Kawaii! version-''': A collaborated release with the teenage girls' magazine Kawaii!.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -Tokimeki Memorial 2 edition''': Songs from the dating sim Tokimeki Memorial 2.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -Love Stories-''': A selection of love songs from various artists.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -KONAMIX-''': Various songs from classic Konami games.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -Best Hits 2000-''': Popular songs from various artists from the year 2000.
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| *'''beatmania Pocket -TIGERS version2''': A special edition for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team of Japan featuring cheer songs for the team. New song is not added. But new play-mode is added.
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| ==External links== | | ==Verwandte Links== |
| *[http://www.konami.co.jp/am/bm/ beatmania_terminal] – official Konami site in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] | | *[http://www.konami.co.jp/am/bm/ beatmania AC Gateway] |
| * [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UA4S-NJM/bemani/bm_poke.html List of beat mania pocket series] - Comprehensive list of all the bemani Pocket releases with detailed information on each in Japanese. | | *[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UA4S-NJM/bemani/bm_poke.html Liste von beatmania Pocket Spielen] |
| *[http://kani.ninpou.jp/bm/bm.htm beatmania notecharts] | | *[http://kani.ninpou.jp/bm/bm.htm beatmania Notecharts] |
| * [http://retrofuture.superwailingbonus.com/ Retrofuture], an online scorekeeping site for the home versions of ''beatmania''
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