Beatmania (2006 video game)

beatmania (North America)
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Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	March 28, 2006
Genre(s)	Music game
Mode(s)	Single player, Multi-player

beatmania, also known colloquially as beatmania (US) or BMUS to distinguish it from the original arcade game beatmania, is the first version of the music video game beatmania IIDX to be released in the United States. It was officially released by Konami on March 28, 2006 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console.

The game is named for the original beatmania, but is actually based on beatmania IIDX and the original beatmania. Players play with five, seven, ten, and fourteen keyboard keys (the latter two options only available when players have two controllers available), regulation switches and a turntable.

Additionally, each mode in beatmania (US) (original beatmania and beatmania IIDX) has its own separate songlist in beatmania. Each mode has certain songs that only appeared in each specific version of beatmania. Although there are songs that appear in both versions, most songs that appeared in (for example) beatmania IIDX (7/14 keys) are not accessible in original beatmania (5/10 keys) mode.

Unlike the E3 demo version of beatmania, the final version does not use the beatmania IIDX 9th Style interface, but uses a new purple interface instead. The judgement also has changed from the Japanese version, with the flashing "Great!" judgement being shown in the North American version as "Perfect", much like in Dance Dance Revolution. The grading system in this game is also significantly easier than the Japanese games, requiring much lower scores to attain the highest grades.

Another change from the Japanese version of the game is the included controller has been modified slightly from the original Japanese version. Whereas the Japanese controller has a rectangular shape, the American controller features a rounded edge on the side where the turntable sits, and generally has a slightly lower profile. The keys on the American controller are also springloaded, whereas the Japanese controller's keys are not. This is presumably to prevent sticking, which is a common problem on the Japanese controller.

The game review television show X-Play reviewed beatmania and incorrectly called it a "Guitar Hero ripoff". (Additionally, the review only seems to showcase the game's 5-key mode, with no sign whatsoever of the game's '7-key' selection of songs, let alone Double Play mode for either.) [1] The first beatmania game was released eight years before Guitar Hero. Coincidentally, the line of music games the success of the original game spawned, known as Bemani (short for "BEatMANIa"), also included Guitar Freaks, a series which Guitar Hero draws heavily from.

Music List

There are 58 tracks in this game (not counting the fact that 20, November is "single mix" on Single and "radio edit" on Double). All tracks are playable in Game Mode, and then in Free Mode once played once in Game Mode. There are no hidden songs.

Tracks in both beatmania and beatmania IIDX game modes:

Title	Artist	Genre
Celebration	WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST	Soul Mix
[xero...]	dxjez_	Rave
First Day	Timo Maas	Electronica
Funkytown	Lipps Inc	80's Revival
GENOM SCREAMS	L.E.D. LIGHT	Psychedelic Trance
Lift Me Up	Moby	Electronica
PARANOiA MAX (DIRTY MIX)	190	Jungle
The Way You Move	Paul Grogan Featuring Natalie Martin	Dance
Toxic	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	Garage Mix
Virtual Insanity	WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST	R&B Mix
You Really Got Me	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	Breakbeats Mix

Tracks only in the beatmania game mode:

Title	Artist	Genre
20, November (single mix)/(radio edit)	dj nagureo	House
321 STARS	DJ SIMON	Techno Pop
Attack the music	DJ FX	Hard Techno
BATTLE BREAKS	DJ TAKAWO	V.R.D.J. Skills
Do you love me?	reo-nagumo	Ballad
HUNTING FOR YOU	Togo Project featuring Megu & Scotty D.	R&B
jam jam reggae	jam master '73	Reggae
La Bossanova de Fabienne	staccato two-F	Bossa Groove
LOVE SO GROOVY	LOVEMINTS	Soul
Manmachine plays Jazz ~MIO2~	Mikio Endo	Jazz Electro
METAL GEAR SOLID (Main Theme)	ESPACIO BROTHERS	Bigbeat Mix
OVERBLAST!!	L.E.D. LIGHT	Warp House
s.d.z.	DJ mazinger feat. Muhammad	Hip Hop
SKA a go go	THE BALD HEADS	Ska
Stop Violence!	Herbie Hammock & His Band	Funky Jazz Groove
tribe groove	nite system	World Groove
u gotta groove	dj nagureo	Hip Hop

Tracks only in the beatmania IIDX game mode:

Title	Artist	Genre
5.1.1.	dj nagureo	Piano Ambient
Attitude	Y&Co.	Trance
BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX)	Y&Co.	NRG
Colors (radio edit)	dj TAKA	Trance
Dancin' Into The Night	good-cool	Disco
Digital MinD (A/T Libra mix)	TaQ	Minimal
era (nostalmix)	TaQ	Drum'N'Bass
fly through the night	Mr.T	Trance
g.m.d.	DJ mazinger feat. Muhammad	Hip Hop
Hitch Hiker	good-cool	Warp House
Holic	TaQ	Hard Techno
I Was The One	good-cool	Italo House
in my eyes	ric	Trance
jelly kiss	Togo Project feat. Sana	A.O.R.
LOVE IS DREAMINESS	L.E.D.-G vs. GUHROOVY fw/ Asuka	Happy Hardcore
M-02stp.ver1.01	Shoichiro Hirata	Two Step
Mobo★Moga	Orange Lounge	French Pop
Mr. T (take me higher)	Risky Men feat. Asuka M.	Dance Pop
MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD	SLAKE	Techno
NEMESIS	D.J. SETUP	Techno
Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us	Shoichiro Hirata	Disco
OUTER LIMITS	L.E.D.-G	Hardcore Breakbeats
Presto	Osamu Kubota	Piano Ambient
SNOW	RAM	Drum'N'Bass
Spin the disc	good-cool	House
Summer Vacation (CU mix)	OutPhase	Trip Hop
THE CUBE	DJ SUWAMI	Drum'N'Bass
THE SHINING POLARIS	L.E.D. feat. Sana	Epic Trance
V	TAKA	Progressive
Voltage (feat. Hidemaru)	TaQ	Big Beat

See also

• Bemani
• Beatmania
• Beatmania IIDX