Beatmania

Not to be confused with Beatmania IIDX.

Beatmania

Developer(s)	Bemani
Publisher(s)	Konami
Release date	December 10, 1997
Genre	Vertical Scrolling Rhythm Game
Spin-offs	Beatmania IIDX, Beatmania III

Beatmania (ビートマニア) (styled as beatmania) is a rhythm game developed by Konami's Bemani division, and distributed by Konami, first released on December 10th 1997. It released under the name Beatstage in South-Korea and under the name HipHopMania in North America. Beatmania was one of the first arcade rhythm games to ever release in arcades.

Gameplay

Beatmania consists of a DJ turntable and five buttons staggered to each other. Notes fall down the lanes from the top and need to be hit corresponding to the buttons on the controller. Notes in the wide lane are hit by rotating the turntable. Notes consist of short notes and hold notes. When missing a note, you lose stamina. To clear a song, your stamina needs to be above 80% at the end of a song.

Gameplay Video

Gameplay showing beatmania 2ndMIX.

Releases

Between 1997 and 2006, various versions of Beatmania were released for arcades, PlayStation and Game Boy Color. There is even a version for the Bandai WonderSwan.

Japanese Arcade Releases

Date	Title	Platform
December 31, 1997	beatmania	Arcade
March 18, 1998	beatmania 2ndMIX	Arcade
September 28, 1998	beatmania 3rdMIX	Arcade
January 19, 1999	beatmania completeMIX	Arcade
April 26, 1999	beatmania 4thMIX	Arcade
September 22, 1999	beatmania 5thMIX	Arcade
January 27, 2000	beatmania completeMIX 2	Arcade
March 28, 2000	beatmania Club Mix	Arcade
May 31, 2000	beatmania featuring Dreams Come True	Arcade
November 28, 2000	beatmania Core Remix	Arcade
July 11, 2001	beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-	Arcade
January 31, 2002	beatmania 7thMIX -keepin' evolution-	Arcade
July 26, 2002	beatmania THE FINAL	Arcade

Korean Arcade Releases

Date	Title	Platform
1998	Beatstage	Arcade
1999	Beatstage 3rdMix	Arcade
1999	Beatstage completeMix	Arcade
1999	Beatstage 4thMix -the beat goes on-	Arcade
2000	Beatstage 5thMix -Time to get down-	Arcade

North American Arcade Releases

Date	Title	Platform
1997	HipHopMania	Arcade
1999	HipHopMania complete Mix	Arcade
2000	HipHopMania complete Mix 2	Arcade

Console Releases

Date	Title	Platform
October 1, 1998	beatmania	PlayStation
October 1, 1998	beatmania Append Yebisu Mix	PlayStation
December 23rd, 1998	beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX	PlayStation
March 11th, 1999	beatmania GB	Game Boy Color
April 28th, 1999	beatmania for WonderSwan	Bandai WonderSwan
May 27th, 1999	beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX	PlayStation
September 9th, 1999	beatmania APPEND 4thMIX 〜the beat goes on〜	PlayStation
November 25th, 1999	beatmania GB 2 GatchaMix	Game Boy Color
March 2nd, 2000	beatmania APPEND 5thMIX -Time to get down-	PlayStation
June 2000	beatmania European Edit	PlayStation
July 27th, 2000	beatmania BEST HITS	PlayStation
July 27th, 2000	beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE CS	PlayStation
September 7th, 2000	beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~	PlayStation
September 28th, 2000	Beatmania GB GatchaMix2	Game Boy Color
December 21st, 2000	beatmania APPEND ClubMIX	PlayStation
March 29th, 2001	beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO!	PlayStation
January 31st, 2002	beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX	PlayStation
March 28th, 2006	beatmania (2006)	PlayStation 2

Trivia

• The game's working title was DJ BEATS.
• According to Kiyoshi Mizuki, at the beginning of development, the game was supposed to have three buttons per player. The turntable was also initially supposed to be shared between both players.

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External Links

• Beatmania official website (Wayback snapshot) (JP)
• Remywiki community wiki