BEATMANIA
Official Title  Beatmania
Common Title  Beatmania
Serial Number(s)  SLES-02096
Region  PAL
Genre / Style  Music 

Developer  KCE Japan.
Publisher  Konami
Date Released  15 June 2000
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLES-02096
Serial Number In Disc SLES-02096
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
287 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
171 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

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English
Menus and gameplay are in English.

Beatmania is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by 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 home consoles and other portable devices, achieving a million unit sales. The 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.

While the series was never ported to the PC, its popularity led to non-official simulators, with one of the most popular being BM98.

The player is a club disc jockey (or DJ) 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.

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".

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. Hitting keys/scratching when corresponding notes are absent will deplete 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.

The unit of score in the game is "money". A final grade (A - G) 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.

Beatmania in Europe includes a few unique tracks over the original Beatmania. Beatmania Euro Mix comes on only 1 CD, No Append disk. The game is available with the official Konami Beatmania controller or separately.

Song List:
- Sing It Back (Radio Edit) Classic Garage
-Shake What Ya Mama gave Ya Break Beat
-Jaques Your Body Electro House
-Cydonias Face Trance
-Going Global Euro House
-Dreaming Belearic Anthem
-Very Baad Man Gangster Breaks
-Shake What Ya Mama gave Ya Break Beat

  Manufacturer's description:

The European edit of Beatmania features club classics from the likes of Moloko (Sing it Back), Ruff Driverz (Dreaming) and Les Rythmes Digitales (Jacques Your Body). If you wanna make the DJ hall of fame you've gotta make the floor jump. Step up to the decks and take control.

  Features:
First person perspective
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Music & DJ themes.
  • Number Of Players  1-2 Players
    Number Of Memory Card Blocks  2 Blocks
    Compatible Controllers Tested
    ( Official Gamepads Only )
     Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller Compatible )
    Compatible Light Guns
    ( Official Light Guns Only )
     None
    Other Compatible Controllers
    ( Official Controllers Only )
     None
    Special Controllers Included Or
    Supported ( Official Only )
      Beatmania DJ Controller (SLEH-00021)
    Vibration Function Compatible  Yes
    Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
    Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
    Emulator  ePSXe v1.9.0
    Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 53, Compatibility=1,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
    Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.9.0
    CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe Cdrom plugin
    Game Pad Plugin  N / A
    Vibration Compatible  Yes.
    Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

      NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
     

     BASIC CONTROLS:
      Left white key - D-Pad left 
      Middle white key - Square Button 
      White key / cancel menu choices - X Button 
      Left black key - L1 or L2 Button 
      Right black key - R1 or R2 Button 
      Turntable/scratch / Confirm menu choices - Circle Button 
      Turntable/scratch - Triangle Button 
      Press while playing to change the effect [add/remove echo] - Select Button 
      Confirm menu choices [unless you see 'press start button to exit' on the screen]. Hold when playing to quit that song, instead of waiting until it's over - Start Button 

     

     GAMESHARK CODES:
      Max Gauge (P1) -  
    800A5178 0039
    800A5248 0039.

      Max Stage Score (P1) -  
    800A5360 423F
    800A5362 000F.

      Perfect Results (P1) -  
    800A525C 03E7
    800A5368 03E7
    50000302 0000
    800A536A 0000.

      Unlock Extras -  
    8009A764 0000
    8009A766 0000.


     
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