Follow along with the song by scratching the turntable and pressing the keys as the bars reach the bottom of the screen. If you manage to successfully hit each note on-key perfectly, a combo meter will go up, increasing your score. Do well enough by the end of the song, and you can progress to the next level.
Beatmania was produced by Konami in 1998.
Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Konami during the time period Beatmania was produced include: Konami System 573, Tokimeki Memorial Oshiete Your Heart, Terraburst, Total Vice, Solar Assault, Beatmania 2nd Mix, Evil Night, Fighting Bujutsu Fighting Wu-Shu, Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge, and Gradius IV - Fukkatsu
Name | Beatmania |
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Developer | Konami (Japan) |
Year | 1998 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7071 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Skill |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Either |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Do you have what it takes to be a master DJ? Then show your stuff in this music-simon says game by Konami, which spawned several spinoffs and updates with new music (denoted with "2nd Mix," "3rd Mix," etc.) such as Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Freaks, and Drum Mania.
Start by selecting a song, then attempt to match the notes by pressing the keys and scratching the turntable in time to the music. Perform well enough, and you can continue to the next stage!
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Different codes can be entered to enable harder modes such as 'hidden' (notes disappear 1/3 of the way from the bottom) or 'sudden' (notes appear 1/3 of the way from the bottom) or 'Stealth' (notes are invisible, a combination of the two).
This is the most popular arcade DJ game according to the "Guinness Book of World Records."
If you wish to play a freeware PC version of the game, go to http://www.vintagegaming.com/ which has a section for the simulator.
The title appears on the marquee as 'beatmania' (all lowercase).
The game that started the whole "Bemani" series.
There are 15,167 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,329 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Beatmania.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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