Beatmania 2nd Mix
ビートマニア２ｎｄミックス
Description
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 2nd Mix was produced by Konami in 1998.
Konami released 442 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 2nd Mix was produced include: Poly Stars - Tobe!, GTI Club, Konami System 573, Hang Pilot, Operation Thunder Hurricane, Beatmania, Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge, Fighting Bujutsu Fighting Wu-Shu, Gradius IV - Fukkatsu, and Evil Night
Specs
| Name | Beatmania 2nd Mix |
|---|---|
| Developer | Konami (Japan) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7072 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Skill |
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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) |
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Game Introduction
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.
Game Play
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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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs
Different codes may 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).
Trivia
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.
Cabinet Information
The title appears on the marquee as 'beatmania' (all lowercase).
Miscellaneous
First of many updates to the classic 'beatmania' series.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Beatmania 2nd Mix Census
There are 16,777 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,137 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 172,846 machines (7,256 unique titles).
There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members. Additionally, former members held 2 original machines and 2 game boards.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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MLA Citation Style
"Beatmania 2nd Mix - Videogame by Konami." Museum of the Game, www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/beatmania-2nd-mix. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.
Chicago Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. "Beatmania 2nd Mix - Videogame by Konami." Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/beatmania-2nd-mix.
Chicago Footnote/Endnote
1. "Beatmania 2nd Mix - Videogame by Konami," International Arcade Museum, accessed July 15, 2026, https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/beatmania-2nd-mix.
APA Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. (n.d.). Beatmania 2nd Mix - videogame by Konami. Retrieved July 15, 2026 from https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/beatmania-2nd-mix