Bemani
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| legal form | Konami label |
| founding | 1997 |
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| Branch | Software development |
Bemani ( Japanese ビ ー マ ニ , bīmani ) is Konami's music game department . Originally called the Games & Music Division or gmd for short , it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, Beatmania . The name expanded to other music-based games.
Bemani video games
Since 1997 Konami has been releasing new versions of various games continuously. Different parts of the same series of games contain new songs, settings, game modes, and graphics. The nomenclature for a new game tends to follow the pattern <game> Nth <version> , such as: B. " Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style" or " Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix"; Exceptions like “ Pop'n Music 1” exist. Bemani video games, unlike traditional arcade games, come with unique hardware. Each game has its own operating method.
List of arcade games
Beatmania series
Beatmania is played with a turntable and five keys. The franchise started with the 1997 release of Beatmania / Beatstage / Hip Hop Mania and ended with Beatmania: The Final in 2002 .
Beatmania is known as Hip Hop Mania in the US and Beatstage in the UK.
- 1997 - Beatmania / Beatstage / Hip Hop Mania
- 1998 - Beatmania 2nd Mix
- 1998 - Beatmania 3rd Mix
- 1999 - Beatmania 4th Mix
- 1999 - Beatmania 5th Mix
- 1999 - Beatmania / Beatstage / Hip Hop Mania Complete Mix
- 2000 - Beatmania / Beatstage / Hip Hop Mania Complete Mix 2
- 2000 - Beatmania feat. Dreams Come True
- 2000 - Beatmania Club Mix
- 2000 - Beatmania Core Remix
- 2001 - Beatmania 6th Mix: The UK Underground Music
- 2002 - Beatmania 7th Mix: Keepin 'Evolution
- 2002 - Beatmania: The Final
Beatmania IIDX series
Beatmania IIDX (proper spelling: beatmania IIDX) is played with a turntable and seven keys. The series began with the release of Beatmania IIDX in 1999 and continues to this day, the most recent being Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ TROOPERS from 2008 . The so-called location test for the successor, Beatmania IIDX 17: SIRIUS, is currently running in Japan. Beatmania IIDX is often abbreviated as IIDX and pronounced in English / tuːdiːeks /. The designation 'IIDX' results from version 2 (II) and the abbreviation 'DX' for Deluxe. The first version was originally also available as 'Beatmania II' with a simpler cabinet, but this was not widely used and was soon discontinued.
- 1999 - Beatmania IIDX
- 1999 - Beatmania IIDX Substream
- 1999 - Beatmania IIDX Club version
- 1999 - Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style
- 2000 - Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style
- 2000 - Beatmania IIDX 4th Style
- 2001 - Beatmania IIDX 5th Style
- 2001 - Beatmania IIDX 6th Style
- 2002 - Beatmania IIDX 7th Style
- 2002 - Beatmania IIDX 8th Style
- 2003 - Beatmania IIDX 9th Style
- 2004 - Beatmania IIDX 10th Style
- 2004 - Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED
- 2005 - Beatmania IIDX 12: HAPPY SKY
- 2006 - Beatmania IIDX 13: DistorteD
- 2007 - Beatmania IIDX 14: GOLD
- 2007 - Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ TROOPERS
- 2008 - Beatmania IIDX 16: EMPRESS
- 2009 - Beatmania IIDX 17: SIRIUS
- 2010 - Beatmania IIDX 18: Resort Anthem
- 2011 - Beatmania IIDX 19: Lincle
- 2012 - Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro
- 2013 - Beatmania IIDX 21: SPADA
- 2014 - Beatmania IIDX 22: Pendual
Beatmania III series
Beatmania III is played with a turntable, five keys and a bass pedal. The series began with the release of Beatmania III in 2000 and ended with Beatmania III: The Final in 2003 . Beatmania III is pronounced Beatmania 3.
- 2000 - Beatmania III
- 2000 - Beatmania III Append 6th Mix
- 2000 - Beatmania III Append 7th Mix
- 2000 - Beatmania III Append Core Remix
- 2003 - Beatmania III: The Final
Dance-Dance-Revolution series
Dance Dance Revolution is played with sensor floor panels that you step on with your feet. The series began with the release of Dance Dance Revolution in 1998 and continues to this day, with the most recent being Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova from 2006 . Dance Dance Revolution is often abbreviated as GDR. GDR is known under the name Dancing Stage or DS in Europe. For a full list of DDR games, see List of Dance-Dance-Revolution Games .
Pop'n Music series
Pop'n Music is played with nine large keys arranged like Beatmania or IIDX. The series began with the release of Pop'n Music in 1998 and continues to this day, the most recent being Pop'n Music 20 Fantasia from 2011 . Pop'n Music is commonly abbreviated as Pop'n. The series uses conventional cardinal numbers in place of the aforementioned scheme.
- 1998 - Pop'n Music
- 1999 - Pop'n Music 2
- 1999 - Pop'n Music 3
- 2000 - Pop'n Music 4
- ~ 2000 - Pop'n Music Animelo
- ~ 2000 - Pop'n Music Animelo 2
- ~ 2000 - Pop'n Music Mickey Tunes
- 2000 - Pop'n Music 5
- 2001 - Pop'n Music 6
- 2001 - Pop'n Music 7
- 2002 - Pop'n Music 8
- 2002 - Pop'n Music 9
- 2003 - Pop'n Music 10
- 2004 - Pop'n Music 11
- 2004 - Pop'n Music 12 Iroha
- 2005 - Pop'n Music 13 Carnival
- 2006 - Pop'n Music 14 Fever
- 2007 - Pop'n Music 15 Adventure
- 2008 - Pop'n Music 16 Party!
- 2009 - Pop'n Music 17 The Movie
- 2010 - Pop'n Music 18 せ ん ご く 列 伝
- 2010 - Pop'n Music 19 TUNE STREET
- 2011 - HELLO! POP'N MUSIC
- 2011 - Pop'n Music 20 Fantasia
- (Pop'n Music 21 Sunny Park currently location test)
Drummania / Guitar Freaks series
Also known as the GitaDora range. Guitar Freaks was the first to come and is played with a guitar-shaped controller that has a pick and three buttons, as well as an effect knob, which does not affect the game. The release of the second part was also the beginning of the Drummania series, which is a simplified version of the Yamaha DTX electronic drum kit: three drum fields, a cymbal, a hi-hat and a bass pedal. Not only is the list of music tracks identical, they can also be linked to one another using a so-called "session link" so that they can play together as a band. They are often talked about together, even though they are separate machines. The most recent release is Drummania V2 / Guitar Freaks V2 from November 2006 .
- 1998 - Guitar Freaks
- July 1999 - Guitar Freaks 2nd mix / Drummania
- March 2000 - Guitar Freaks 3rd mix / Drummania 2nd
- September 2000 - Guitar Freaks 4th mix / Drummania 3rd
- March 2001 - Guitar Freaks 5th mix / Drummania 4th
- September 2001 - Guitar Freaks 6th mix / Drummania 5th
- February 2002 - Guitar Freaks 7th mix / Drummania 6th
- August 2002 - Guitar Freaks 8th mix / Drummania 7th
- April 2003 - Guitar Freaks 9th mix / Drummania 8th
- October 2004 - Guitar Freaks 10th mix / Drummania 9th
- April 2004 - Guitar Freaks 11th mix / Drummania 10th
- February 2005 - Guitar Freaks V / Drummania V
- November 2005 - Guitar Freaks V2 / Drummania V2
Toy's March : Toy's March is a drum game for two participants in the style of Drummania. However, each player only has one drum and one cymbal. Because of its child-like graphics, the game seems to be aimed at children, even though it has lots of teenage anime songs in it.
- 2005 - Toy's March
- 2005 - Toy's March II
Bemani artist
Depending on the game, a Bemani release can have a large number of well-known licensed titles or mostly consist of specially produced music. For example, most dance-dance revolution games have approximately equal proportions of original Konami music and licensed music. The abundance of licensed titles came about through a lucrative agreement between record publisher Toshiba EMI and Konami; in exchange for free advertising for Toshiba EMI's dance music album series Dancemania , Konami was allowed to use every song from Dancemania for free.
Several different Konami artists are involved in composing titles for Bemani. They often use pseudonyms when signing their works. Remixing and reusing titles from other games is not uncommon.
Individual evidence
- ↑ pop'n music Sunny Park . KONAMI. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
Web links
- official homepage of Konami
- large German fan page for Bemani, especially Dance Dance Revolution www.vierpfeile.de
- huge site with information and forum for all Bemani games bemanistyle.com