Beatmania
Sign in to save(styled as beatmania) is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in December 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, 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.
Key facts
- Video game series.image
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- Video game series.caption
- A cabinet of Beatmania: The Final
- Video game series.creator
- Yuichiro Sagawa
- Video game series.developer
- Konami G.M.D.
- Video game series.publisher
- Konami
- Video game series.genre
- Music video game
- Video game series.spinoffs
- Beatmania IIDX, Beatmania III, other Konami music games
- Video game series.first release version
- Beatmania
- Video game series.first release date
- December 10th, 1997
- Video game series.latest release version
- Beatmania: The Final
- Video game series.latest release date
- July 26, 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.konami.co.jp/am/bm
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- 1997-00-00
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- Beatmania (video game series)
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- Basic rules
- Game modes
- Cabinet design
- Main artists
- Releases
- Reception
- References
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(styled as beatmania) is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in December 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, 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.
In the international market, the series competed with the South Korean-developed EZ2DJ, another 5-key DJ simulation game, which Konami sued for copyright infringement relating to its gameplay similarity to Beatmania.