Beat Mania GB - Strategy Guide (Page 08)
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The rhythm genre, although led by the BEMANI series, is not by any means
confined to it. While not a comprehensive list, here's a brief look at
some of the other rhythm games/series, in approxomite order of release:
[please note that all of the games are Japanese unless marked]
__Quick list of recommended games:
Parappa the Rapper (PSX)
Bust A Move Dance and Rhythm Action (aka. Bust A Groove) (PSX/arcade)
Umjammer Lammy (PSX)
Bust A Move 2 Dance Tengoku Mix (PSX/arcade)
Samba de Amigo (arcade)
__Longer list of all games:
Title: Parappa the Rapper (aka. Parapparappa)
Company: Sony Computer Entertainment International (SCEI)
System: PSX -US, Japan-
Type: Rapping
Rarity: Common (JP), Uncommon+ (US)
Notes: The game that started the rhythm genre. The design is very
good, albeit stylised, being a cartoony feel with paper-thin characters.
The music is catchy, although the lyrics and subject matter can be...
odd. While it is the first, it is still one of the best. Recommended.
Title: Bust A Move Dance And Rhythm Action (aka. Bust A Groove)
Company: Enix (989 Studios in the US)
System: PSX -US, Japan-
Type: Dancing
Rarity: Common (JP), Uncommon (US), Rare (JP Ltd. Edition)
Notes: The first dancing game, BAM is styled after a fighting game,
where two dancers square off one against another. Very good music, and
very good character design. One of the best in the genre. There was also
a two-cd limited edition set that shipped to Japan - the second CD is
possibly a Windows CD... Anyway, in whatever form, it comes highly
recommended.
Title: Stolen Song
Company: SCEI
System: PSX
Type: Guitar
Rarity: Common
Notes: Only uses one action button. Fairly bland.
Title: Dance!Dance!Dance!
Company: Konami
System: PSX
Type: Dancing
Rarity: Common
Notes: Obviously inspired by BAM, D!D!D! is a poor attempt at a rhythm
game. The dance system is incredibly bad, and the characters and songs
are very uninspired. The only saving grace is the ability to put in your
own music CDs and dance to them (or at least try to dance to them...).
Title: Great Hits
Company: Enix
System: PSX
Type: ?
Rarity: Common
Notes: I've only seen, and not played this game. I'm not even sure of
the name. It appears in closeout bins quite a bit, so I've skipped it,
and from all the feedback that I've heard, I've made the right choice.
Title: Bust A Move 2 Dance Tengoku Mix
Company: Enix
System: PSX
Type: Dancing
Rarity: Common
Notes: Although not as good as the original, BAM2 refines the dancing
system to near perfection. The big downfall is the songs, which have
lost a bit of their edge from the first release. Again, good character
design and a nice club feel to the graphics. Recommended.
Title: Umjammer Lammy
Company: SCEI -NA, Europe, Japan-
System: PSX
Type: Guitar (in the style of Parappa)
Rarity: Common (US), Uncommon (US)
Notes: The pseudo-sequel to Parappa, Lammy adds much more variety to
the mix, including 2 player (cooperative and versus), and versions of
the songs that Lammy is joined by Parappa. Containing some of the same
characters as Parappa and having the same graphical style, fans of
Parappa will definately dig this one. And if you thought that some of
Parappa's songs had odd topics... check out the storyline on this one.
Sadly, the most bizzarre level in the game, Hell (the next-to-the-last
stage), was changed in the US and European version (for obvious content
reasons, and to avoid the 'M' rating that might have come with it...).
Instead, Lammy plays (the same song) on a desert island. Does this meant
ath Hell is really a tropical island? Hmmm... makes to think... Anyway,
whether you're playing in Hell or a Desert Island, the game is
Recommended.
Title: Bust A Move Dance and Rhythm Action
Company: Atlus
System: Arcade
Type: Dancing
Rarity: Uncommon
Notes: The same as the Playstation version, BAM Arcade features a foot
pad that you press instead of the down button, making what was once
simple a tad bit harder. The attack/dodge button has been reduced to a
single button (?) that I've never gotten to work. Maybe if I could read
the instructions...
Title: Stepping Stage Series
Company: Jaleco
System: Arcade
Type: Dancing
Rarity: Uncommon+
Notes: I've only just seen, and not played, this one. Similar to DDR,
Stepping Stage uses 6 pads of 3 different colors. I've not even listed
to the music, so I can't comment much...
Title: Perfect Performers - The Yellow Monkey
Company: ?
System: PSX
Type: ?
Rarity: Uncommon
Notes: I've only seen ads for it, but it would appear to be a rhythm
game in the style of Stolen Song, featuring music by The Yellow Monkey,
a Japanese hair rock group. I'm going to skip it, personally....
Title: PacaPacaPassion
Company: ?
System: PSX
Type: ?
Rarity: Uncommon
Notes: I've only seen, and not played this game. Any info would be
helpful.
Title: VJ
Company: Jaleco
System: Arcade
Type: Rave?
Rarity: Rare-
Notes: One of the reasons that Konami and Jaleco don't like each
other... (Konami sued over the similarity to their own titles - more on
this whole fiasco coming in it's own section in a later release)
Title: Goo!Goo! Soundy
Company: Konami
System: PSX
Type: Multi?/Breeding?
Rarity: Common-
Notes: I haven't heard much about this one, other than the fact that
it's apparently a breeding sim crossed with a rhythm game that you can
you the PSX BEMANI controllers with - any and all of them... hmmm... I'm
curious, to say the least...
Title: Rock'n Tread Series
Company: Namco
System: Arcade
Type: Multi
Rarity: Uncommon-
Notes: Why?
Title: Bust A Move 2 Dance Tengoku Mix
Company: Atlus, Enix
System: Arcade
Type: Dancing
Rarity: Uncommon
Notes: See the BaM 1 arcade version for notes...
Title: Guitar Jam
Company: Namco
System: Arcade
Type: Guitar
Rarity: Uncommon+
Notes: A Guitar Freaks rip-off, but with a full pressure-sensitive
guitar neck instead of three buttons.
Title: Beat Planet Music
Company: SCEI
System: PSX
Type: Shooting/Music
Rarity: --
Notes: A cross between the Square art-shooter 'iS: internal section'
and a music game. Heavily stylised, BPM allows you to create your own
songs by picking up notes as you fly down a twisting corridor. Due for a
Dec. '99 release.
--not yet released--
Title: Vib Ribbon
Company: SCEI
System: PSX
Type: Unknown
Rarity: --
Notes: An odd, yet interesting looking one, Vib Ribbon features black
and white line graphics (no polygons in sight). As a stick-figure walks
over certain scribbles, you have to press the button that corresponds to
the scribble. If there was ever a stylised game, this is most definately
it. To be released Dec. '99.
--not yet released--
Title: UmJammer Lammy
Company: ??, SCEI
System: Arcade
Type: Guitar
Rarity: --
Notes: A conversion of the PSX game using a guitar controller
interface instead of a normal button interface.
--not yet released--
Title: Space Channel 5
Company: Sega
System: Dreamcast
Type: Dancing
Rarity: --
Notes: This one just plain scares me. From what I understand, it's
similar to Bust-A-Move, but you're a reporter trying to get info from
aliens on a spaceship? What, do you dance the facts out of them? (which
wouldn't surprise me, as this is from the company that crossed a zombie
shooting game with a typing tutor for the upcoming game The Typing of
the Dead). Anyway, it plays a bit like Simon Says or Memory, where you
have to mimic the moves that are shown to you...
--not yet released--
Title: Samba de Amigo
Company: Sega
System: Arcade, possibly Dreamcast
Type: Maracca
Rarity: --
Notes: Developed by Sonic Team (the team responsible for the Sonic the
Hedgehog games [obviously], as well as NiGHTS), this one is definately
odd looking... You have to shake the maraccas to the beat, and in
certain places... Also, it's rumored that this game will eventually be
ported to the Dreamcast, and will have a Maracca Controller released as
well (this is almost a definate, as it runs on the Naomi board, which is
the Dreamcast Arcade board - porting it would be simple). more on all of
this as it becomes available...
--not yet released--
Title: Audition
Company: Jaleco?
System: Unknown
Type: Singing?
Rarity: --
Notes: Not much is known about this title so far...
--not yet released--
Title: UniSon
Company: Jaleco?
System: PS2
Type: Singing/Dancing
Rarity: --
Notes:
--not yet released--
Title: Bust A Move 3
Company: Enix
System: PS2
Type: Dancing
Rarity: --
Notes: No concrete info on this yet, except for the fact that it is
coming, and may be a PS2 launch title.
--not yet released--
Title: ?
Company: Square
System: PSX?, PS2?
Type: ?
Rarity: --
Notes: Nothing is known yet about this game, other than the fact that
Square (makers of Final Fantasy and other excellent RPGs) are making
some sort of rhythm game. The platform will probably be one of the
Playstation systems, but like I said, nothing is really known yet
(including a release date...). More is likely to be announced at their
Millenium Conference, to be held in January 2000.
--not yet released--
0.07: Outro_________________________________________________
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_____Release Info:
ver.1.00a/011199:
added more to the GF songlist thanks to Sam Lake, and added more info
on Dancing Stage (as well as a partial songlist)... added more titles
to the 'other music games' section... added more on Rap Freaks...
added the hidden DDR characters code... corrected misc. stuff,
including the DSfeatTKD info... added the first rip-off GF
controller... added more to the lyrics section thanks to Sailor
Bacon... also cleaned up said lyrics section and added a byline to
all songs not done by me...
ver.1.00/251099: first full release.
well, it's finally here - the first full release. I've added and
updated the stage flows, hidden song requirements, and song lists for
pretty much all of the Beatmania titles... added coverage on the
first four Beatmania Pocket games, as well as song lists... also,
added a bit of info on the new BEMANI title Keyboard Mania...
mentioned BishiBashi Special 2 due to it's GF-style minigame... added
more unlock codes... added a song lyrics section thanks to Sailor
Bacon and the Beatmania Consumer All Guide... added/updated the
Glossary... added a Rarity listing for all of the game titles, as
well as a Board Rarity (BdRarity) for the arcade BEMANI titles...
tried to clean up the document as best I could, and also added an
additional line to the headers of sections (anything that is listed
in the Contents) to try to make things easier to find... made the
Contents section 0.00:, and added it to the contents... also added
the [ascii text logo] to the Contents... added an Aim section in the
Intro, which already existed, in a way, in the old Coming Later
section in the Outro... added a bit about the Select Button in
Beatmania to the Beatmania Hidden Modes section of Misc... added the
rest of the Beatmania Music CDs... added all of the Beatmania
merchandise... fixed and added the correct release dates for all of
the Beatmania home and arcade games... added a Facts & Figures
section to Misc.... added more on DDR3rd... added (incomplete)
songlists for Pop'n Music 2 (DC&PSX) and Beatmania 5th Mix
(arcade)... added some codes for Beatmania 4th Arcade...
ver.0.96/031099: it's understood that I see this as pre-release until
v.1.00, so this is the last that I'll mention it.
added more info on Beatmania around the world, and about the European
edit. also added some about the DC PnM controller. (great thanks to
h0l, who has been incredibly helpful). added modes for DS:TKD for
PSX. added two more artists (both real) to the artists list. added
the release date for DDRAppendTKD. added the BM GB password ALTERNA,
which opened another song unknown to me (e.n.k.), so that was added
to the songlist... added the possibility of Samba de Amigo on the DC.
added difficulty listing for Beatmania 4th and 5th Mixes. Added the
fact that Fatboy Slim and Moloko will be in the BM:European Edit
(from the OPM, UK).
ver.0.95.5a/0110999: still technically pre-release, but at this point,
who really cares except for me?
added 5th Mix arcade info. added info on boot problems (including
Game Shark-type unlock codes). added info on the Drummania
controller. added more on misc. to-be-released games. added a bit in
the Beatmania/Beat Mania? section. added minimal info on Anison Mix
2, DDR3rd, Rap Freaks, DSfeatDCT. added more to the legal section due
to the includion Game Shark-type codes. did some corrections on the
GF song list. corrected the TOC error for the GF songlist. added more
PnM info, including DC. added DJ Man info. added minimal info on the
3rd-party DDR controllers. still lots more to add, and not enough
time to add it...
note: I still have lots to add, but after realising that the release
that I thought had been released actually hadn't (which featured much
of the new release info like Rap Freaks and Drummania for PS2), I
figured that I should jet this out tonight... Please note that this
is a fairly incomplete release, and, for instance, credits people for
things that aren't in the document, etc... This should be fixed
shortly...
ver.0.95.5/150999: still technically pre-release.
added more info on the 'another' versions of the songs in 4th Mix.
added info on Horrible Course and Bonus Course (both in Expert Mode)
in 4th Mix. added info on Internet Ranking for Append 4th Mix. added
a bit of info on Samba de Amigo. added songlist for DDR2ndReMix,
GFpsx, GFarc, DM, PnM (DC). added more info to the PnM song list. did
some misc. editorial/formatting corrections.
ver.0.95b/110999: still technically pre-release.
added more info to the 4th mix songlist, as well as how to open bonus
edit mode.
ver.0.95a/100999: still technically pre-release.
added and corrected to 4th mix expert stage flow. added info on 4th
mix secret mode (Another Course, Expert mode).
ver.0.95/090999: still technically pre-release.
added all of the info for 4th mix. added more info on the song lists
for 3rd mix and gottamix. added some misc. info like release dates
and book publishers, and fixed some misc. problems/errors. added info
on BMgb2. added info on the Beatmania hidden modes. added more info
on the DJ Station PRO. added info on DDR DAM. added more info on
DDRsolo. fixed some grammatical stuff/spelling, and some errors.
added a quick guide to DDR and filled in a lot of info on the DDR
song list (ask on gamefaqs.com and you shall recieve - DDR was the
number 2 most wanted faq for the PSX on the faq request chart). added
arcade song lists for bmIIdxSubClubVer2, DDRsoloBassMix, and TKD.
added a lot of possibilities to the artists section (thanks to bill
for the info). added how to unlock the hidden PSX DDR songs and edit
mode. added a bit on info on the DDR append disc, and the PS2
Drummania. added stage flow for 3rd mix PSX. added info on Pop'n
Stage (why, God, why?).
ver.0.89/240899: still technically pre-release.
added info about the two WS hidden songs, and filled in the song
lists a bit more, as well as flow charts. Also updated the Artists
section with some info on who is actually who (from Beatmania Press
Guide), as well as info on Herbie Hancock/Hammock. Also added a bit
to the misc. section about Beatmania vs. Beat Mania, and about the
Tokimeki Memorial LCD game. Corrected spelling of 'syndrome' in first
sentence... Also, saw a preview copy of DDR2ndReMix in Laox the other
day and found that it has 29 songs, including BoomBoomDollar (my
personal favourite), as well as the incredibly over-played
Tubthumping by Chumbawumba... Added the number of songs to the BEMANI
release list, but haven't started a song list for it yet - it will
probably be a little while - too many other good games coming out
this month in both the US and Japan, including 4th Mix, Galerians,
Thousand Arms, and FFVIII - DDR2ndReMix has gotten pushed rather far
down on my personal list...
ver.0.88/230899: still technically pre-release.
added a lot of info on GB, as well as some more to the song lists for
Gotta and WS. Working on filling in the blanks on the song lists...
corrected some misc. stuff... Also working on beginning to re-format
the doc, as well as creating smaller, release-specific FAQs, but this
is just in the planning stage... Also wondering if it is in fact too
sprawling, and not concentrated enough... I didn't quite realise how
much non-game stuff had gotten in there (like the histories, the
other games, the artist names, etc...)...
ver.0.87/200899: first public release, but still technically pre.
cleaned up things a bit, added song lists and info on Beatmania GB,
corrected misc. info... still have some new non-BEMANI arcade games
to list, but it's almost 6am and I haven'd slep yet, so that's for
another time...
ver.0.85/060899: private beta release. still pre-release.
Still missing some song info on 3rd Mix, Gottamix, and DDR, as well
as the Expert Mode list and how to open the hidden songs on 3rd.
Music CDs are still very thin, and some of the info on the books and
LCD games are missing as well, as is the entire arcade game song
lists. The first PSX release is pretty much complete, though, and
Gotta is getting there...
ver.pre/030899: Pre-release version/in-progress version.
Everything added.
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_____Coming Later:
The following are things that I would like to include at a later date.
No guarantees, though...:
- Song flow lists for the remanining non-Beatmania games
- All BEMANI song lists, including home, arcade, portable, & LCD games
- All BEMANI Music CDs
- Other BEMANI merchandise
- Trivial things like the different logos that appear on each Beatmania
arcade cabinet
- Info on the whole BEMANI-influenced legal battles with Konami, Namco,
and Jaleco... Can't we all just get along?
- Translated interviews from the the Beatmania/BEMANI guides (although
I can't do this on my own - anyone want to volunteer? I've got the
interviews that I can scan and send, I just need someone that can
read them...)
- More song lyrics
- Anything that has a ?
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_____Trademark/Copyright/Legal Info:
Beatmania, BEMANI, Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Freaks, Pop'n'Music,
Drummania, Rap Freaks, Keyboard Mania, Dance!Dance!Dance!, GooGooSoundy,
and all versions/mixes are copyright/trademarked by Konami Computer
Entertainment Japan. All other copyrights are properties of their
respective owners.
This document is copyright J.T.Kauffman 1999 and cannot be reproduced
for profit in any form. It can be freely distributed over the internet
as long as it is unaltered and is only distributed on free (i.e. non-
subscription) sites. If you do choose to post this document on your
site, please email me to let me know.
The author of this document can not and will not be held responsible for
any damage that you may do to your game, system, or accessories through
the use of 'patch code' or 'cheat code' devices (such as Game Shark or
ProActionReplay) using codes that are found in this document. Such codes
are provided for use AT YOUR OWN RISK, and are labeled as such. The
author will also not be responsible for any damage caused by the use of
any unlicensed perhipherals that may be mentioned in this article. All
information is provided at your own risk.
Regarding the topics presented in the sub-section titled 'Grey Area', I,
nor the webmasters of the sites that you have found this on, suppport
the above grey area matters, and they are presented merely because they
are part of the mass that is BEMANI. Please do not email me asking for
more information on the grey area topics; any emails will replied to
with this very paragraph in the body of the email, and none of the
requested information will be sent with it. If you really want to learn
more about these topics, I suggest that you visit one of the web's many
search engines, such as Yahoo! or Metacrawler and search for the above topics. Also, the
author and the webmasters will not be responsible for any damage that
you may do to your PSX/computer/etc. through using any of the
programs/etc. covered in 'Grey Area'.
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_____Sources:
Beatmania Consumer all guide
Beatmania Konami Official Guide
Beatmania Press Mix
Beatmania Append Gottamix Konami Official Guide
Dance Dance Revolution Konami Official Guide
Weekly Famitsu
Official Playstation Magazine (UK)
"h0l" for many more thoughts on artists' names, as well as the info fron
the ECTS. Also, for more info on the European edit of Beatmania, the DC
version of Pop'nMusic and said PnM controller, and for pretty much all
of the European info in this doc. also, for getting Daver-X+Mr.Chunks
work on GF to me.
"Daver-X+Mr.Chunks" for a lot of the work on the PSX Guitar Freaks,
including the difficulties, BPMs and number of notes. thanks a ton!
"Sam Lake" for more of the European BEMANI info, as well as additions to
the GF songlist, and the song info for Dancing Stage. Thanks!
"Sailor Bacon" (sailor_bacon@yahoo.com) for his generous use of his
transcribed song lyrics for DDR.
". Charon" for the tip on Herbie Hancock for the Artists section
"Petee Hsu" for the tip on how to unlock the DDR songs, and the double
mode tip for getting the paranoia songs.
"Bill" for contributing many many thoughts on the origins of some of the
artists' names.
"keffka" for the info on Bonus Edit mode.
"why?leong" for some input on the GF songlist.
"jill encarnacion" for the DJ Man info/input.
"Brian S." for the RELAXATION BM GB password.
"John Ricciardi" for the ALTERNA BM GB password.
"Mike Corbitt" for the DDR hidden characters tip.
various Japanese fan pages (URLs unknown)
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_____Thanks:
My family and friends, for being there.
Konami, for making such a great series.
For the JET Programme, for getting me to Japan.
To gamefaqs.com, for hosting this doc, as well as all of the other
sites that have posted it.
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_____Contact Info:
J.T.Kauffman
stormwalker@hotmail.com
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_____Dedications:
This document is dedicated to a couple of people who are dear to me:
First, to my late Grandfather, who I unknowingly said goodbye for the
last time when I left the US to come to Japan. Also, to ~E~, for
everything. Lastly, to Curto, the amazing flying monkey - we'll be
playing M.M.Mike's 'All Pro' in 5th Mix together here in Japan before
you know it...
From 3 August 1999, Shibata, Japan.
jtk.
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