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beatmania 2ndMix

Arcade Video game published 26 years ago by Konami Co., Ltd.

Listed in MAME

beatmania 2ndMix screenshot

beatmania 2nd MIX © 1998 Konami Company, Limited.

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.

TECHNICAL

Konami Bemani DJ-Main Hardware
Game ID : GX853

CPU : MC68EC020FG25 @ 25MHz
Custom Chips : 058143, 056832, 055555, 056766, 058141, and KS10101
Sound : Custom Konami Sound Chips for Multiple Sound Channels
Res : 24kHz 512x384
Drives : Pop'N Music use 3.5inch IDE-HDD, all other games use 2.5inch.
Roms : Program and graphics on EEPROM.

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 5

TRIVIA

Released in March 1998.

Konami released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (beatmania 2nd Mix Complete - KICA-7872) on 26/06/1998.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Secret Stages : First pick arcade mode, secondly hold Select while you choose expert mode. While you are still holding the circle button pick classic or techno. If you pick classic you will get the 'Rave 2nd remix' at the last stage. If you pick techno you will get 'hard techno' at the 3rd stage.

SERIES

1. beatmania (1997)
2. beatmania 2ndMix (1998)
3. beatmania 3rdMix (1998)
4. beatmania complete MIX (1999)
5. beatmania 4thMix the beat goes on (1999)
6. beatmania 5thMix Time to get down (1999)
7. beatmania complete MIX 2 (2000)
8. beatmania ClubMix (2000)
9. beatmania featuring Dreams Come True (2000)
10. beatmania CORE REMIX (2000)
11. beatmania 6thMix The UK Underground Music (2001)
12. beatmania 7thMix keepin' Evolution (2002)
13. beatmania THE FINAL (2002)

STAFF

Director : Yuichiro Sagawa
Planners : Mizking, Takashi Hamano
Sound director : Reo Nagumo
Composers : Nite System, Quadra, DJ Mazinger, Crunky Boy, Hiroshi Takeyasu, Reo Nagumo, Ohta Tomomi
Programmers : Takayuki Fukunaga, Hideki Hashimoto, Youhei Shimizu
Sound data analizer : Koji Kazaoka, Ryuichi Nitta, Hiroki Koga
Hardware engineer : Masayuki Senami
Mechanical engineers : Yuichiro Sagawa, Toshiharu Miura
Cg designer : Mizking
Industrial designer : Isao Uehara
Product designer : Noriyuki Yokoki
Vocalist & Rapper : Butcher "One Love", DJ Volcano, Chappy, Co~key, Bombman
Guitarists : Hiroshi Miyauchi, Takumi Kikuya, Yoriyoshi Matsushita
Dancers : Wan~chan, Nami
Japanese~English translators : Mutsuko Ichikawa, Hideki Hashimoto, Ami Masaki, Mary Hermanson, Kerry Nagai
Producer : Koji Okamoto

SOURCES

Game's screenshots.
Game's ROM.
Official website: http://www.konami.jp/am/bm/2nd/