Beatmania

:For the upcoming Playstation 2 North America beatmania release, based on beatmania IIDX, see beatmania (North America)

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beatmania (??????) is a rhythm video game by the Japanese developer Konami, released in 1997. It's the inaugural game of what Konami soon entitled the "Bemani" line, after this game. Beatmania, like all Bemani games since, is a music-based game. It can be found in arcades and in console versions. Simulators of the official games have been made for the home computer.

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Beatmania IIDX: beatmania IIDX (alternately beatmaniaIIDX or just IIDX, pronounced "two dee-ecks") is a series of rhythm video games introduced by Konami in 1999. It is the direct sequel to the beatmania game series, and part of the Bemani line of music games....

Beatmania (North America): beatmania will be the first version of the music video game beatmania IIDX to be released in the United States. It will be released by Konami in the first quarter of 2006 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console....

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