''Keyboardmania'' (alternately ''KEYBOARD MANIA'', and abbreviated KBM) is a

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created by the Bemani division of Konami. In this game up to two players use 24-key

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s to play the piano or keyboard part of a selected song. Notes are represented on-screen by small bars that scroll downward above an image of the keyboard itself. The goal is to play the matching key when a note bar descends to the red play point line. The arcade cabinet has two screens - one for each player. There is also a simulator called ''DoReMi Mania'', which uses *.

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files. However, players can use a midi-to-pms converter to simplify editing.

Arcade release

''Keyboardmania'' has three Japanese arcade releases: *Keyboardmania (February 6, 2000) *Keyboardmania 2ndMIX (October 6, 2000) *Keyboardmania 3rdMIX (March 15, 2001)

Super linking session

Keyboardmania 3rdMIX has a linking feature with Drummania 4thMIX/GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX and Drummania 5thMIX/GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX with a dozen songs.

Home version

''Keyboardmania'' has 2 home versions for PlayStation 2: *Keyboardmania (September 21, 2000) *Keyboardmania II (2ndMIX & 3rdMIX) (February 28, 2002) The home version of the game has modified controller similar to the arcade keys. One other notable version is for Windows PCs and it is shipped with the Yamaha EZ-250i Keyboard, which is used to play: *Keyboardmania Yamaha Edition (July 23, 2003)

Song lists

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''Keyboardmania 2ndMix''

''Keyboardmania 3rdMix''

Notable songs

These songs were later featured in '' Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' and every subsequent '' Dance Dance Revolution'' arcade release, excluding '' Dancing Stage Fusion'': *Frozen Ray - also in '' Beatmania IIDX 6th Style'' *Pink Rose - also in ''Pop'n music 5'' (for the Japanese PlayStation) and ''Beatmania IIDX 12.HAPPY SKY'' *The Least 100sec - one of the dozen songs that can be played in the Super linking Session. This song also appears in '' Pop'n music'' and the Beatmania series, including ''

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Trivia

* Since there are 24 keys, the range is C3-B4.

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References

{{Konami franchises 2000 video games Arcade video games Bemani games Konami franchises Keyboard video games Japan-exclusive video games PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in Japan