(alternately ''KEYBOARD MANIA'', and abbreviated KBM) is a
rhythm video game created by the
Bemani
, stylized as BEMANI, is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division (G.M.D.), it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, ''Beatmania'', and expanded into other music-based games, m ...
division of
Konami
, commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading card ...
. In this game up to two players use 24-key
keyboards 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 *.
pms files, but the players can use a
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (; MIDI) is an American-Japanese technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, ...
-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 is shipped with the Yamaha EZ-250i Keyboard, which is used to play:
* Keyboardmania Yamaha Edition (July 23, 2003)
Song lists
''The list is incomplete''
Keyboardmania FAQ
. DDRFreak. Retrieved August 27, 2013
Keyboardmania
''Keyboardmania 2ndMix''
''Keyboardmania 3rdMix''
Notable songs
These songs were later featured in '' Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' and every subsequent ''Dance Dance Revolution
(''DDR'') is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance ...
'' arcade release, excluding ''Dancing Stage Fusion
''Dancing Stage Fusion'' is a music video game released by Konami for the European PlayStation and PlayStation 2 on 5 November 2004. In April of the following year, it was released as an arcade game
An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin ...
'':
* 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
(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 w ...
series, including '' III'' and '' IIDX''.
Trivia
* Since there are 24 keys, the range is C3-B4.
External links
keyboardmania Official homepage
in Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
keyboardmania 3rdMIX Official homepage
in Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
keyboardmania 2ndMIX Official homepage
in Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
Bemanistyle
in English
keyboardmania Hong Kong FanClub
in Chinese
References
{{Konami franchises
2000 video games
Arcade video games
Bemani games
Konami franchises
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Japan-exclusive video games
PlayStation 2 games
Video games developed in Japan