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beatmania 4th MIX - The Beat Goes On 1999 Konami

1999

beatmania 4th MIX - The Beat Goes On (c) 1999 Konami.
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 DETAILS
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Konami Bemani DJ-Main hardware
Game ID : GX847
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) K054539 (@ 48 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 488 x 384 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4368
Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 5

>>> TRIVIA
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Konami released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (beatmania 4th Mix Original Soundtracks - KMCA-1) on 17/06/1999.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Complete Song List Choice Mode (including Hidden Songs) : All songs can be selected from the beginning in BASIC and HARD modes.
1) Insert coin(s).
2) Press 1-5-4-3-4-3-4-1-2-1-1-5-4-3-4-3-4-1-2-1-1 on the 2P keyboard (This is the notes from 'Deep In You').
3) Press Start while holding down Effect and buttons 2-4 on the 1P keyboard.
* Hidden Stages :
1) Insert coin(s).
2) Press 1-4-3-5-2-4-1-5 on the 2P keyboard (This is the notes from 'Paranoia Max').
3) Press Start while holding down the Effect button.
* Changing The Frame Colour : During MODE SELECT, pressing the Start button will change the screens frame colour with each press. Each press will change the frame to the following colours : Grey >> Gold >> Red >> Blue >> Green >> White >> Brown >> Scarlet >> Black >> Magenta >> Purple.
* Mirror Play :
1) Insert coin(s).
2) Turn the 2P turntable anti-clockwise three times.
3) Press Start.
* Random Play :
1) Insert coin(s).
2) Turn the 2P turntable clockwise three times.
3) Press Start.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. beatmania (1997)
2. beatmania 2nd MIX (1998)
3. beatmania 3rd MIX (1998)
4. beatmania Complete MIX (1999)
5. beatmania 4th MIX - The Beat Goes On (1999)
6. beatmania 5th MIX - Time To Get Down (1999)
7. beatmania Complete MIX 2 (2000)
8. beatmania Club MIX (2000)
9. beatmania CORE REMIX (2000)
10. beatmania Featuring Dreams Come True (2000)
11. beatmania 6th MIX - The UK Underground Music (2001)
12. beatmania 7th - Keepin' Evolution (2002)
13. beatmania - The Final (2002)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Producer : Koji Okamoto
Director : Seiji Higurashi
Planner : Mizking F
Sound director : Takehiko Fujii
Sound superviser : Reo Nagumo
Programmer : Hideki Hashimoto
CG designers : Hotaru Komatsu, Hideko Shigeta, Mizking F, Satoshi Higashida (KCEJ), Hajime Yashiro (KCEJ)
Hardware engineer : Masayuki Senami
Mechanical engineers : Yuichiro Sagawa, Toshiharu Miura
Graphic designers : Noriyuki Yokoki, Mayu Sugiyama
Composers : Larry Dunn, GTS, Monday Michiru, Yasushi Kurobane, Takumi Iwasaki, Bebe, Hiroshi Watarai, Deep Emotion, Dj Oddball, Mitsukuni Murayama, Kouichi Yamazaki, Reo Nagumo, Takehiko Fujii, Takayuki Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Togo (KCEJ)
NM Sequence unlimited (AMD), D&G Music Factory (AMD)
Sound data analyzer : Ryuichi Nitta
Vocalists & Rappers : Larry Dunn, Monday Michiru, Melodie Sexton, Megumi Oka, Scotty D., Bebe, Andrea Robinson
Dancers : Nami, Wan-Chan
Mixing engineers : Masaki Takamura (Onkio Haus), Toshihiro Hayano (Kim Studio)
Japanese-English translator : Justin Lazaroff

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation (1999, 'BeatMania Append 4th Mix')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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