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DJ Syndrome: Beatmania [Append 4th Mix ~the beat goes on~] FAQ
by J.T.Kauffman
ver.0.99
25nov99
Contents:___________________________________________________
0.01: Intro
0.02: Stage Flow
0.03: Hidden Songs/Modes
0.04: Song List
0.05: Internet Ranking
0.06: Boot Problems
0.07: Outro
_____Versions:
_____Legal:
_____Sources:
_____Contact:
0.01: Intro_________________________________________________
'DJ Syndrome' is the main tagline of the marketing campaign for
Beatmania 4th Mix ~The Beat Goes On~. It's also now a series of guides
to Beatmania, Dance Dance Revolution and the rest of the BEMANI series
of rhythm games by Konami. While not comprehensive, it should begin to
answer some of the questions that you might have about the games.
Please note that this FAQ only covers the Playstation release of
Beatmania Append 4th Mix ~the beat goes on~ (although much of it will
probably also apply to the arcade version of 4th Mix). For a more
comprehensive look at Beatmania and the rest of the BEMANI series,
including things like Soundtracks (audio CDs), strategy guides, portable
LCD games (like Beatmania Pocket), and much much more, please check out
my longer work titled DJ Syndrome: The BEMANI Series FAQ.
All of the information contained in this FAQ is also available in the
longer, more comprehensive work titled "DJ Syndrome: The BEMANI Series
FAQ". This document is merely a scaled down version that only pertains
to the Playstation release Beatmania Append 4th Mix (the original
release, as well as the other Append discs, 3rd and Gottamix, are _not_
covered).
This is my final planned release for this FAQ. Please see my BEMANI
series FAQ (the Compendium at gamefaqs.com) for more up-to-date
BEMANI/Beatmania info.
Title: Beatmania Append 4th Mix ~the beat goes on~
System: PSX
Intro: In this release we see quite a bit of new features. The first
is the addition of the 'just great' (or flashing great) mark. Second, we
have the addition of the great/good counter - it will keep track of how
many greats/goods you have gotten in a row. We also have a few more
options for play, including random and mirror. Add to that a bonus edit
mode and a bunch of cool new songs, and you've got yourself a great
disc. Also, it's worth noting that this mix is the first major departure
of in-game graphics in the Beatmania mixes - you'll find totally
different song selection and end of stage graphics, to name a few. It
also runs on a 20,000 max per stage point system as opposed to a 10,000
max (note that you don't get any extra points for long combos like you
do in DDR).
0.02: Stage Flow___________________________________________
Options: hidden - the notes disappear partway down the screen.
double - one player plays both the 1P & 2P sides.
battle - 1P & 2P both play the same notes, and it's a battle
to see who ends up with the higher gauge - even if one
player ends under the normally required level, they still go
on (which is normal for all modes).
random - the notes occur in the same places in the songs, but
the button that you have to push is randomised (the
turntable stays the same). note that it's not totally random
- the buttons that you need to push basically swap positions
for the entire song (for example, all of the notes that were
the middle white key are now the left blue key, and so on).
mirror - the five buttons are mirrored (ie. the left ones are
now right, and the right one are now on the left). note that
because there are an odd number of buttons, the middle white
button stays put. also, the turntable is unaffected.
(in-game option):
effects: by pressing the select button during gameplay (ie.
during the song) you can turn the effect (selectable in the
options menu) on and off.
Getting Bonus Edit Mode:
To open up the bonus edit mode (which features 'traditional' Beatmania
graphics and so-on), first put in the Arcade disc, then Disc Switch to
either 3rd Mix or Gottamix, then switch to 4th Mix. You'll be in Bonus
Edit mode. (note: I switched from Arcade to 3rd to Gotta to 4th to open
up all of the songs - I'm not sure if all of the songs will open up if
you only use one of the two discs - more on this as I play more).
Also, after playing through all of the songs, then booting down the
system and just playing regular 4th Mix, none of the Bonus Mix songs
came up in training/free mode, which leads me to think that Bonus Mix
acts like a whole Append disc, and thus requires a whole separate save
(the same as any other Append disc - there can only be one Append disc
per save, thus to have all of the songs available at any time, you now
need a total of five separate saves - ones for Yebisu, 3rd, Gotta, and
Bonus Edit, which all branch off of the original Arcade disc save, and
then the 4th Mix save, which is a separate entity.) I have yet to double
check this, and after finding that the Bonus Edit songs are available in
normal mode as well, it may be a while before I do...
__Stage Flow:
Basic (Club M.Z.D) 4 Stages
Stage 1:-----------Stage 2:----------Stage 3:---------Stage 4:
r&b (I live...) hiphop future jazz cube beat
jazz house future jazz jungle house
hiphop dance pop (keep..)cube beat drum'n bass
dance pop (keep..) r&b (hunting...) house 70's soul
r&b (hunting...) jungle soul hiphop techno
cube beat drum'n bass rave
house 70's soul
soul hiphop techno
techno big beat
big beat hard house
hard house
Hard (Club Japan) 4 Stages
Stage 1:-----------Stage 2:----------Stage 3:---------Stage 4:
r&b (I live...) future jazz cube beat drum'n bass
jazz house dance pop(keep...)house 70's soul
hiphop r&b (hunting...) soul hiphop techno
future jazz cube beat jazzy hiphop big beat
dance pop(keep...) house drum'n bass rave
r&b (hunting...) soul hiphop 70's soul hard house
jungle jazzy hiphop techno minimal
house techno rave trance
lounge* lounge* hard house happy
r&b (I live...)@ house@ trance dance pop(deep)*
hiphop@ jazzy hiphop@ deep house* rave@
house(nagureo..)^ dance pop^(beli..)dance pop(deep)* minimal@
j-techno^ hard tekno^(@) house@ happy@
jazzy hiphop@ dance pop(deep)@*
rave@ hard techno(cr.)^
dance pop(deep)@*euro beat^
hard house^ euro beat@^
hard house@^
*hidden song
@'another' version - available by pressing the select button
^Bonus Edit Mode song
(@)unmarked 'another' version
Expert (Club Beat-2000) 5 Stages
Street Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
hiphop r&b(i live..) future jazz soul hiphop r&b(hunting..)
Vocal Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
jazz house cube beat dance pop 70's soul house
(keep...)
Techno Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
jungle techno rave --to be added--
Special Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
drum'n bass rave jazzy hiphop --to be added--
Another Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
r&b house@ jazzy hiphop@ happy@ -to be added-
(i live...)@
Horrible Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
trance --to be added--
Bonus Course:
Stage 1:------Stage 2:------Stage 3:------Stage 4:------Stage 5:
hard tekno@ hard techno house --to be added--
~crack style~ ~nagureo kidding~
@another
Bonus Edit Mode:
Stage 1:--------Stage 2:--------Stage 3:--------Stage 4:
j-pop (english) hard tekno(an.) house(nag.kid.) hard tekno(an.)
hard house(an.) hard house hard tekno(an.) hard house
house(nag.kid.) hard house(an.) hard house hard house(an.)
hard tekno(an.) house(nag.kid.) hard house(an.) hard techno(cr.)
j-techno hard techno(cr.)euro beat(eng.)
euro beat(eng.an.)
(note that this stage flow list for Bonus Edit is not quite complete - I
only played through the mode once, so the songs that I beat the stages
with (j-pop, j-techno, and house (nagureo kidding)) are not on the chart
after the stage that I played them in...)
0.03: Hidden Songs/Modes____________________________________
In order to get: Do one of these things:
lounge - 1. Clear Hard mode 5 times.
dance pop (deep...) |- 2. Beat hard mode without losing.
deep house - 3. Clear Expert mode once.
Secret Modes:
Special Course (Expert Mode):
Beat Hard mode once.
Another Course (Expert Mode):
Beat Hard mode 5 times.
Horrible Course (Expert Mode):
Beat Hard mode 10 times.
Bonus Course (Expert Mode):
Either beat any of the Expert Mode courses once, and you should get the
Bonus Course, or beat Hard 20 times. Note that opening up this course
will also open up the Bonus Edit Mode songs for normal gameplay.
Bonus Edit songs available in normal 4th Mix:
There are two ways to do this - open up the Bonus Course either beating
Expert mode or beating Hard 20 times, or play Hard mode 50 times (not
necessarily beating it...)
'Another' versions of songs in Hard Mode:
To get the another version of certain songs in Hard Mode, simply hold
the select button - if another version is available, then a symbol
saying 'Another' will appear in the area above the 2P symbol. Not all
songs have another versions. Also, the another versions of the songs are
very similar, and usually just have a few hard passages added - the
difficulty (number of stars) stays the same.
0.04: Song List____________________________________________
[note: if multiple BPMs are listed, then it starts at the first number,
then changes to the next number, then the next, etc. The first number in
the Notes category is the number in notes in 1P mode, and the second
number is for 2P mode. If there is a dash instead of a number, then the
song is not available in that mode. If the difficulty is listed as
'???', then that is what the difficulty is in the game - an unknown
difficulty will simply be left blank.]
(B='basic mode' version, H='hard mode' version, @='another' version)
Song Title Artist Genre Diff. BPM Notes
Take Control Larry Dunn 70's soul B **** 112 174/221
H ***** 112 221/221
Take A Ride Larry Dunn soul hiphop B *** 117 127/172
H **** 117 131/180
Rugged Ash Symphonic future jazz B/H *** 168 193/201
Defoggers
Jazz A Pump Up Takumi jazzy hiphop H ***** 100 173/183
@ ***** 100
I LiVe just 4U MPM r&b B * 90 98/142
H ** 90 132/144
@ ** 90 155/155
Destruction MPM big beat B *** 131 125/134
H ****** 131 244/244
Kakattekonkai Bebe cube beat B *** 103 153/153
H **** 103 163/163
Build-Up Forward techno B **** 135 248/288
H ***** 135 286/293
Brand New World GTS featuring house H **** 128 247/308
Melodie Sexton @ **** 128 308/308
Weighted Action Deep Emotion hard house B *** 130 307/351
H ****** 130 351/351
Drunk Monky DJ Oddball minimal H *******145 409/445
@ *******145 681/678
Spaced Out Enola Quintet lounge H ??? 88 152/148
Chain Ram rave B ***** 152 206/247
H ****** 152 247/247
Soda Slake drum'n bass B **** 160 124/153
H ***** 160 153/153
Logical Dash DJ Taka happy H *******144 433/507
@ *******144 467/507
Genom Screams L.E.D. Light trance H *******150 404/533
Hunting For You Togo Project r&b B ** 105 151/237
featuring Megu & Scotty D. H *** 105 181/178
Paranoia MAX 190 jungle B/H *** 190 150/200
~dirty mix~
Keep on Movin' N.M.R. dance pop B ** 132 100/100
H *** 132 119/119
You Make Me Monday Michiru jazz house B * 110 105/197
H ** 110 186/350
Popcorn DJ Watarai hiphop B/H ** 93 148/175
@ ** 93 167/173
peace out DJ nagureo deep house H ??? 133 341/341
deep in you DJ nagureo dance pop H ??? 126 323/357
@ ??? 126 354/363
__Bonus Edit Mode:
20.november DJ nagureo house~nagureo ***** 130 332/-
(single mix) kidding style~
20.november DJ nagureo house~nagureo ***** 130 -/404
(radio edit) kidding style~
attack the music DJ FX hardtechno~crack****** 140 376/378
style~
acid bomb DJ FX hard tekno ****** 140 405/647
(another)
quick master Yohei Shimizu j-techno *** 145 178/225
(reform version)
20.november DJ nagureo hard house ***** 130 247/257
20.november DJ nagureo hard house ***** 130 268/257
(another)
LUV TO ME(english third mix euro beat ****** 154 312/384
version)
LUV TO ME(english third mix euro beat ****** 154 331/392
version) (another)
Believe again e.o.s remixed dance pop ** 130 216/345
(english version) by DJ nagureo featuring miryam
0.05: Internet Ranking______________________________________
If you get a decently high score (I'm not sure exactly what you have to
get) in any of the seven expert courses, you'll recieve a password so
that you can enter your score on the Konami website. Here's how it
works:
- After playing Expert Mode (and scoring well enough) and entering your
DJ name, you'll recieve a password in the following format:
DJ Name (1P):
DJ Name (2P): [if applicable]
Password:
(The DJ names are the four letter names that you enter at the high score
board.)
You'll also get a web URL:
http://www.konami.co.jp/kcej/
Log online using your choice of computer and web browser, and either
enter the above URL, or the below one to get you directly to the
Internet Ranking section.
http://www.konami.co.jp/kcej/4th_ir/password.html
After that, you'll find an entry screen with about a dozen different
choices - here is a rough translation of the page:
-----
DJ Name (1P)
DJ Name (2P)
Password
Name
Email
Comments
Gender ()Male ()Female
Age? ()under 10 ()10-19 ()20-29 ()30-39 ()over 40
Last Name?
??
Append 4th Mix Favorite Song (select from pulldown menu)
[RESET] [SUBMIT]
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After you're done, submit, and look at the scores! A note - they are all
fairly high. As of the early morning of 14sept99, the top score was well
over 1400.
As another note, it is possible to get a high score password without
actually finishing the expert mode course.
Final note: The internet ranking is going to go on for one month -
9sept99 - 8oct99.
0.06: Boot Problems________________________________________
_____General:
Beatmania Append 4th Mix is 'mod-protected', and requires one of two
things to be done: Play the game on an un-modified Japanese system
(recommended), or buy a Game Shark and input the below codes to boot the
game (at your own risk):
D01BD672 1040
801BD672 1000
(codes acquired from the the Asian Game Shart Code Center
http://www.agscc.com)
There is one way around the 4th Mix mod-checks -
1. Boot the Arcade disc.
2. Disc Switch to Append 3rd Mix.
3. Disc Switch to Append 4th Mix (note that you will only be able to
access the Bonus Edit mode using this method)
_____Bonus Edit Mode Only:
Many people have reported problems getting 4th Mix to boot up in
anything but the Bonus Edit Mode. In all of the cases that I've recieved
email about, this is due to the fact that the readers are booting from
Arcade -> 3rd Mix -> 4th Mix. Upon looking in the instruction book,
you'll see that one of the first pages has a diagram saying that if you
boot from Arcade -> 3rd/Gotta -> 4th, you will in fact recieve the Bonus
Edit Mode, and that in order to recieve the regular 4th Mix, you must
boot Arcade -> 4th or Arcade -> 3rdMini/Yebisu -> 4th.
I suspect that most of the people having these problems, and thus
booting in this manner, is that 3rd Mix is not mod-protected (ie.
unbootable on systems modified for all-region play), and thus the only
way to boot the 4th Mix disc on a modded system is to do it in the
manner that they are doing (for some reason 3rd -> 4th bypasses the mod-
check, while Arcade -> 4th obviously does not).
In the end, you have two options if you are encountering this problem.
The first is to buy a Japanese Playstation, which is really recommended
- I own a Japanese and an American one, and for import-heavy gamers,
this is by far the best choice due to the massive amount of mod-
protecting games. On the other hand, I realise that an imported ~US$200
PSX system isn't within everyone's means, so the second, and less
recommended, method is detailed below (under Mod-Protected
Games/GameShark methods:). It involves the use of a GameShark or similar
'cheat' device to bypass the mod-check. If you one of the unlucky
players that have a 9000 model PSX (with no parallel port), you
currently are limited to the first option.
0.07: Outro________________________________________________
_____Versions:
v.0.99 25nov99: still technically pre-release
added boot problems section. filled in almost all of the missing
info in the various sections.
v.0.93 15sept99: still technically pre-release
added info on expert courses 5, 6, and 7, as well as more info on
the another and bonus edit songs. added a section on internet
ranking.
v.0.92 11sept99: still technically pre-release
added info on the Bonus Edit mode, and on the songs therein.
deleted duplicated secret songs info.
v.0.90a 10sept99: still technically pre-release
added and corrected info in the expert stage flow. corrected info
in the versions section.
v.0.90 09sept99: still technically pre-release
cut and pasted info on BM4th from my BEMANI Series FAQ to
create this document, which deals only with the PSX BM4th.
_____Trademark/Copyright Info:
Beatmania, BEMANI, Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Freaks, Pop'n'Music,
Drummania, Dance!Dance!Dance!, GooGooSoundy, and all versions/mixes are
copyright/trademarked by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. All other
copyrights are properties of their respective owners.
This document is copyright J.T.Kauffman 1999 and cannot be reproduced
for profit in any form. It can be freely distributed over the internet
as long as it is unaltered and is only distributed on free (i.e. non-
subscription) sites. If you do choose to post this document on your
site, please email me to let me know.
_____Sources:
Beatmania Consumer all Guide
"keffka" for the info on Bonus Edit mode.
_____Contact:
J.T.Kauffman
[email protected]
since 09sept99
Shibata, Japan
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