Keyboardmania
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Keyboardmania (alternately KEYBOARD MANIA, and abbreviated KBM) is a rhythm video game created by the Bemani division of Konami. 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. It uses two different file formats [link]:
- .VOS: Virtual Orchestra Script
- .PMS: Pop'n Music Script
There is also a free version called DoReMi Mania [link], which uses *.pms files. However, players can use a midi-to-pms converter to simplify editing.
Arcade Release
Keyboardmania has three Japanese arcade releases.- Keyboardmania 3rdMIX
- Keyboardmania 2ndMIX
- Keyboardmania 1st
- Keyboardheaven
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 I
- Keyboardmania II (2ndMIX & 3rdMIX)
Notable songs
- Pink Rose - a song taken from the Anime Series Gundam Seed
- The Least 100sec - one the dozen songs can be played in the Super linking Session
External links
- [keyboardmania Official homepage] in Japanese
- [keyboardmania 3rdMIX Official homepage] in Japanese
- [keyboardmania 2rdMIX Official homepage] in Japanese
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