Beatmania gave birth to several spinoffs, such as the Beatmania IIDX series ( a more advanced version featuring 7-keys and higher difficulty levels ) and the other being Beatmania III, a remake of the 5-key series which featured a more modern hardware platform, a pedal for optional effects and a 3. 5 " floppy disk drive to save play records.

The voice over was not featured in any other Beatmania series game, although a similarly formatted Tutorial mode was recently added to the Beatmania IIDX games.

Starting from Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius, two new note types are added.

The difficulty ranges from 1 to 7 starting from Beatmania IIDX 1st Style to Beatmania IIDX 4th Style.

Starting from Beatmania IIDX 5th Style, Flashing 7 is introduced as the highest difficulty.

Beatmania IIDX 10th Style give the player up to Level 8 as the highest difficulty, and Level 8 + as the highest one in Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED.

The major change of difficulty range occurred on Beatmania IIDX 12: Happy Sky, which has been widen to 12 as the highest difficulty.

Like most of the BEMANI games do, Beatmania IIDX also has Extra Stage and One More Extra Stage songs.

From Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style to Beatmania IIDX 6th Style, Extra Stage didn't have its own song, so players chose from the songlist available.

The first release to have an Extra Stage system that has its fixed ES song is Beatmania IIDX 7th Style, and also the first one to introduce One More Extra Stage, which is an extra Extra Stage after meeting requirements while playing ES song.

Meanwhile, Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold is the first releases to have two different Extra Stage system: the ' 1 ES and 1 OMES ' system from 7th Style and the Extra Stage system brought from Distorted.

This system is retained until now, with the exception of Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem, which used the 7th Style's Extra Stage system.

* Beatmania IIDX 13: DistorteD ( PlayStation 2 version ) ( 2007 )-" Shoot ' Em All "

Beatmania IIDX 13: DistorteD was the first version to use the new " e-AMUSEMENT Pass ", previous versions used the magnetic card system.

is a series of rhythm video games and the sequel to Beatmania that was first introduced by Konami in Japan on February 26, 1999.

* Beatmania for Wonderswan ( April 28, 1999 ): The only Beatmania title for the Wonderswan, and also the only title released on the system from Konami.

They then considered the entertainment industry in Japan, where in 1997, was taking off with the introduction of karaoke bars and music video games such as PaRappa the Rapper, Beatmania, and Dance Dance Revolution.

ES and OMES songs are usually new Konami Originals, with exception of Beatmania IIDX 7th Style until Beatmania IIDX 9th Style, Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold, Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ Troopers and Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius which have either their ES or OMES song ( s ) taken from other BEMANI games.

Beatmania IIDX has a variety of characters that are drawn by multiple artists.

There are several extensions to BMS, notably BME format ( for 7-button Beatmania IIDX-like games ), PMS format ( for Pop ' n Music-like games ), and a ' long note ' extension.

The Beatmania series has been released on multiple platforms in addition to its arcade releases.

Its successes include GuitarFreaks, which features a guitar-shaped controller, and 1998's Pop ' n Music, a game similar to Beatmania in which multiple colorful buttons must be pressed.

* January 26, 2006 — Konami Corp. announces the list of titles it expects to ship in 2006, ranging from Beatmania to Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and covering multiple platforms.

* HipHopMania complete Mix ( 1999 ): Includes all songs from the Japanese cabinet Beatmania complete Mix.

* HipHopMania complete Mix 2 ( 2000 ): Includes almost all songs from the Japanese cabinet Beatmania complete Mix 2.

* Beatmania Append Yebisu Mix: Append disc included with the release of beatmania containing all new songs.

Includes songs from the first Beatmania up to 5thMix and GottaMix, chosen through fan votes on the internet.

* Beatmania Append GOTTAMIX 2-Going Global ( September 7, 2000 ): The official follow up release to GottaMix, again, featuring all new songs exclusive to the console.

* Beatmania ( Europe ) ( June 2000 ): The European version of beatmania included licensed songs from Moloko, Skank, Les Rhythmes Digitales, and more.

* Beatmania GB ( March 11, 1999 ): Features 10 songs selected from 2ndMix, 3rdMix and Yebisu Mix.

* Beatmania GB 2 GatchaMix ( November 25, 1999 ): Features 5 songs selected from GottaMix.

* Beatmania GB GatchaMix2 ( September 28, 2000 ): A Game Boy Color exclusive game, it follows the format of the previous GatchaMix with console tracks from the PlayStation and other popular licensed songs from real life artists.

* Beatmania Pocket-AnimeSong Mix1 -: A selection of songs from titles by Go Nagai.

* Beatmania Pocket-AnimeSong Mix2-Features songs from titles by Shotaro Ishinomori.

* Beatmania Pocket-AnimeSong Mix3 -: A selection of songs from titles by Leiji Matsumoto.

* Beatmania Pocket-Tigers version: A special edition for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team of Japan featuring cheer songs for the team.

* Beatmania Pocket-Love Stories -: A selection of love songs from various artists.

* Beatmania Pocket-KonaMix -: Various songs from classic Konami games.

* Beatmania Pocket-Best Hits 2000 -: Popular songs from various artists from the year 2000.

* Beatmania Pocket-Tigers Version2: A special edition for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team of Japan featuring cheer songs for the team.

Each release added songs from the Beatmania games their titles refer to, including most previous arcade releases.