With over 250 TV commercial co-writing, writing and singing credits to his name Ramayya is also an instantly recognizable as the composer / voice for several well-known products ranging from Sapporo beer to Volvic water as well as projects such as game giant Konamis hit series Beatmania IIDX, Sega " Racer ", Capcoms " Biohazard " MTV Japan's mega hit animation MTV series " The World Of Golden Eggs " Victor entertainments " Gungrave " Anime cult movie " Cowboy Bebop " and many more.

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.

In addition, the game possesses the capability to emulate other music games, such as Beatmania itself, o2Jam and DJMAX's 7-key arrangement, Pump It Up and Techno Motion-scoring however, remains identical to DDR-style play by default.

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.

The game was highly successful both in and outside of Japan, unlike games such as GuitarFreaks, DrumMania and Beatmania, though the latter had some success in Europe.

The home release of Beatmania IIDX 10th Style contained a special, limited edition magnetic card for the arcade version of Beatmania IIDX 12: Happy Sky. These limited edition e-AMUSEMENT magnetic cards would sometimes offer new features for the players who used them, such as unlocking secret songs.

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.

Beatmania IIDX 13: Distorted introduced an Extra Stage system where there are multiple ES songs.

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, a rhythm game from the Bemani series

The Bemani line of music games from Konami is named after the series, and was first adopted in the arcade release of Beatmania 3rdMix and kept ever since.

The series came to an end with the last game being Beatmania The Final, released in 2002.

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

KCEJ West is known for the best-selling Metal Gear Solid series, as well as the Beatmania and GuitarFreaks series.

Genre-defining titles attributed to Konami include the vampire-hunting side scroller Castlevania series, the survival horror Silent Hill series, the action / shooter Contra series, the platform / adventure Ganbare Goemon series, the espionage action Metal Gear series, the console role-playing Suikoden series, the music-oriented Bemani series ( which includes Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, and Pop ' n Music, among others ) and the dating simulation Tokimeki Memorial series.

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

Featuring a wide selection of genres and artists, both licensed and in-house, the Beatmania IIDX series is well known for its original music.

Gameplay is essentially the same as in the Beatmania series, with a few enhancements to the hardware.

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

* Beatmania featuring Dreams Come True ( July 27, 2000 ): Key disc release of the arcade version of the same name.

* Beatmania Pocket: The only version to feature a body that mimicked the arcade cabinet.

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

* " Sing It Back ( Can 7 Supermarket Mix )" appeared in the Konami music simulation games Beatmania ( European PlayStation version ) and Beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX 2 ~ Going Global ~.

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

The game uses the engine from the console version of Beatmania IIDX 9th Style, and was originally demonstrated with its original cyan and white UI, but the final release uses a reskinned version of it recolored purple.

Beatmania IIDX 9th Style was the first version to use e-AMUSEMENT, and is the only version which allows use of the card readers without a live network connection.

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

* Beatmania featuring Dreams Come True ( June 2000 )

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

* 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.

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 was a surprise hit, inspiring Konami's Games and Music Division to change its name to Bemani in honor of the game, and to begin experimenting with other rhythm game concepts.