Keyboardmania
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Rhythm |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Input | Piano Keyboard (24 keys); Effector wheel |
| Arcade cabinet | Custom |
| Arcade display | Raster, standard resolution, horizontal, two 19 inch monitors |
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.
A PC version, exclusively bundled with Yamaha EZ250i lighted keyboard, is used as an "entertaining education keyboard learner". The PC version is different in that it uses more keys and generally plays MIDI files only.
There is also a free version called DoReMi Mania [1], which uses *.pms files. However, players can use a midi-to-pms converter to simplify editing.
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[edit] Arcade Release
Keyboardmania has three Japanese arcade releases.
- Keyboardmania 3rdMIX
- Keyboardmania 2ndMIX
- Keyboardmania
There is one Korean release which is nearly identical to Keyboardmania.
- Keyboardheaven
[edit] Super Linking Session
Keyboardmania 3rdMIX has a linking feature with Drummania 4thMIX/GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX and Drummania 5thMIX/GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX with a dozen songs.
[edit] Home Version
Keyboardmania has 2 home versions for Playstation 2.
- Keyboardmania
- Keyboardmania II (2ndMIX & 3rdMIX)
The Home Version of keyboardmania has Modified controller similar to the Arcade keys
[edit] Notable songs
- Pink Rose
- The Least 100sec - one of the dozen songs that can be played in the Super linking Session
