| Keyboardmania | |
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Music |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Cabinet | Custom |
| Arcade system | Firebeat |
| Display | Raster,resolution: 512x384 24khz, Vertical, two 29 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.
There is also a simulator called DoReMi Mania [1], which uses *.pms files. However, players can use a midi-to-pms converter to simplify editing.
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Keyboardmania has three Japanese arcade releases.
Keyboardmania 3rdMIX has a linking feature with Drummania 4thMIX/GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX and Drummania 5thMIX/GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX with a dozen songs.
Keyboardmania has 2 home versions for PlayStation 2.
The Home Version of keyboardmania has Modified controller similar to the Arcade keys.
One other notable version is for Windows PCs and it is shipped with the Yamaha EZ-250i Keyboard, which is used to play [Released Q2 2003] .
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