Beatmania III

beatmania III beatmania III is a "sequel" to beatmania IIDX, going back to the 5-key gameplay of beatmania while adding more effects and a foot pedal. Oh, and a floppy drive. Now that's Y2K!

Development-Related Text#

Security Strings#

Two of the game's security strings, which start at offset 0x6DC40 of a decompressed HIKARU.EXE, form the following message:

Fragile-CloseToTheEdge

Both of these are albums by the progressive rock band Yes, released in 1971 and 1972 respectively.

Programmer Credit#

Several more security strings, now present at offset 0x6DC98, contain a programmer credit:

MoDe:MaNuFaC/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:SeRViCe/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:EVeNT  /PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:OVeRSea/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY01/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY02/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY03/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)
MoDe:DuMMY04/PRoGRaMeD BY USR01979(HaJiMe SaiTo)

v · t · e The beatmania series
Arcade	beatmania • 2ndMIX • 3rdMIX • completeMIX 4thMIX • 5thMIX • completeMIX 2 ClubMIX • Dreams Come True • CORE REMIX 6thMIX • 7thMIX • THE FINAL
PlayStation	APPEND 3rdMIX (Demo) • APPEND GOTTAMIX APPEND 4thMIX • APPEND 5thMIX • European Edit (Prototype) Dreams Come True • beatmania Best Hits • APPEND GOTTAMIX2 APPEND ClubMIX • The Sound of Tokyo! • 6thMIX + CORE REMIX
Game Boy (Color)	beatmania GB • beatmania GB2: Gotcha Mix • beatmania GB: Gotcha Mix 2
WonderSwan	beatmania for WonderSwan
Windows/Mac OS Classic	beatmania DA!! • beatmania BEST DA!!
PlayStation 2	beatmania DaDaDa!! • beatmania

beatmania III
Arcade	beatmania III • APPEND CORE REMIX • APPEND 6thMIX • APPEND 7thMIX • THE FINAL

See also
beatmania IIDX • Dance Dance Revolution • DrumMania • GuitarFreaks • KeyboardMania • ParaParaParadise • pop'n music