Lost In Translation/beatmania 4th MIX - The Beat Goes On
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| Manufacturer | Konami |
| Released | 1999 |
| Control Method |
Dial 5 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | 68EC020 (@ 8.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Stereo (2x) K054539 (@ 48.000 kHz) |
| Video Details |
Raster (Horizontal) 488 x 384 pixels 58.00 Hz 4,368 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 10 ROMs plus Laserdisc, Hard Disk or CD-ROM 5,242,880 bytes (5.00 MiB) |
| MAME ID | bm4thmix |
About The Game
Follow along with the song by scratching the turntable and pressing the keys as the bars reach the bottom of the screen. If you manage to successfully hit each note on-key perfectly, a combo meter will go up, increasing your score. Do well enough by the end of the song, and you can progress to the next level.
Trivia
Konami released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (beatmania 4th Mix Original Soundtracks - KMCA-1) on 17/06/1999.
Tips and tricks
Complete Song List Choice Mode
All songs (including hidden) can be selected from the beginning in BASIC and HARD modes.
- Insert coin(s).
- Press 1-5-4-3-4-3-4-1-2-1-1-5-4-3-4-3-4-1-2-1-1 on the 2P keyboard (This is the notes from 'Deep In You').
- Press Start while holding down Effect and buttons 2-4 on the 1P keyboard.
Hidden Stages
- Insert coin(s).
- Press 1-4-3-5-2-4-1-5 on the 2P keyboard (This is the notes from 'Paranoia Max').
- Press Start while holding down the Effect button.
Changing The Frame Colour
During MODE SELECT, pressing the Start button will change the screens frame colour with each press. Each press will change the frame to the following colours : Grey >> Gold >> Red >> Blue >> Green >> White >> Brown >> Scarlet >> Black >> Magenta >> Purple.
Mirror Play
- Insert coin(s).
- Turn the 2P turntable anti-clockwise three times.
- Press Start.
Random Play
- Insert coin(s).
- Turn the 2P turntable clockwise three times.
- Press Start.
Series
- beatmania (1997)
- beatmania 2nd MIX (1998)
- beatmania 3rd MIX (1998)
- beatmania Complete MIX (1999)
- beatmania 4th MIX - The Beat Goes On (1999)
- beatmania 5th MIX - Time To Get Down (1999)
- beatmania Complete MIX 2 (2000)
- beatmania Club MIX (2000)
- beatmania CORE REMIX (2000)
- beatmania Featuring Dreams Come True (2000)
- beatmania 6th MIX - The UK Underground Music (2001)
- beatmania 7th - Keepin' Evolution (2002)
- beatmania - The Final (2002)
Staff
- Producer
- Koji Okamoto
- Director
- Seiji Higurashi
- Planner
- Mizking F
- Sound Director
- Takehiko Fujii
- Sound Superviser
- Reo Nagumo
- Programmer
- Hideki Hashimoto
- CG Designers
- Hotaru Komatsu
- Hideko Shigeta
- Mizking F
- Satoshi Higashida (KCEJ)
- Hajime Yashiro (KCEJ)
- Hardware Engineer
- Masayuki Senami
- Mechanical Engineers
- Yuichiro Sagawa
- Toshiharu Miura
- Graphic Designers
- Noriyuki Yokoki
- Mayu Sugiyama
- Composers
- Larry Dunn
- GTS
- Monday Michiru
- Yasushi Kurobane
- Takumi Iwasaki
- Bebe
- Hiroshi Watarai
- Deep Emotion
- Dj Oddball
- Mitsukuni Murayama
- Kouichi Yamazaki
- Reo Nagumo
- Takehiko Fujii
- Takayuki Ishikawa
- Hiroyuki Togo (KCEJ)
- NM Sequence Unlimited (AMD)
- D&G Music Factory (AMD)
- Sound Data Analyzer
- Ryuichi Nitta
- Vocalists & Rappers
- Larry Dunn
- Monday Michiru
- Melodie Sexton
- Megumi Oka
- Scotty D.
- Bebe
- Andrea Robinson
- Dancers
- Nami
- Wan-Chan
- Mixing Engineers
- Masaki Takamura (Onkio Haus)
- Toshihiro Hayano (Kim Studio)
- Japanese-English Translator
- Justin Lazaroff
Cabinet and Artwork
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Ports
- Consoles
- Sony PlayStation (1999, "BeatMania Append 4th Mix")
Soundtrack Releases
| Album Name | Catalogue No. | Released | Publisher | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| beatmania 4th Mix Original Soundtracks | KMCA-1[1] | 1999-06-17 | Konami Music Entertainment | CD version. |
