'DJ Syndrome' is the main tagline of the marketing campaign for
Beatmania 4th Mix ~The Beat Goes On~. It's also now a series of guides
to Beatmania, Dance Dance Revolution and the rest of the BEMANI series
of rhythm games by Konami. While not comprehensive, it should begin to
answer some of the questions that you might have about the games.
Please note that this FAQ only covers the Playstation release of Guitar
Freaks. For a more comprehensive look at Guitar Freaks and the rest of
the BEMANI series, including things like Soundtracks (audio CDs),
strategy guides, portable LCD games (like the BEMANI Pocket series), and
much much more, please check out my longer work titled DJ Syndrome: The
BEMANI Series FAQ.
All of the information contained in this FAQ is also available in the
longer, more comprehensive work titled "DJ Syndrome: The BEMANI Series
FAQ". This document is merely a scaled down version that only pertains
to the Playstation release Guitar Freaks (the arcade releases are _not_
necessarily covered, although some of the info may be applicable).
This may be my final release for this FAQ. Please see my BEMANI series
FAQ (the Compendium at gamefaqs.com) for more up-to-date
BEMANI/Beatmania info.
Title: Guitar Freaks
System: PSX
Intro: Konami's first real foray into rock, Guitar Freaks lets you jam
away on either your Playstation controller or the special Guitar Freaks
controller.
[important note: I have not really ever sat down and played this game
at home. All of the below information was gathered from Konami's
Japanese homepage, as well as various Japanese fan pages. If there is
something that is incorrect, _please tell me_.]
__Hidden Songs:
Evil Eye clear 50 stages
Mickey's Boogie clear 150 stages
Jet World clear 200-250 (?) stages
Magic Music Magic clear 300 stages
King G clear 450 stages
J-Staff clear Lucky?Staff
__Hidden Mode:
High Speed Edition:
In the mode highlight screen (where you select Easy, Normal, or Expert)
press the following buttons (P=pick, R=red, G=green, B=blue)
PPRBRBGG
After that, select Expert and press start. You should be in High Speed
Edition.
0.04: Song List____________________________________________
[note: nearly all of the additional info in this section is thanks to
Daver-X+Mr.Chunks]
Song Title Artist Genre Diff. BPM Notes
__Practice
Cutie Pie 0 105 134/?
__Normal
Cutie Pie Motown * 105 134/?
Chicago Blue Blues ** 85 86/?
The Endless Summer 60's Style *** 160 213/?
Fire Heavy Rock *** 105 239/?
Happy Man Punk **** 180 179/?
Cool Joe Funk **** 92 297/?
Evil Eye* Solo Rock **** 82 139/?
Jet World* ????? ****** 276 374/593
Magic Music Magic* ????? ******* 165 280/565
Hypnotica Digital Rock ****** 135 288/?
__Expert
Jazzy Cat Jazz **** 94 187/343
Happy Man Punk ***** 180 196/?
L.A. Rider Heavy Metal ***** 172 337/?
DryMartini Light Jazz ****** 110 179/?
Shake It Up Thrash Metal ****** 202 259/?
Mickey's Boogie* Funk ****** 90 244/397
Hypnotica Digital Rock ******** 135 309/?
King G* ????? ******** 100 261/383
Lucky?Staff Speed Metal ******** 237 417/775
J-Staff* Ballad **
__High Speed Edition*
Chicago Blue Blues ******** ??? 86/?
The Endless Summer 60's Style ******** ??? 213/?
Jazzy Cat Jazz ******** ??? 187/?
Cutie Pie Rock ******** ??? 134/?
Happy Man Punk ******** ??? 196/?
v.0.95 25nov99: still technically pre-release; possibly last release
Added more info throughout.
v.0.86 07oct99: still technically pre-release
Added much more to the song list, and fixed/clarified hidden
modes/songs. Thanks to Daver-X+Mr.Chunks for all of the info!
v.0.77 15sept99: still technically pre-release
Cut and pasted info on GF from my BEMANI Series FAQ to
create this document, which deals only with GF.
_____Trademark/Copyright Info:
Beatmania, BEMANI, Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Freaks, Pop'n'Music,
Drummania, Dance!Dance!Dance!, GooGooSoundy, and all versions/mixes are
copyright/trademarked by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. All other
copyrights are properties of their respective owners.
This document is copyright J.T.Kauffman 1999 and cannot be reproduced
for profit in any form. It can be freely distributed over the internet
as long as it is unaltered and is only distributed on free (i.e. non-
subscription) sites. If you do choose to post this document on your
site, please email me to let me know.
_____Sources:
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan's web page (http://www.kcej.com/)
"Daver-X+Mr.Chunks" for a lot of the work on the PSX Guitar Freaks,
including the difficulties, BPMs and number of notes. thanks a ton!
"Sam Lake" for more of the European BEMANI info, as well as additions to
the GF songlist, and the song info for Dancing Stage. Thanks!
"h0l" for getting me the Daver-X+Mr.Chunks info, as well as everything
else he's helped out on.
