Beatmania: Pocket Music Making in 1998

US Konami's mini musical arcade game 25/09/24

Music video games are still popular, with series like Rhythm Paradise and Dance Dance Revolution being main stays of the genre. Here we have a pocket version of Konami's Beatmania game, from 1988 - complete with mini scratch wheel. It's amazing to see these dedicated devices which have now been firmly replaced by smartphones. Nice to see someone fixing them up for future generations.

Take a look at a deep dive on the machine:

Here's another video on the series Konami created:

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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