Beatmania convert budget

Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

I've fallen in love with beatmania since the day I played IIDX 4th Style in an arcade for a day. I bought BMUS and was able to pass a little more than half of Normal Mode songs.

My question is roughly how much would it cost to get a japanese playstation, IIDX RED, and one other style.

so this

1.) How much would 2 styles and a japanese playstation cost
2.) What would be another good style to get - if you like hardcore techno and trance
3.) Does the American BM controller work on japanese styles?
4.) Where would I be able to buy all this, perferrably with paypal
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thewitchdoctor · Trick Member Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Location: Fort Worth, TX

1) @playasia: JPS2 $219, IIDX RED preorder $65, 10th style $70, 9th style $40 [buy it! too cheap to pass up], 8th style $70
on ebay: various styles probably around $40-65

2) 10th style has some good trance

3) yes, and vice versa

4) play-asia.com or lik-sang.com are good

songlists can be found here, just make sure you click on the PS2 versions and not the AC ones (though youd probably realize it pretty quickly)
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Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

Does PlayAsia take PayPal? If so, I'm looking into buying RED there.

219 is pretty expensive for a japanese ps2. I'll look around Ebay for a cheaper one, do they come cheaper than that anywhere else?
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thewitchdoctor · Trick Member Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Location: Fort Worth, TX

playasia does indeed take paypal.

im not sure where to look for JPS2s, but ill bet if you look around you might be able to save a little
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Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

Thanks alot for your help, and if you can find a cheaper JPS2 on a retail site that takes paypal, please give me a PM.
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Tomo_kun · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Location: SE-WI.

Why dont you just fliptop your PS2? It costs all of $40.
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Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

What do you mean.. fliptop. Link for information? If it doesn't require too much ... editting to PS2 itself, it doesn't sound bad. I just need a link or two for buying and information.
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thewitchdoctor · Trick Member Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Location: Fort Worth, TX

oh geez if you didnt know about the flip top, you have to go with that. its much cheaper but wont hurt your system. its what i did.

if you have an non slim ps2, you can just get a different top case part that allows you to swap discs without the system knowing. you then use magic swap discs to boot up japanese games on your american system.

ill get some info in a bit

edit: heres instuctions with pics to give you an idea
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject:

You should buy stuff from Play-Asia. They're really good and for everything you buy, they include a coupon for your next order! They also have a good track record, cheap shipping, and great customer service.

If you do plan on importing using Play-Asia, help me out and use the link in my signature. I am an affiliate with them.
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Backslider · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jul 2005

picture of flip-top

Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

I definatly do plan on getting IIDX games from Play-Asia. They seem reliable. But thanks for all the information guys, I have to get a job first so I can afford all this. With minimum wage, I could get all of it in two weeks

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0rion · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah, totally get a Flip-top and Swap Magic. If you're efficient at shopping around, you could easily get the pair for 25 bucks.

1.) How much would 2 styles and a japanese playstation cost

Two styles could run you anywhere from 60-200 dollars, depending on how old they are. HOWEVER, if you get a flip-top mod, you can simply download the ISO image of each style and burn them to a DVD. That would run you roughly 10 bucks for the lot of them!

2.) What would be another good style to get - if you like hardcore techno and trance

4th, 6th, and 9th are big techno Styles. 8th and 10th have some really good Trance stuff. Personally, my favorite songlist is on 8th Style CS. Thunder and War Game are simply awesome songs, in my opinion.

3.) Does the American BM controller work on japanese styles?

Yep! However, if and when you decide to mod your controllers, bear in mind that the inside of the US controller is set up a little differently from the Japanese versions. (How's this for weird: the AMERICAN version is smaller and more compact!)

I hope you enjoy your new obsession!

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Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

i wasnt planning on pirating them.
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Flazh · Trick Member Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Location: Leeds, England

No, of course, but mr smartass was basically trying to tell you to.

Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

everything I've ever pirated has always been worse for the original, so I stopped. It isn't that much of a deal to go out and buy something that you really really want. Does anyone have a songlist for IIDX RED CS? It would entice me to try and get this moving along quicker.
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Larrikin · Contributor Joined: 17 Feb 2002 Location: Illadelphia

DON'T GET A FLIP TOP

Get a DMS4 EZI
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