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Bemani Games

2014-08-01T08:22:04Z

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Bemani is a series of Music Arcade Games created by Konami.

The series of games all features music made for the games, as well as some crossovers songs. They also have their own unique controller and play-style per game. The games generally run off a very bare bones version of Windows XP, so you can easily view the files on any PC based computer.

==Ripping Tools==
===IFS Explorer===
To unpack the files and access the actual content of the game, it's advisable to use a program called [https://git.k6.io/kivikakk/ifsexplorer/tree/master Bemani IFS Explorer]. Once opened, select the IFS file you want to extract things from. From there, you click on an item on the side, then at the top you change the settings to make the image clear.

==Common File Formats==
===IFS===
A common file for the Bemani series to use to hold its stationary game graphics.

===BIN===
A common disc file format. These usually hold miscellaneous files for the games, but also sometimes hold the graphics depending on the game.

===2DX===
A common audio file format used by the games.

===WAV===
A common video format.

==Suggested Emulators==
===A Windows Based Computer===
While most of the games do normally run in a very basic barebones of Windows XP, many people have had success getting the games to run in Windows 7 as well as Windows 8. If you are just ripping the games, then any version of windows should do. If you are trying to play the games, the specs vary between games and even across releases of each game series sometimes, so no one PC will give you an ideal experience on every Bemani game, but every single one of them uses very low-end hardware.

{{Consoles}}
[[Category:Consoles]]

Bemani Games

2014-08-01T01:36:45Z

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Bemani is a series of Music Arcade Games created by Konami.

The series of games all features music made for the games, as well as some crossovers songs. They also have their own unique controller and playstyle per game.

==Ripping Tools==

The games generally run off a very bare bones version of Windows XP, so you can easily view the files on any PC based computer. To unpack the files to get to the actual content there is a program out there called Bemani IFS Explorer that you'd have to use to take a look at the files. IFS Explorer works in a very simple way, you open it up, then choose the IFS file you want to extract things from. From there, you click on an item on the side, then at the top you change the settings to make the image clear.

==Common File Formats==
===IFS===
A common file for the Bemani series to use to hold its stationary game graphics.

===BIN===
A common disc file format. These usually hold miscellaneous files for the games and sometimes they hold the graphics depending on the game.

===2DX===
A common audio file format used by the games.

===WAV===
A common video format.

==Suggested Emulators==
===A Windows Based Computer===
While most of the games do normally run in a very basic barebones of Windows XP, many people have had success getting the games to run in Windows 7 as well as Windows 8. If you are just ripping the games, then any version of windows should do. If you are trying to play the games, the specs vary between games and even across releases of each game series sometimes, so no one PC will give you an ideal experience on every Bemani game, but every single one of them uses very low-end hardware, so you can probably eBay some office surplus desktops for about $100.

{{Consoles}}
[[Category:Consoles]]

Template:Consoles

2014-08-01T00:31:27Z

Kat:

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[[Dreamcast]] - [[GameCube]] - [[PlayStation 2]]

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[[PlayStation 3]] - [[Wii]] - [[Xbox 360]]

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[[Game Boy]] - [[Game Boy Advance]] - [[Game Gear]] - [[Neo Geo Pocket]] - [[Nintendo 3DS]] - [[Nintendo DS]] - [[PlayStation Portable]] - [[Vitual Boy]]

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[[Neo Geo]] - [[Bemani]] - [[General Arcade]]
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[[Category:Video game console templates]]
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Template:Consoles

2014-08-01T00:27:11Z

Kat:

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| group2 = 2nd Gen
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[[Atari 2600]] - [[Atari 5200]] - [[ColecoVision]] - [[Intellivision]]

| group3 = 3rd Gen
| list3 =
[[Atari 7800]] - [[Commodore 64 Games System]] - [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] - [[Master System]]

| group4 = 4th Gen
| list4 =
[[Amiga]] - [[Neo Geo]] - [[Neo Geo CD]] - [[Philips CD-i]] - [[Sega Genesis]] - [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] - [[TurboGrafx-16]]

| group5 = 5th Gen
| list5 =
[[3DO]] - [[Amiga CD32]] - [[Atari Jaguar]] - [[Nintendo 64]] - [[PC-FX|NEC PC-FX]] - [[PlayStation]] - [[Sega Saturn]]

| group6 = 6th Gen
| list6 =
[[Dreamcast]] - [[GameCube]] - [[PlayStation 2]]

| group7 = 7th Gen
| list7 =
[[PlayStation 3]] - [[Wii]] - [[Xbox 360]]

| group8 = Handhelds
| list8 =
[[Game Boy]] - [[Game Boy Advance]] - [[Game Gear]] - [[Neo Geo Pocket]] - [[Nintendo 3DS]] - [[Nintendo DS]] - [[PlayStation Portable]] - [[Vitual Boy]]

| group9 = Arcade
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[[Candy Cabinets]] - [[Mame Cabinets]] - [[Music Games]] - [[Driving Games]] - [[Shooting Games]]
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[[Category:Video game console templates]]
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