beatmania IIDX 9th style

beatmania IIDX 9th Style is a 2003 release in the long-running beatmania IIDX series. 9th Style brought a number of new features to the series, including:

• Use of Konami's e-amuse system to store player data and high scores. 
• Support for the Konami ID network system. 
• Inclusion of Beginner Mode, which reduced the difficulty of all songs to 1-3 stars. 
• DJ names were extended from 4 to 6 characters. 

 
The arcade version of 9th Style featured 257 songs, while the home version included 87 songs.

Architecture Changes

9th Style is the first release in the beatmania IIDX series to transition away from the Playstation-based "Bemani Twinkle" cabinet to the "Bemani PC Type 1" cabinet, running an embedded version of Windows XP.  This change in architecture was widely blamed among the IIDX community for timing issues and crashes.

The home version of 9th Style ran on the Playstation 2 without issue. 

New Songs

Abyss -The Heavens Remix- / dj TAKA remixed by Ryu*
ACT / RAM
ADVANCE / SLAKE
ATOMIC AGE / SHUNZZY
BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX) / Y&Co.
Be Rock U (1998 burst style) / NAOKI
BREEDING / SLAKE
BRIGHTNESS DARKNESS / SPARKER
CHARLOTTE / Db.Saka feat.Piasa
Cradle / positive MA feat. akino
Distress / dj TAKA remixed by TaQ
Dreamin' Sun / Yu Takami
e-motion 2003 -romantic extra- / e.o.s remixed by dj TAKA
ECHOES / DRAGOON
FESTA DO SOL / Mt.Circle
fun / Mr.T
Golden Horn / Osamu Kubota
Honey / good-cool
HYPER EUROBEAT (2DX style) / NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY
I can fly,I've got reason / Yu Takami
I Was The One (80's EUROBEAT STYLE) / good-cool remixed by NAOKI
Karma / TaQ
Let's say Hello! / Takuma Saiki
Let The Snow Paint Me (Y&Co. Remix) / Sana remixed by Y&Co.
lights / flare
lower world / D.J.SETUP
Make A Difference / Lala Moore with CoCoRo*Co
MARIA (I believe...) / NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY
moon_child / 少年ラジオ
one or eight / sampling masters AYA
OVER THE CLOUDS -Flying Grind mix- / Lala Moore remixed by Flying Grind
POWER DREAM / PINK PONG
Prelude / NAOKI underground
Really Love / 大部真由美
RISLIM -Remix- / ric remixed by Hisashi Nawata
rottel-the-Mercury / sampling masters MEGA
Silvia Drive / dj TAKA feat. Noria
STAR FIELD / SADA
SWEETEST SAVAGE / ASLETICS
SWITCH / RAM
The Biggest Roaster / D.J.Spugna
The end of my spiritually / EeL
traces -tracing you mix- / TaQ remixed by kors k feat. U
Two DAYS OF LOVE / tiger YAMATO with マイク吉川 feat.ma-sa
u gotta groove -extend joy style- / dj nagureo remixed by Mr.T
WANNA TELL THAT WORD / SADA
Your Body / good-cool feat. Aundréa L. Hopkins
ライオン好き / AKIRA YAMAOKA
昭和企業戦士荒山課長 / AKIRA YAMAOKA