Beatmania Website idea, looking for sugestions

[my58vw]

As some of you know I am a big fan on the original 5 key beatmania games, and have been frusterated in the past on the lack of information on the net about there games. I have been considering a 5 key beatmania dedicated information site. Right now I would like the following on the site.

Information on every 5 key beatmania game, AC and CS

High Res photos of manuals, obi strips, cds, etc (that I own)

Key charts

AC vs CS

Building a 5 key controller

MAME beatmania information

Where to buy


Any other ideas for the site?

BTW I am looking at http://www.5keybeatmania.com

What do you think?

[Kσn]

I think its an ok idea, Its not great for me, but I know there are alot of 5 key players still out there. Its kind of sad that they no longer make 5 key games, and its a little outdated, but as I said before there is still ALOT of 5 key players out there.

[my58vw]

The reason I am into 5key is just like classic video games, we tend to forget about them with time, which is actually sad. I enjoy beatmania 6th mix, my final machine, etc...

[word]

Hey, this is a great idea! I still love the old 5-key Beatmanias. It would be great if you could someone how get a '5-key gameplay videos' section, or something along those lines.

[Enaress]

Yet another 5-key player posting here supporting this idea.
I wish more people used Retrofuture, hopefully this site will change that.

[Dreamcube017]

The only place I've played 5-key is on US, but I do like 5-key BM's from what I've seen.

[Arkaaito]

It might be nice if you could make a 5key VJArmy clone. That's the thing that's been most annoying to me - not being able to post 5key scores anywhere.

[Slarty]

Hell yeah I'd be all over this.

I have webspace, however I am NOT a website programmer. I can do layout but PHP and such is not my forte.

[OrangeRight]

Originally Posted by Arkaaito

It might be nice if you could make a 5key VJArmy clone. That's the thing that's been most annoying to me - not being able to post 5key scores anywhere.

There's Retrofuture.

[Arkaaito]

Originally Posted by AJmix

There's Retrofuture.

Oh - gee - thanks - I have no idea how I missed this - please excuse me while I go crawl under a rock and die.

[RetroGamer01]

I will agree with everyone else and say that this is an awesome idea! I have been a 5-key player much longer than I have been playing IIDX.

I can't think of any suggestions of what else to include for the site as-of-yet because you pretty much have covered all the basics when it comes to information (Notecharts, AC to CS comparisons, detailed release information, etc). However, if I do think of something, I will definatly post it here.

I like the domain name. Its simple and to-the-point. The only other domain name I can think of is www.ThisIsNotIIDX.com.

I'm looking forward to seeing the final product!

[my58vw]

Thank You for all the sugestions guys ... I love the thisisnotiidx idea also!

I will keep everyone updated!

[nejino_hito]

Good idea. really. i play this bm5k since the 1st was out. good luck!

[generik88]

if you need any of the mame roms/chd's, pm me. (i know where to get them, i don't have them.)
when i did ahve them, there seemed to be a small video sync problem, but other than that, they worked great!
i'm exited about the site, hoping to see it up soon.

[my58vw]

I am starting work on the site, it should be up in a few weeks. I am a teacher, and we are ending the school year right now so I am a bit busy. I have all the roms chds except the final (not in mame right now) and 7th mix (I need to get update cds). I was able to get beatmania to run almost 100 percent smooth on an AMD 3700, but it is not quite as good as my final machine.

Soon!