The Bemani Pocket series was a short-lived attempt by Konami( ) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. The company was founded in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, the still-current chairman and chief executive officer. The ...Konami to capitalize on the market of portable entertainment in the late 1990sThe 1990s refers to the time period between the beginning of 1990 and the end of 1999. The 1990s were marked by rapid progression of globalization following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key forces shaping the decade were the recession of the late ...1990s. They were introduced on the Japanese market circa 1998 and they featured versions of most BemaniBemani (ビーマニ, biimani) is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply g.m.d, it soon changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, Beatmania, and expanded into other music-based games.Bemani games, from beatmania:For the Playstation 2 North America beatmania release, based on beatmania IIDX, see beatmania (North America). beatmania (ビートマニア) is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in 1997. It contributed largely to the boom of music games in 1998, and the series expanded not only with arcade ...beatmania to ParaParaParadiseParaParaParadise (パラパラパラダイス), often abbreviated PPP, is an arcade dance game made by the Japanese company Konami following the booming Para Para fad.ParaParaParadise.