<s>
The	O
format	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
format	O
specific	O
for	O
a	O
simulator	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Beatmania	B-Application
by	O
KONAMI	O
,	O
and	O
currently	O
the	O
term	O
BMS	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
whole	O
Beatmania	B-Application
simulating	O
game	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acronym	O
has	O
been	O
confirmed	O
by	O
Urao	O
Yane	O
to	O
be	O
Be-Music	B-Application
Source	I-Application
in	O
the	O
official	O
BMS	O
format	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
Beatmania	B-Application
and	O
Beatmania	B-Application
IIDX	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
hit	O
keys	O
as	O
notes	O
fall	O
from	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
the	O
judge	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
plain	O
text	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
with	O
'	O
directive	O
 '	O
lines	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
#	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
example	O
of	O
what	O
a	O
.bms	O
file	O
will	O
look	O
like	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
opened	O
by	O
a	O
notepad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
original	O
.bms	O
format	O
became	O
outdated	O
by	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
the	O
KONAMI	O
Beatmania	B-Application
series	O
to	O
the	O
Beatmania	B-Application
IIDX	I-Application
series	O
,	O
other	O
formats	O
that	O
adopted	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
Beatmania	B-Application
series	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
.pms	O
extension	O
also	O
exists	O
based	O
on	O
.bms	O
,	O
meant	O
for	O
simulating	O
the	O
game	O
Pop'n	B-Application
Music	I-Application
and	O
utilizing	O
9	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
simulator	O
BM98	O
by	O
Urao	O
Yane	O
supported	O
only	O
256	O
music	O
files	O
and	O
picture	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
supported	O
5	O
lanes	O
plus	O
one	O
scratch	O
per	O
playside.Delight	O
Delight	O
Reduplication	O
allowed	O
the	O
.bme	O
format	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
,	O
most	O
significantly	O
allowing	O
the	O
7	O
line	O
format	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
KONAMI	O
Beatmania	B-Application
IIDX	I-Application
series	O
to	O
be	O
played.nazoBMplay	O
allowed	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
sound	O
and	O
picture/movie	O
files	O
to	O
increase	O
by	O
making	O
the	O
format	O
36	O
base	O
instead	O
of	O
16	O
base	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
patch	O
allowed	O
to	O
play	O
.ogg	O
file	O
type	O
sounds.Currently	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
BMS	O
player	O
is	O
Lunatic	O
Rave	O
2	O
by	O
lavalse	O
that	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
online	O
ranking	O
website.Other	O
simulators	O
after	O
Lunatic	O
Rave	O
2	O
with	O
higher	O
performances	O
and	O
wider	O
freedoms	O
of	O
expansion	O
exist	O
but	O
no	O
other	O
simulator	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
Lunatic	O
Rave	O
2	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
simulator	O
,	O
mostly	O
due	O
to	O
compatibility	O
to	O
older	O
formats	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
online	O
ranking	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
bmson	O
is	O
a	O
format	O
based	O
on	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
wosderge	O
.	O
</s>
