Music Game Maniacs Roll Call

[Kroogah]

The time is now. Carpe Canim! Seize the dog!

OK, I ordered a Drummania controller today, effectively elevating my Bemani status to "Obsessed Freak". I own games from 5 different Bemani series now. And that's not counting 5-key and IIDX as seperate series.

I propose that all of the DDR lovers, IIDX lovers, Guitar Freaks lovers, FreQuency/Amplitude lovers, Parappa lovers, Rez lovers, Samba de Amigo lovers, and Pump it Up lovers among us take over the Forum du Jour once the Lore topic burns out. Who's with me?

[Chunky]

I'm looking at yet another: Mini Moni Syakatto Tambourine!

Is this worth it(cost/playability) as nuts as it looks?

[WiseSalesman]

Present and accounted for, sir. :band:

[Kroogah]

Achika? autobotracing? JasonMewes2001? Tempest? Dahne? Anotherfluke? josekortez? Bizounce? Sardius?

See, I know you punks are out there. ^_^

[brandver3]

I'm here.

I've got both Parrapas, Lammy, Frequincy, Amplitude, Bust a Groove 1 & 2, Gitaroo man, REZ, Space Channel Five, Mad Meastro, and I am getting my first DDR and Pad tommorrow.

While were on the subjuct, if you play Amplitude online, post your name so we can all meet and have a tourny or something. My name in in the sig.

[digitalpress]

Count me in!

I suck too much at DDR to even enjoy it, and got bored eventually with Beatmania (and DrumMania - I sold my set), but I'm still a Guitar Freak, and I LOVE Amplitude, Frequency, and dare-I-say-it... Bust-a-Groove 1 and 2!

Forum du Jour, here we come.

[Arcade Antics]

Yo.

I'm down. :-D

I don't have as much hands-on experience with the DDR and Bemani games as I'd like, but I'm a stone cold fool for alllll thems music games.

Samba. PaRappa. Lammy. Frequency. Amplitude (soon!). Bust-a-Groove.

Yeah. Good stuff there. 8-)

[punkoffgirl]

I dunno if I count! I've only played Guitar Freaks (which I loved instantly), and I don't own anything for any of the games at all (sad, isn't it? Help me to be not so sad and sell me your spares!)
But I'd enjoy it just the same :D

[Kroogah]

Rock on. I might as well post my rhythm resumé while I'm here....^_^

I'm not into DDR as much as I used to be, but I still try to beat new 9-foot songs once in a while. And I couldn't help getting a little excited over DDRMAX2 for the Japanese PS2.

I can beat most 5-stars and some 6-stars in Beatmania IIDX (all modes except for ANOTHER), a few 6-stars in Guitar Freaks, and nearly all 5's in Pop'n Music.

I've been playing the Parappas since the game was brand new...so that'd be about 5 years. I got a late pass for FreQuency but I love the remix mode (even made a CD of 5 of my remixes) and Gitaroo Man is AWESOME.

[Sylentwulf]

I'm in :) My floor shakes too much (convergance, big screen TV) for me to do much dancing lately, but Gitaroo man, and others are great! :)

[davidbrit2]

Word to yo motha!

So anyway, here's my collection:

DDR USA
DDR Konamix
DDR Disney Mix
DDR Max US
DDR Max JP
DDR 4th Mix
DDR Extra Mix
DDR 5th Mix
DDR True Kiss Destination (WEIRD)
Beatmania European Edit
Beatmania Sound of Tokyo
Beatmania Gottamix
Beatmania Club Mix
Beatmania 6th + Core
Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style
Beatmania IIDX 4th Style
Guitar Freaks
Guitar Freaks 2nd Mix
Pop'n Music (DC and PSX)
Pop'n Music Best Hits
Samba De Amigo (No maraccas)
Space Channel 5
Superstar Dance Club #1 Hits
Frequency
Amplitude
Paca Paca Passion 2
Mad Maestro
And this (http://www2.gvsu.edu/~brittedg/Photos/Tracktrix.jpg)

Here's my homemade DDR mat (http://www2.gvsu.edu/~brittedg/Photos/ddrmat.jpg), and my custom IIDX controller (http://www2.gvsu.edu/~brittedg/Photos/BeatmaniaOrgy.jpg) which now supports Pop'n Music, since I added two more buttons yesterday.

By the way, the proper accusative form is "canem." ;-)

[Arcade Antics]

Samba De Amigo (No maraccas)

D'oh!

You NEED to track down some o' those maracas, brutha! It's just not Samba without 'em. :)

[zmeston]

Word to yo motha!

So anyway, here's my collection:

None of the Parappa trilogy? Intentional, or just haven't got around to buying 'em yet?

-- Z.

[Kroogah]

Heh, don't mind Davebrit. He plays Guitar Freaks with the dualshock and IIDX with a joystick. ^_^ Like I should talk, I've been playing Drummania with the dualshock to pass the time until my actual controller gets here...

[davidbrit2]

Those ones just never really got my attention. Maybe if I see them cheap at the store, I'll get one or two.

[Tetsu]

I play the ones you don't have to stand up and move around for. I have Parappa 1 and 2, Umjammer Lammy, and I used to play Bust a Groove 1 and 2 back in the day.

[Chunky]

List as far as i can think of. and these games get the most play hands down.

DDR USA
DDR Konamix
DDR 2nd Mix
DDR Max
DDR Max2
DDR Greatest Hits
Mad Maestro
Vib Ribbon
Gitaroo Man
Guitar Freaks 3rd (in the mail)
Parapara Paradise
Samba De Amigo
Space Channel 5
Frequency
Amplitude
Rez
Punch the Monkey
Taiko no Tatsujin
Parappa 1
Parappa 2
Umjammer Lammy
Mini Moni Syakatto Tambourine! (still debating on getting/should I?)

[le geek]

I have Parrappa, Um Jammer, Beatmania GBC, Sambo De Amigo, Space Channel 5, Rez, and Mad Maestro.

Rez is definitely my favorite!

I guess I am a "casual" fan, heh. But I think it'd make a cool forum du jour! :)

Cheers,
Ben

[davidbrit2]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Rez. That game is trippy.

How about just making a permanent Bemani/Music Games forum? It's popular enough right now, and it would be nice to be able to discuss the subject on a forum that's generally more intelligent and mature than places like DDRFreak. :-) I'd like to be able to ask questions about Drummania without seeing "teh" and "evar." :-D

[Sylentwulf]

mmm Space Channel 5. This game justified me owning a dreamcast. I can't WAIT for chapter 2, and maybe a rerelease of the first on the PS2!

[Arcade Antics]

mmm Space Channel 5. This game justified me owning a dreamcast. I can't WAIT for chapter 2, and maybe a rerelease of the first on the PS2!

I *almost* imported the second one for the DC - I think Achika might have it and could probably tell ya more 'bout it.

There's also a SC5 game coming out for the GBA. Left, shoot, right, shoot... Shoot shoot shoot! :)

[bargora]

Like Tetsu, I partake of the "sit on yer ass" variety of music/rhythm games:

Parappa the Rapper
Um Jammer Lammy
Vib Ribbon
Space Channel 5
Samba de Amigo (1. I'll get off my ass when I get some maracas. 2. It's like this game has an announcer saying "bargora needs burritos...badly")
Frequency
Mad Maestro
Rez

But I might go for DrumMania one of these days.

When I say "boom boom boom" you say...

[davidbrit2]

Ooh, Vib Ribbon. I want that. It's got to be the only game to combine Beatmania with Moon Patrol.

[scooterb23]

Here's what I have...

DDR Disney Mix
Frequency
Rez
Space Channel 5

I enjoy playing these games...but I'm flat out no good at any of them...it gets frustrating.

[josekortez]

@ Captain Yoshiro: I'm in...

I've got:

Amplitude (new to my top 5 games of right now)
Frequency (next favorite music title)
Mad Maestro (awkward controls)
Samba de Amigo (maracas have never been used, waiting to get back home to do so)
Space Channel 5 (love Ulala, but hate the rhythm)

And GMR magazine says Space Channel 5 2 is coming to PS2, but Sega's not the publisher...

On a somewhat related note, as far as music-related, I love Def Jam Vendetta, and as far as button-memorization games, I love V.I.P.

For some reason, I keep rereading the back of the GBA Britney's Dance Beat box at the local KB Toys...

@digitalpress - How is Superstar Dance Club #1 Hits for PS1?

[WiseSalesman]

My list:
DDR Konamix
DDR MAX
DDR Extra Mix
DDR OHA Super Kids Station (don't ask)
Space Channel 5
Mad Maestro

[Kroogah]

DDR OHA Super Kids Station (don't ask)

Great, now I'll have "Oha Ska" stuck in my head the rest of the night. LOL

Well, hmm...what next, Joe? Shall we ask butta and Capt. Wrong about changing the Forum du Jour?

[zmeston]

Okay, here's my hella-stoopid list of rhythm/music:

Amplitude, FreQuency

Beatmania, BM Append 3rd Mix, 4th Mix, 5th Mix, Gottamix, Gottamix 2

Beatmania IIdx

Britney's Dance Beat (God help me)

Bust-a-Groove, Bust-a-Groove 2 (JP version, with wacky/homosexual endings), Bust-a-Groove 2 (US version, with endings chopped out)

DDR Japan, USA, Disney Mix, Disney's Rave, Konamix, 2nd Miix, Append Club V.1, Append Club V.2, 3rd Mix, 4th Mix, Extra Mix, 5th Mix

DDRMAX, DDRMAX2

Drummania

Gitaroo Man

Guitar Freaks, Guitar Freaks 2nd Mix, GF 3rd Mix/DM 2nd Mix, Gf 4th Mix/DM 3rd Mix

Mad Maestro!

Para Para Paradise

Parappa, Rarappa 2, UmJammer Lammy

Rez

Samba de Amigo, Samba de Amigo v.2000

Space Channel 5

Superstar Dance Club #1 Hits!!

Taiko no Tatsujin

Unison (anyone remember that one? Even Tecmo's US producer jokes about how badly it bombed)

Vib-Ribbon

Used to have Keyboardmania and Pop'n Music, sold 'em because they were just a little too overwhelming.

-- Z.

[Kroogah]

Forum du Jour news: We're in. WHEEE!

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11982



Used to have Keyboardmania and Pop'n Music, sold 'em because they were just a little too overwhelming.

-- Z.

Aw, damn...I must be the only Pop'n fan on this message board.

[davidbrit2]

Certainly not! Pop'n Music is basically Pop'n Heroin, but with more severe withdrawal symptoms. I'm going to have to boost on Best Hits later.

[josekortez]

I sold my copy of Unison.

[Achika]

mmm Space Channel 5. This game justified me owning a dreamcast. I can't WAIT for chapter 2, and maybe a rerelease of the first on the PS2!

I *almost* imported the second one for the DC - I think Achika might have it and could probably tell ya more 'bout it.

Oh boy do I ever! I sucked at first, since I don't know much Japanese, I wasn't sure what buttons to push at first. I'm still waiting for a stateside PS2 release & the GBA....if it would stop getting pushed back already

SC5
SC5-2
Pop N Music (coming soon from Yashiro)
Rez (trance, baby!)
Samba (with maracas.....best $80 I've ever spent)
DDR (US Mix)
Parappa
Parappa 2
Um Jammer Lammy
Guitar Freaks
Frequency
Amplitude (playing now.....can't set....down....)

hmm...seems like there was more, but I can't remember. I used to have this game called Jung Rythm for Saturn. It was a lot like Parappa, but the beat bar was really hard to see.


Does Incrediable Crisis count? You know...that first stage is a rythm one)

[DDCecil]

I love muscial rhythm games, especially Gitaroo Man (The music rocks!) and Space Channel 5 (and if it counts, Internal Section).

[RubbarDucklin]

I havent seen too many benami games agound. ONly DDR and DDR max for ps2. Are tyhe other ones for other consoles or are they a little hard to find?

[Kroogah]

The United States has:
DDR, DDR Konamix, DDR Disney (PSX)
DDRMAX (PS2)

Japan has: (not counting Best Hits releases)
DDR 1 thru 5, Extra, Disney, Club 1 & 2, Oha, Dreams Come True, True Kiss Destination (PSX)
DDRMAX, MAX2 (PS2)
Beatmania 2 thru 6, Club 1 & 2, Gotta 1 & 2, Dreams Come True, Sound of Tokyo (PSX)
Beatmania IIDX 3 thru 6, Beatmania Da Da Da (PS2)
Guitar Freaks 1 & 2 (PSX)
Guitar Freaks 3 + Drummania 2, Guitar Freaks 4 + Drummania 3, Drummania (PS2)
Pop'n Music 1 thru 6, Animelo (PSX)
Pop'n Music 7 (PS2)
Keyboardmania 1 thru 3 (PS2)
Para Para Paradise (PS2)

A ton of other Bemani game ports for Dreamcast, Game Boy, N64, and Wonderswan, plus standalone pocket Bemani games

Hmm.....I wonder if any of those games would sell in the U.S..... ^_^

[davidbrit2]

You forgot one: Drummania (PS2) :-D

[zmeston]

Hmm.....I wonder if any of those games would sell in the U.S..... ^_^

Guitar Freaks and Drummania would sell, as virtually every American male wants to rock out. Pop'n Music might sell if marketed to kids and chicks. Keyboardmania is overwhelming and kind of silly; Drummania and Guitar Freaks are satisfying because they simplify the experience of drumming and playing guitar, while Keyboardmania is too damn close to the real thing. Beatmania might sell, as lots of kids wanna be a deejay. And, of course, all these games would need to lose most or all of the J-pop (Pop'n Music excluded for obvious reasons) to sell in the States.

-- Z.

Edit: Just realized that KBM might sell if marketed as a teaching tool, a la the Miracle.

[Achika]

So, what's the different between the regular Beatmania series and the Beatmania IIDX?

[davidbrit2]

Basically, IIDX is Beatmania with 7 keys, and note patterns that would make your eyes glaze over. Don't even attempt IIDX until you've become quite good at 5 key Beatmania. ;-)

[katchoo]

List as far as i can think of. and these games get the most play hands down.

DDR USA
DDR Konamix
DDR 2nd Mix
DDR Max
DDR Max2
DDR Greatest Hits
Mad Maestro
Vib Ribbon
Gitaroo Man
Guitar Freaks 3rd (in the mail)
Parapara Paradise
Samba De Amigo
Space Channel 5
Frequency
Amplitude
Rez
Punch the Monkey
Taiko no Tatsujin
Parappa 1
Parappa 2
Umjammer Lammy
Mini Moni Syakatto Tambourine! (still debating on getting/should I?)

don't pretend like you play these! I am the music game master of the house :P

[bizounce]

I started playing DDR about 3 months ago. I'm already at trick level on any song, and I can play maniac on a lot. I want to play Gitaroo man and Beatmania a lot more. I love all this Bemani stuff!

[Kroogah]

ATTN: All viewers of this thread! Visit the Dance, Strum, Thump Forum! ^_^

[DJCapcomBoy]

There's a reason im a DJ.

In other words, here and accounted for.

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[RetroYoungen]

Count me in, I've been playing DDR for around a year now, just gotta keep workin', almost through Max 300 on Maniac! I only play in the arcade though; not the same making an ass out of yourself with no one to see it.

And Achika, I'd say that only that level would count, so not the game as a whole.