Well, i'm new and i love Bemani games (Music and rhythm video games made by Konami), here's one of my favorites :
Beatmania IIDX(alternately Beatmania IIDX or just IIDX, pronounced "two dee-ecks" or "two deluxe") is a series of rhythm video games that was first introduced by Konami in Japan on February 26, 1999. IIDX has since spawned over 18 arcade releases and over 15 console releases on the Playstation 2. It is the sequel to the Beatmania game series (same gameplay with 2 less buttons), and part of the Bemani line of music games.
In IIDX games, players recreate the musical score of songs available to them through the use of a DJ simulating controller. The player must coordinate their hands in order to hit the correct keyboard buttons, spin the turntable, or a combination of both in correspondence to color coded notes that approach the judgement bar displayed on screen. Notes are divided on screen by columns which separate them accordingly to match the seven buttons and the turntable on the DJ simulating controller. As a result of hitting notes, different sounds are then produced throughout a songs duration. Correctly hitting notes will produce an accurate musical score, while incorrectly hitting notes will produce inaccuracies and mistakes in the music.
The beatmania IIDX cabinet has many standard features that are found in traditional arcade cabinets such as a widescreen display, powerful speakers, and start buttons. Also, unique to IIDX cabinets are the effector buttons and sliders, a bass platform transducer , marquee, and DJ simulating controller. The effector buttons and sliders allow the player to control the volume levels within the game and manipulate the music by adding additional sound effects. The bass platform vibrates beneath the player's feet to the beat of the music being played. The marquee is a series of sixteen-segments display LED, used to display game information and song titles during gameplay.
Exist 19 version of arcade games of IIDX, actually the last one beatmaniaIIDX 19 Lincle gonna be released this september in Japan, and 16 version of console game.
Music is an integral part of the beatmania IIDX series. Featuring a wide selection of genres and artists, both licensed and in-house, the Beatmania IIDX series is well-known for its original music. Konami produces an original soundtrack of each game, usually a few months after release, due to the appeal of the music. Konami also releases original albums by Beatmania IIDX artists through its online store, Konamistyle.
Some videos of the music and the gameplay:
UK Hardcore / M-Project / Rock Da House / beatmaniaIIDX 18 Resort Anthem
Progresive House / Ryu* / Harmony and Lovely / beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD
PROG / kors k / evergreen / beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
Progresive / TAKA / V2 / beatmaniaIIDX 16 Empress (the gameplay is on high lvl)
Brazilian House / Caldeira ft. Kanako Hoshino / Inferno / beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD
X 13 DistorteD
Funk'n Jazz House / Sota Fujimori / with you... / beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD
Nu Style Gabba / L.E.D.-G. / The Deep Striker / beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
Kids Trance / dj TAKA / Freeway Shuffle / beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
Please don't delete mi post this time, i guess is on the right place now.
May-26-2011 00:39
Syntonic
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I had Beatmania 6th Style I imported long time. I was into DDR at the time and wanted something different and this game kicked my ass. Huge learning curve. Lots of diversity in the songs you could play. These I remember the most:
hehe, when I was lazy I would just use a regular controller to unlock more DDR songs. And being high and playing that game is awesome, especially with those trippy background videos.
