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Even though this community is dead, I am not, lol.
For one, DJ Hero 2 is also a lot of fun.
And for the DS, Ontanarama = holy CRAP. Challenging rhythm action game, no matter the silly cartoon images.
Anyone else come across good RAction games, lately?
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| DJ Hero - Weigh in! |
[30 Nov 2009|01:05pm] |
Sorry if I missed this topic - it wasn't on any recent entries. Just bought Dj Hero and I think it blows the tired, old guitar games out of the water. FINALLY, rhythm action is fun again! Takes me back to the unique trance of Amplitude for PS2 and is actually *challenging*!
And of course - I love the music. The Guitar Hero/Rock Band genres were driving me insane.
What are your thoughts?!
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| Parappa Shirt |
[06 May 2009|11:26am] |
@ Hot Topic
click here
Hope people buy it so Hot Topic can see there is interest,
then they can release more Parappa shirts and maybe even other rhythm action type of game shirts.
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| Hey all! |
[23 Mar 2009|05:13pm] |
If you like Parappa the Rapper and cute hats, check out my one-of-a-kind hand-made Parappa the Rapper hat!
It even has his ears to go over your ears and keep them warm :D
 (btw, the froggy logo isn't crooked, I accidently placed the whole hat on the mannequin a little crooked X( )
Parappa Hat!
(sorry if this isn't allowed, I will delete the post if it isn't)
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[11 Aug 2008|03:29pm] |
Does anyone know where they can find a plushie of Katy Kat in her MilkCan band clothes online?
My friend and I have been looking for one for AGES. (we both adore Katy Kat from Um Jammer Lammy).
If anyone knows where they can find one, send me a message with a link to where I can find one or whatever and I'll gladly appreciate it.
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[28 Jul 2008|07:25am] |
My local Gameworks recently imported a few rhythm games. The high point of these is a Taiko No Tatsujin 9, but there are two games I don't recognize. Can anyone here let me know what these games are called?
1) An obvious Guitar Freaks knock-off, but you're playing a shamisen. Instead of three fret buttons, there are three parts of the (very long) neck; instead of a picking lever, there are some strings that you pluck with an attached bachi.
2) An equally-obvious Samba De Amigo knock-off, but you're shaking a single tambourine instead of two maracas.
I couldn't find any company logos on the machines, but I'm guessing they're both by Namco.
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| hai there! |
[21 Jul 2008|01:44am] |
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hey!
just joined.
I love games like DDR and GH. I'm about to get into Space Channel 5.
there's a bid on ebay (not mine) for Space Channel 5: Special Edition! it's going for $2 now ($5 for shipping). someone please bid!! (I bid when I didn't really need to.... so yeah. someone please outbid me.)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170240506359&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DBidding
I can tell this game will be awesome win. chu chu chu!!
so how about I started playing DDR again finally? I love DDRMAX so much.
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| Кибер-dance |
[11 Dec 2007|09:39pm] |
Чемпионат — по Pump It Up (PIU) в «Crazy Park». Золото досталось Москве и Киеву.
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| Guitar Hero 3 is made of ass. |
[09 Dec 2007|12:44am] |
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Guitar Hero III SUCKS.
We decided to ignore all the people who were telling us not to bother getting it, because Rock Band won't be out in Europe until next year sometime and we need something new to play in the meantime. But, oh my god, it's bad. The new developer has wrecked Harmonix' work! There I was thinking they'd keep the same engine and just fit some new songs on it...
I mean, these games are called rhythm action, right? Doesn't that mean you're supposed to play notes in time with the music? Well, in Guitar Hero III, PAL edition, you have to play the notes a second or two early and wait for the song to catch up. What the fuck? Also, the sound quality is crap. We have our PS2 wired through our stereo, so listen to everything through proper expensive speakers, and we were sitting there going "is the stereo on?" because it sounded like it was coming through the TV. It's like Pop n' Music 6, where they tried to cram too many songs onto the CD and compressed them to hell. Ugh.
Richard is now playing the original Guitar Hero, because in his words, "At least if you miss a note you know why". Meanwhile, I'm looking up whether it's true that the PS3 has no region locking, because if so, I'll be importing the US version of Rock Band tomorrow.
And here is an xkcd strip that I'd been meaning to post anyway. Seems particularly appropriate considering the shitness of the PAL GH3. Just press all the buttons randomly, it might work better than trying to play the damn thing in time...
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[28 Feb 2007|07:33pm] |
Hi! I have a copy of Unison for sale for the Japanese PS2.
It's used, but in excellent condition. Only played a couple of times. PLEASE make sure you have a system that can play import games!!! This is a JAPANESE VERSION and only works on Japanese PS2 or modded systems!
Price would be 12$ shipped to the US. I also ship to Canada, it would be 14$ for Canada. Paypal perferred, money order accepted. I only ship to the US and canada, sorry! Thanks for looking 8D!
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| Goodbye Lik-Sang, we loved you. |
[31 Oct 2006|02:05pm] |
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If this news is true, it really sucks: Lik-Sang.com forced to close down due to multiple Sony lawsuits. The hypocrisy of the Sony Europe execs who bought PSPs from them? "Investigatory purposes" MY ARSE!
The reason I'm not sure if it's true is that the date given is Tuesday 24th October, and I'm sure I've had emails about new products from them that I deleted since then. Also the address of the page to get refunds is at www.ljk-sang.com, which seems more like a spoof page to collect Paypal login info than a genuine address. But several major gaming sites have the news: Gizmodo, Eurogamer and The Register.
Now where will we go for our Japanese rhythm action games?!
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| link OF DOOM |
[04 Aug 2006|09:01pm] |
Random link OF DOOM: Dance Dance Immolation. DDR with real flamethrowers, aimed at you. Part of me is thinking this has to be a spoof, but apparently it'll be at this year's Burning Man festival for people to play.
I can't decide if my reaction is "Oh my God, I want to play this now!" or "I can't believe I live in a world with people who'd want to do this". Or perhaps it's both, at the same time. Embrace the power of AND :)
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[30 Jul 2006|10:03pm] |
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If you ask anyone who is Criterion Games, they will probably not know at all. Although, if they are a big gamer, they will know that the company has made Black, and the Burnout Series. As you know, the burnout series, and Black is mainly based on one thing, damage. You can cause so much damage on those games, it's not even funny. You can pretty much destroy everything in your path... http://game-era.com/review/id/12
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| The One Thing I Hope Gets Fixed in Guitar Hero II |
[18 Jun 2006|10:11pm] |
Rhythm action games are party games by their very nature, aren't they? Surely  meeping, gerwinium, wuzzie & I aren't the only group of friends who spend several hours a week in front of some music game or other, playing co-operatively for the games that let you (Pop'n Music, DDR, Um Jammer Lammy) and chucking the controller around between us for the ones that don't? With the Harmonix games, I actually find it impossible to play more than two songs in a row because the complicated 3D rendered backgrounds give me motion sickness. (Getting rid of "No arena" was the one change between Frequency and Amplitude that I still bitch about now.) So it's great to be able to give the controller to someone else and just listen to the music for a bit.
So what's the deal with the 15 screens you have to go through to change band from your band to your friend's? Let's say Tim's just been playing and he throws the controller over to me. This is what I have to do to get to my band:
- From Your Friend's Setlist (Song selection) screen
- Back to Venue selection
- Back to Your Friend's Band Menu
- Back to Select Career menu (difficulty level)
- Back to Main Menu
- Down to Options
- Down to Data Settings
- Load Your Band
- Caution screen --> Continue (this one is particularly galling if you have Auto-Save On)
- Actually Load Your Band
- That takes you to the Main Menu
- Choose Career
- Select Career (difficulty level you want)
- You get to Your Band's Menu
- Your Venue Selection
- Setlist. Choose a damn song, and finally play it.
Hey Harmonix? I give the game 11 out of 10! I wasn't a Metal kid as a teenager for nothing! But for gods' sake, fix a short-cut so we can change players easily? I thought the 3 screens in Amplitude were bad enough, but now I think come back Amplitude, all is forgiven!
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