Ask on the bemani Facebook group or something, you will likely find the answer and maybe even make a friend
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Oh hey, a rhythm games thread. Love the genre, my senior thesis in university was building a rhythm game and I actually worked at Harmonix for a year with credits on Rock Band 4 and Amplitude.
These days I play Stepmania a decent bit, but I unfortunately am using a softmat as I just simply donāt have the space to store a nice, actually usable dance mat. 
I also play DJ MAX V a decent chunk, though itās been a few months (I should get back to thatā¦).
Iām immensely curious about that Saturn Parappa-like, and kinda want to try and get my hands on a copy. Wish I had seen this thread before I was in Japan, haha - maybe I couldāve found it cheap enough. Speaking ofā¦ something truly magical about playing Taiko no Tatsujin with working drums. Iāve never once had the pleasure of playing it in a US arcade and not feeling like Iām fighting against a broken drum padā¦ so to experience playing it a Japanese arcade was delightful.
Anywhoo, I could ramble on about a variety of thoughts and feelings about a variety of rhythm games but for now Iāll just say Iām glad this thread exists and that I found it. 
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from what I remember, there should be pre-patched isos out there to get around the copy protection? itās been a while since I played those, but I think thatās what you need to look into
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It was always pretty clear that Popān Music ripped Rodney Greenblatās art style. But I never knew about this rejected Popān Character that is literally just human form Parappa.
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My DJ so bad
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Bumping up this thread. Long time rhythm gamer here, I play occasionally now, got my start with DDR, then Stepmania (back in the index/one hand days), moved to IIDX, popān, DJMAX and EZ2DJ/O2JAM.
Currently play some DJMAX Respect V and EZ2DJ Reboot R, sometimes Project Diva. Very excited for the Taiko PC game to come out! Anyone else planning to pick it up?
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following in the footsteps of the great treefroggy, i used trippy h for my set during a noise show last night. I mainly used the noise channel (of course) and the various sound effects that play with the a button. it is kind of crazy how much different variation you can get out of those 16 steps by strategically rewinding and scratching.
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Hello, sorry. Iāve just been informed today of Dance Central 3ās story mode and had to share this cutscene.
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The story mode is truly an experience
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i learned of this incredible konami bemani game called Nostalgia last night
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Played it while in Japan earlier this year, really enjoyed it. Very easy to pick up and learn. Would love to see a machine or two at my local Round1.
And, like seemingly all arcade rhythm games these daysā¦ it had āMegalovaniaā.
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A few months back I got bit by the rhythm game genre again. I think it was because I went on a trip and ended up playing tons of DJMax on the airplane but by the time I got home I was hooked big time. I pulled out my beatmania and DDR GBC games and my bemani pocket system, downloaded DJMax Respect and booted up the PS2 for some real beatmania action with my original American Konami controller.
Well, now itās gotten as out of hand as Iām going to let it for a bit with this new baby. Came to me untested but I got a look at the guts and felt pretty confident. I mean check this beauty out. Needs a little polish but it feels like the dang arcade!
(I might need to get a controller for the PC down the line because it seems like thatās where things are flourishing but Iāve got like 16 beatmania games worth playing on the PS2 so who knows)
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I completely missed this thread. I would say i got into DDR way back when i was in like 4th grade. Before i was good at it though i played Dance With Intensity on pc which was essentially just Stepmania.
I love rhythm games. My psp was modded and i used to play DDR Konamix, Dj Max when i was at school.
I pretty much picked up any rhythm game i could find back in the day. Found a copy of drummania and guitarfreaks with a japanese ps2, taiko drummaster, beatmania, etc all in town here and played those all a lot.
Rockband 3 was my most played 360 game by a loooongshot.
And 12 years ago i bought a DDR machine. Ive since modsed it to have stepmania on it along with all of the DDR mixes and a few ITG, along with lots of random songs i like.
Im happy to see some other people who give a crap about this stuff.
Also here is me playing doubles.
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