For the Music Game Lover: Post About Other Rhythm Games

[Stofen]

So while I'm not very hardcore into music games I can still enjoy them at their easy/average difficulties(I was never able to transition to Hard on GH). So I made this topic to both share the rhythm games I've played and see if there aren't any I've missed.

For IOS
-Cytus: One of the few IOS games that actually takes advantage of it's touch controls. While it features fairly standard controls (touch the bubble, get points) what seperates it is the use of sliding horizontal bar. Instead of having a set area from which notes spawn they actually use the whole screen. This forces you to keep track of not only where the bubbles are coming from but to make sure that the bar hovering is over them at the right moment to actually get the point.

-Rhythm Control 1 and 2: A more classic rhythm game. Unlike Cytus, you actually have 6 predetermined spawns spread evenly across the screen. Also, instead of circular notes the game actually uses square(can be circles if chosen in options) outlines that shrink to the size of the spawn(with the sweet point being around the edges).

-Santa Rockstar: Pretty much Guitar Hero with a Santa skin for mobile. Props where it's due though, the game is filled entirely with Christmas songs remixed with the power of RAWK! Although I don't recommend it if you have large firngers...

Nintendo DS
-Elite Beat Agents: A true classic, this game makes use of everything a DS could give. While it might seem kind of easy at first since you only have to ever worry about hitting one note at a time using the stylus it quickly escalates in the later missions when 15 notes start appearing in succession. It's also one of the few rhythm games that features an actual story mode(hi Kickbeat). Not only that but it's got local co op for up to 4 players and limited replay function (only 1 replay per song).

Playstation 2
-Guitar Hero 1 and 2: What got me into rhythm games, these were pretty cool. Until they pumped 50 of them.

[BeastBox]

I liked Theatrhythm for 3DS, but I'm also a Nobou Uematsu fan ... then again, who isn't.

The Steam version of Retro/Grade was a lot of fun, even just using the keyboard. Can't comment on the USB guitar experience.

[REBCART]

I have a good list of rhythm games I own, most of which you probably haven't heard of because they are mostly japanese.


PS2:
pop'n music BEST HITS
pop'n music 7
pop'n music 8
pop'n music 9
pop'n music 10
pop'n music 11
pop'n music 12 いろは (IROHA)
pop'n music 13 カーニバル (CARNIVAL)
pop'n music 14 FEVER!
Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style
Beatmania IIDX 4th Style
Beatmania IIDX 5th Style
Beatmania IIDX 6th Style
Beatmania IIDX 7th Style
Beatmania IIDX 8th Style
Beatmania IIDX 9th Style
Beatmania IIDX 10th Style
Beatmania IIDX 11 RED
Beatmania IIDX 12 Happy Sky
Beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Beatmania IIDX 14 Gold
Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers
Beatmania IIDX 16 Empress + Premium Best
DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix (J)
DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution (U)
DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix (J)
DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution (U)
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (J)
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (U)
Dance Dance Revolution Str!ke (J)
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (U)
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova (J)
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova (U)
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 (J)
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 (U)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Tatacon de Dodon ga Don (太鼓の達人 タタコンでドドンがドン)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Doki! Shinkyoku Darake no Haru Matsuri (太鼓の達人 ドキッ！新曲だらけの春祭り)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Appare! Sandaime (太鼓の達人 あっぱれ三代目)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Waku Waku Anime Matsuri (太鼓の達人 わくわくアニメ祭り)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumare! Matsuri da!!Yondaime (太鼓の達人 あつまれ！祭りだ！四代目)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Go! Go! Godaime (太鼓の達人 ゴー！ゴー！五代目)
Taiko Drum Master (J)
Taiko Drum Master (U)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Tobikkiri! Anime Special (太鼓の達人 とびっきり！アニメスペシャル)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Wai Wai Happy! Rokudaime (太鼓の達人 わいわいハッピー！六代目)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Doka! to Oomori Nanadaime (太鼓の達人 ドンカッ！と大盛り七代目)
GuitarFreaks / DrumMania V
GuitarFreaks / DrumMania V2
GuitarFreaks / DrumMania V3
GuitarFreaks / DrumMania Masterpiece Gold
GuitarFreaks / DrumMania Masterpiece Silver
Frequency
Amplitude
Gitaroo Man
In The Groove
Mad Maestro
Mojib-Ribbon
Parappa the Rapper 2
Pump It Up Exceed
Space Channel 5 Disc 1
Space Channel 5 Disc 2
Technic Beat

XBOX360:
Rock Band
Rock Band 3 (all instruments)
DJ Hero
DJ Hero 2
beat'n groovy

PSX:
Beatmania Best Hits
Beatmania featuring Dreams Come True
Beatmania The Sound of Tokyo!
Beatmania 6thMix + Core Remix

Wii:
Rhythm Heaven Fever
pop'n music
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (太鼓の達人Wii)
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Dodon~! to Nidaime! (太鼓の達人Wii ドドーンと2代目!)
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Minna de Party Sandaime (太鼓の達人Wii　みんなでパーティ☆３代目)
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Kettei-Ban (太鼓の達人Wii 決定版)
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Chogouka-Ban (太鼓の達人Wii 超ごうか版)
Donkey Konga (GCN)
Donkey Konga 2 (GCN)
Donkey Konga 3 (GCN)

PC:
DJMAX Trilogy
Stepmania (3.9+ and 5)
EZ2ON Solista Beta
Lunatic Rave 2 (IIDX emulation)
NeonFM (Stepmania version)
osu!

iPad:
Cytus
Deemo
Groove Coaster ZERO
O2JAM U
osu! stream
ReRave
Rhythm Control HD
Rhythm Control 2
Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper
Rhythmix
Symphonica
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Tone Sphere(J) CROSSxBEATS
(J) GITADORA ギタドラ
(J) jubeat plus
(J) PitaPat Beat
(J) pop’n rhythmin
(J) REFLEC BEAT
(J) Taiko no Tatsujin+ 太鼓の達人+

PSP / PS Vita:
Taiko no Tatsujin Portable (太鼓の達人 ぽ〜たぶる)
Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 (太鼓の達人 ぽ〜たぶる2)
Taiko no Tatsujin: Portable DX (太鼓の達人 ぽ～たぶるＤＸ)
pop'n music portable 1
pop'n music portable 2
DJMAX Portable 1
DJMAX Portable 2
DJMAX Portable 3 (Vita)
DJMAX Technika TUNE (Vita)

Nintendo DS:
Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon! (太鼓の達人DS タッチでドコドン!)
Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken! (めっちゃ!太鼓の達人DS 7つの島の大冒険)
Daigasso! Band Brothers (大合奏!バンドブラザーズ)
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (押忍！闘え！応援団)
Pinky Street - Kira Kira Music Hour (ピンキーストリート キラキラ☆ミュージックアワー)
Ontamarama
Rhythm Tengoku GOLD
Utacchi

[Wardog Bob]

How can you not have Elite Beat Agents in that massive list?!

I recently bought Dropchord for my Android and it's a neat little rhythm game by Double Fine... who you've probably never heard of but they've done stuff... You use your fingers to guide a line and it's pretty neat if simple. If you like visualizers the game is basically that ontop of the game since the visuals constantly change as you're playing. It's not terribly complex but it's only a couple of bucks.

[Neil Sorens]

Osu Takakae Ouendan is the Japanese (original) version of EBA.

[Wardog Bob]

Duely noted! Steam doesn't natively translate for me like my browser does. What do you think of Dropchord's design?

Just to add another, Groov in the Xbox Live Indie Games. The way the game creates an aural experience out of what is essentially Geometry Wars type experience is well worth the time to check it and see for yourself. It's worth noting this game got a lot of praise, even from people not fond of the controversial service.

[Proper Skux]

Kinda shocked Sequence isn't on that list.

Sequence is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ incredible.

[himmatsj]

You guys missed out on Demons Score. Android IOS game.

[Stofen]

Postat inițial de Quanrian:

Duely noted! Steam doesn't natively translate for me like my browser does. What do you think of Dropchord's design?

Well, actually it's better to think of Osu Tatakae Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents as 2 different games that use the same engine. EBA was made specifically to appeal to western audiences while OTQ was the Japanese original.

[Wardog Bob]

Well yeah, I actually heard the Japanese version was way better but I'm not into importing my games since that gets really pricey. I'm not aware of the Japanese names or rather native names for a lot of games... and I'm pretty sure most people aren't. It helps to just say this is what you call this... I only really got into rhythm games this last few years really so I'm not up on what is out there. I kind of dig what they did with KickBeat because you do not need to be hardcore into rhythm games, it just looks fun and I'm glad I bought it.

[Michel Baie]

Postat inițial de Quanrian:

Well yeah, I actually heard the Japanese version was way better

Actually... it's not. I have both.
EBA is a tiny bit better, presentation wise. There's also more songs (19 vs 15). And full intro skipping, to get right in the game section (in Ouedan, while you can skip the story, you still have to wait for the song intro to play).
And other than that, they've the exact same gameplay.

So, it boils down to "witch of the game have the best playlist", and that's highly subjective.
You know and like classic japanese songs? go for Ouendan.
If not, stick with Elite Beat Agent.

...

Also, Rebcart, DJ MAX portable 3 is originally a PSP game, even if you bought it on vita.
(and you've missed Black Square and Clazziquai. But hey, all the game in this series have more or less the same playlist anyway).
It's an impressive list... I didn't know there was an Ipad version of Rythm Thief, or an anime-themed Taiko no Tatsujin on the PS2.

[Stofen]

Hmm, I'm thinking we could include Brutal Legend as well. It might have been an action/adventure game but the stage battles did have a tempo to them that fit the \M/ atmosphere. That and it had those minigame solos.

[Coldcut3]

Beat Hazard is awesome, Audio Surf cool too, like to look of Symphony but not tried it.

[༼ つ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

you can try osu but i heard that osu is better if you have tablet thing

[Aletheia]

Osu! is pretty cool, I played it for a long time, but there is a lack of music (especialy if you're not into the kind of anime music).

[♫Soul♬]

PC (Online) Dance games : Super Dancer Online, Audition, Highstreet 5, Musicman, Garena Mstar. Those are the ones i can think of still cureently running. Games on steam : Kickbeat obviously, Beat Hazard,. Audiosurf 1+ 2. Dance/rythm games are my thing for sure. Any i don't know about i'd love to (especially online)