Topics: Video Games : Music and Dance
The emerging genre of rhythm action games began with Parappa the Rapper, a pattern-repetition rapping game. Parappa's surprise success was capitalized on by a host of music and dance related games, in which gameplay typically requires keeping time with musical rhythm. Thus, a new genre is born.
Amplitude
Create new music through play. Utilizing songs from the major recording artists, players mix and remix songs through 8 different instrument types.
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Beatmania Series
The first DJ simulator game
Beatmania,
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Britney's Dance Beat
Britney's Dance Beat is a music/dancing game for the Sony PlayStation 2 and PC released in 2002.
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Bust a Groove Series
"Bust A Move: Dance & Rhythm Action" and "Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix", Japanese rhythm/dancing games created by Metro and published by Enix.The US/Canada version of Bust A Move was titled Bust A Groove, because the name Bust-A-Move was taken by the US/Canada version of Puzzle Bobble (for no discernible reason).
Bust a Groove,
Bust a Groove 2,
Dance Summit 2001,
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Dance Dance Revolution Series
A dancing game with a pressure-sensitive stage for pressing buttons with your feet. Immensely popular in Japan, and increasing in popularity in the UK and US.
2nd Mix Dreamcast Edition,
Computer Simulators,
Dance Dance Revolution - Hottest Party,
Dance Dance Revolution - Hottest Party 2,
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix,
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Downloads
Downloadable games in which gameplay typically requires keeping time with musical rhythm. Related downloads are also on-topic.
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Electroplankton
ElectroPlankton, for the Nintendo DS.
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EyeToy - Groove
EyeToy - Groove is a game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Designed to be played with the EyeToy camera, EyeToy - Groove is a music game where players must dance in time with music by moving their body.
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Fan Pages
Contains sites made by fans for fans. Usually unprofessional in look, and contain things such as character shrines, chatrooms, forums, image galleries, fan fiction, and cheats.
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Frequency
Frequency utilizies songs from major artists, players mix and remix songs through each of eight different instrument types.
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Gitaroo-Man
Gitaroo-ManII is a Music game for the Sony PlayStation 2 released in 2002. It is produced by Koei.
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Guitar Hero Series
Guitar Hero,
Guitar Hero - Aerosmith,
Guitar Hero - Metallica,
Guitar Hero - On Tour,
Guitar Hero Encore - Rocks the 80s,
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Idol Games
The American Idol and Pop Idol video games are based on the talent TV series.
American Idol,
Pop Idol,
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Karaoke Revolution Series
Karaoke Revolution,
Karaoke Revolution Party,
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2,
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MTV Music Generator Series
MTV Music Generator,
MTV Music Generator 2,
MTV Music Generator 3 - This Is the Remix,
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News and Reviews
Contains sites whose main focus are to provide information, news, reviews, previews, articles, and fora about music and dance games.
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PaRappa the Rapper Series
A series of rhythm games with a distinctive animation style of paper-thin 3D animated characters.
PaRappa the Rapper,
PaRappa the Rapper 2,
Um Jammer Lammy,
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Rock Band
AC-DC Live - Rock Band Track Pack,
Rock Band - Track Pack Volume 1,
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Samba de Amigo
Samba de Amigo, a game featuring a Spanish monkey with maracas, notable for its maraca controller.
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SingStar
Players sing along to licensed music tracks with USB microphones in SingStar. The game rates the quality of singing, and works with the EyeToy camera.
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Space Channel 5 Series
"Space Channel 5", a rhythm game by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast.
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Space Channel 5,
Space Channel 5 - Ulala's Cosmic Attack,
Space Channel 5 Part 2,
Space Channel 5 Special Edition,
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Spice World
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Vib-Ribbon
"Vib Ribbon", a 1.5-D vector-graphic rhythm game by Nana On-Sha for the Sony PlayStation.
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