Post by cj iwakura on Jan 5, 2005 14:39:26 GMT -5
This new variety of consolized beat making comes to us from Arika and Namco, and it's a match made in rhythmic heaven.
Technic Beat has an utterly huge songlist of original tracks and remixed Namco Classics, many of which are created by the infamous IIDX contributing artists known as sampling masters AYA and sampling masters MEGA, as well as several other DJs, bringing an immense electronical variety to the game the likes of which is seldomly seen in this country.
The gameplay is just as unique as the variety of music. You control one of six characters, each with a different style of play, who is navigated through a square pool of water, from which rings are generated. When the inner ring aligns with the ring included around it, the required button must then be activated to the beat of the song, creating the melody as the player goes along.
While it starts out simple, Technic Beat becomes rather insanely difficult at its highest levels, so this isn't the kind of game breezed through in one try, either.
Difficulties are ranked from a scale of 1-8, which are organized through categories of Yellow/Green/Red within. (Green for Namco Remixes, Yellow & Red for originals.)
Characters
Knitty
Rain
Bot
Hassy
Cart
Willie[/b]
Songlist
Level 1[/b]
[Yellow Category]
Days Dreamer - AYA [Happy Handbag]
Rambler - AYA [Drum'n'Bass]
[Green]
Youkai Douchuki - MEGA [Techno Pop]
Toy Pop - AYA [Happy]
Cosmo Gang the Video - AYA [Bossa & Drum'n'Bass]
[Red]
Sakura Mankai - Hiroto [Tech House]
[Level 2]
[Yellow]
Phone Dead Room - AYA [Epic House]
Inside One - AYA [Epic Trance]
[Green]
Sky Kid - Hiroto [Techno Pop]
[Red]
brisa do mar - YOU [Bossa Lounge]
Spider Control 16th - Nakayama Raiden [Tech House]
Prismatics - Hiroto [Modern Techno]
Level 3
[Yellow]
62-1 - MEGA [Digital Funk]
Visited Alone - AYA [Garage House]
Hypnotherapy - YOU [Trance]
Diamond Troll - Mega [Break Beats]
Broken Shackles - YOU [Drum'n'Bass]
Dizzy Dog - AYA [Digital Rock]
Earth Will - AYA [Tribal]
[Green]
New Rally-X - AYA [Modern Pop]
Libble Rabble - AYA [Latin House]
Ordyne - Hiroto [Latin House]
The Return of Ishtar - YOU [2Step]
X-Day - YOU [Acid House]
The Tower of Druaga - MEGA [Digital Hardcore]
[Red]
L7-A2 - AYA [Fusion]
Level 4
[Yellow]
Sweet Patch - MEGA [Gel-Techno]
Clip Click - Hiroto [Latin House]
Mao's Travel - Yack. [House Ballade]
Bossa Antique - Hiroto [Bossa Ambient]
Spiral Life - Yack. [Ambient]
Hard Head - MEGA
Dynamite Egoist - J99
[Green]
Mappy - AYA [Happy Handbag]
Assault - YOU [Hip Hop]
Thunder Ceptor - MEGA [Digital Rock]
Rolling Thunder - Hiroto [Modern House]
Dragon Spirit - YOU [Drill'n'Bass]
F/A - AYA [Hardcore Techno]
Ridge Racer - AYA
[Red]
Ancient Zone - J99 [Maya Trance]
Love Mahjong - YOU [Disco]
Level 5
[Yellow]
E.H.M.Y. - Yack. [Comical House]
1970 Modern - Hiroto [Modern House]
Happy Happy - Yack. [Fusion]
Hectic - AYA [Industrial]
Segment4 - YOU [Minimal]
Night Life - AYA [Rave]
Sasia - J99 [Hard Techno]
TE-20 - J99 [Super Eurobeat]
[Green]
Xevious - MEGA [Minimal]
Metrocross - AYA [Future Jazz]
Pacmania - AYA [Gabba]
Wonder Momo - MEGA [Happy & Ska]
[Red]
Stronger - MEGA [Progressive Techno]
Level 6
[Yellow]
TGM in the Bottle - MEGA [Techno]
Marine snow Dance - Yack. [Electro]
OVERFLOW - YOU [Hard Electro]
Arabesque - J99 [Techno]
[Green]
Berabo Man - AYA [Hyper Eurobeat]
Winning Run - YOU [Fusion]
Gun Bullet - AYA
[Red]
Crowded Town - AYA [Hyper Eurobeat]
Level 7
[Yellow]
FAKE WORLD MANIAX - YOU [Rave EX]
Roteen da Moon - MEGA [Rotterdam Techno]
[Green]
Burning Force - AYA [Trance]
Genpei Toumaden - MEGA [Progressive Techno]
Galaxian 3 - YOU [German Trance]
Pacmania - AYA [Gabba] (Hard Version)*
[Red]
The Absolute - YOU [Mixture]
Level 8
[Green]
Motos - YOU [Hard Techno]
Splatter House - YOU [Digital Hardcore]
Dragon Buster - MEGA [Noise Mix]
*Hard Version songs are unlocked in the next round of play after completing the regular version. Also, a Bonus Round can be played after the final round if certain criteria are met.
In addition to all this, there's a wide variety of extra modes, such as challenge mode and channel mode, and endings to unlock for each of the characters.
Even if you manage to master Technic Beat, odds are, you'll still have plenty to do.
Extended information on characters and any unlocks uncovered are still to come/are welcome if you know of any.
Technic Beat has an utterly huge songlist of original tracks and remixed Namco Classics, many of which are created by the infamous IIDX contributing artists known as sampling masters AYA and sampling masters MEGA, as well as several other DJs, bringing an immense electronical variety to the game the likes of which is seldomly seen in this country.
The gameplay is just as unique as the variety of music. You control one of six characters, each with a different style of play, who is navigated through a square pool of water, from which rings are generated. When the inner ring aligns with the ring included around it, the required button must then be activated to the beat of the song, creating the melody as the player goes along.
While it starts out simple, Technic Beat becomes rather insanely difficult at its highest levels, so this isn't the kind of game breezed through in one try, either.
Difficulties are ranked from a scale of 1-8, which are organized through categories of Yellow/Green/Red within. (Green for Namco Remixes, Yellow & Red for originals.)
Characters
Knitty
Rain
Bot
Hassy
Cart
Willie[/b]
Songlist
Level 1[/b]
[Yellow Category]
Days Dreamer - AYA [Happy Handbag]
Rambler - AYA [Drum'n'Bass]
[Green]
Youkai Douchuki - MEGA [Techno Pop]
Toy Pop - AYA [Happy]
Cosmo Gang the Video - AYA [Bossa & Drum'n'Bass]
[Red]
Sakura Mankai - Hiroto [Tech House]
[Level 2]
[Yellow]
Phone Dead Room - AYA [Epic House]
Inside One - AYA [Epic Trance]
[Green]
Sky Kid - Hiroto [Techno Pop]
[Red]
brisa do mar - YOU [Bossa Lounge]
Spider Control 16th - Nakayama Raiden [Tech House]
Prismatics - Hiroto [Modern Techno]
Level 3
[Yellow]
62-1 - MEGA [Digital Funk]
Visited Alone - AYA [Garage House]
Hypnotherapy - YOU [Trance]
Diamond Troll - Mega [Break Beats]
Broken Shackles - YOU [Drum'n'Bass]
Dizzy Dog - AYA [Digital Rock]
Earth Will - AYA [Tribal]
[Green]
New Rally-X - AYA [Modern Pop]
Libble Rabble - AYA [Latin House]
Ordyne - Hiroto [Latin House]
The Return of Ishtar - YOU [2Step]
X-Day - YOU [Acid House]
The Tower of Druaga - MEGA [Digital Hardcore]
[Red]
L7-A2 - AYA [Fusion]
Level 4
[Yellow]
Sweet Patch - MEGA [Gel-Techno]
Clip Click - Hiroto [Latin House]
Mao's Travel - Yack. [House Ballade]
Bossa Antique - Hiroto [Bossa Ambient]
Spiral Life - Yack. [Ambient]
Hard Head - MEGA
Dynamite Egoist - J99
[Green]
Mappy - AYA [Happy Handbag]
Assault - YOU [Hip Hop]
Thunder Ceptor - MEGA [Digital Rock]
Rolling Thunder - Hiroto [Modern House]
Dragon Spirit - YOU [Drill'n'Bass]
F/A - AYA [Hardcore Techno]
Ridge Racer - AYA
[Red]
Ancient Zone - J99 [Maya Trance]
Love Mahjong - YOU [Disco]
Level 5
[Yellow]
E.H.M.Y. - Yack. [Comical House]
1970 Modern - Hiroto [Modern House]
Happy Happy - Yack. [Fusion]
Hectic - AYA [Industrial]
Segment4 - YOU [Minimal]
Night Life - AYA [Rave]
Sasia - J99 [Hard Techno]
TE-20 - J99 [Super Eurobeat]
[Green]
Xevious - MEGA [Minimal]
Metrocross - AYA [Future Jazz]
Pacmania - AYA [Gabba]
Wonder Momo - MEGA [Happy & Ska]
[Red]
Stronger - MEGA [Progressive Techno]
Level 6
[Yellow]
TGM in the Bottle - MEGA [Techno]
Marine snow Dance - Yack. [Electro]
OVERFLOW - YOU [Hard Electro]
Arabesque - J99 [Techno]
[Green]
Berabo Man - AYA [Hyper Eurobeat]
Winning Run - YOU [Fusion]
Gun Bullet - AYA
[Red]
Crowded Town - AYA [Hyper Eurobeat]
Level 7
[Yellow]
FAKE WORLD MANIAX - YOU [Rave EX]
Roteen da Moon - MEGA [Rotterdam Techno]
[Green]
Burning Force - AYA [Trance]
Genpei Toumaden - MEGA [Progressive Techno]
Galaxian 3 - YOU [German Trance]
Pacmania - AYA [Gabba] (Hard Version)*
[Red]
The Absolute - YOU [Mixture]
Level 8
[Green]
Motos - YOU [Hard Techno]
Splatter House - YOU [Digital Hardcore]
Dragon Buster - MEGA [Noise Mix]
*Hard Version songs are unlocked in the next round of play after completing the regular version. Also, a Bonus Round can be played after the final round if certain criteria are met.
In addition to all this, there's a wide variety of extra modes, such as challenge mode and channel mode, and endings to unlock for each of the characters.
Even if you manage to master Technic Beat, odds are, you'll still have plenty to do.
Extended information on characters and any unlocks uncovered are still to come/are welcome if you know of any.
