Official Drummania/Guitar Freaks Thread

altinure · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Location: wisconsin

David, if you really loved me, you'd put more Drummania tatsujin videos up on bemanistyle.

AlphaConqerer · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:41 am Post subject:

Gwok Gwok_

Model DD4 IS in Drummania 8th, however:

You have to S a Bonus Track song.

You have to S the Extra Stage, "Black Horizon" (I love this song^_^)

Then you get the Encore Stage, "Model DD4".

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They have different Extra/Encore stages for both normal and bonus modes. Model DD4 is the Bonus stage Encore.

_Chris

P.S> Maybe I should put tatsujin videos up. I'm certain I suck...but maybe if I do 'One Phrase Blues' on Extreme (lvl76, and I CAN actually pass that one) it would be impressive enough to submit^_~.

Gwok Dash · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Location: Somewhere

Okay, that's what I thought, cuz I remember hearing DD3 in the past, and me and my sister were in awe when someone played the new Model...so where is Mad Blast? I saw it as an Extra/Encore, but I can't remember.
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MikeJonesJaxson · Trick Member Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Location: TX

heh.....a new DM player here....somewhat

man, this game is tooo good!!! But so far i can only play Percussion Freaks 1st mix, and i keep seeing on the records for session mode, what is that??? is it like non-stop, and more importantly, would i be able to play it??? (my current level is low real mode, i can beat eyes of the kids, and onion man, real close to beating ska ska no 1 and heaven is a 57' metalic gray)

also, i saw a friend play w/ speed mods, but could someone explain to me how to get it???

also, i'm gonna be going to pheonix for school soon, and they have a 8th or 7th there (not to sure the mix) but i read in the earlier posts (like the 1st-3rd pages) and i keep seeing about the ratings being described as like 20's 30's etc. etc. how does that work???

one last thing, can someone gimme like a link or something for a complete songlist....

thanx for any help!!!!
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davidbrit2 · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:45 pm Post subject:

altinure · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Location: wisconsin

AlphaConqerer · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:07 am Post subject:

Gwok Gwok-

Mad Blast is the Encore stage for "Normal" play mode. "Kaleidoscope" is the Extra stage for that. If you S Kaleidoscope, you get Mad Blast. Get it?

O2K-

Session mode is the term given to the capablility of GuitarFreaks and Drummanias of corresponding versions (i.e. GF4th/DM3rd, GF7th/DM6th) to have a "session", or to allow players on both machines to play the same song at the same time, sorta playing off of each other, in a psuedo-band kind of situation. In versions up to GF6th/DM5th, Keyboardmania also could session, though since Konami has stopped Keyboardmania at 3rd mix, the latest versions of GF/DM cannot link (with Keyboardmania). But, yeah, that's session for you. You won't be able to "session" unless you have a corresponding GuitarFreaks cabinet. Of course, since you're on PF 1st Mix, I don't really know if it will session or with what Mix of GF (2nd I'd assume) but if there are high scores for Session play I guess you must be able to.

Speed Mods: Although how you change these alters from Mix to Mix, there IS a constant. If you hold down the start button (while in a song, so I do it at the beginning) and press the selection arrows, you can adjust the scroll speed. I.E. "Start+Left" for slower speed, and "Start+Right" for faster speed. I think that, even in the earliest modes of Drummania, the scroll speed increases/decreases by .5 every time you press a direction while holding down start. In the earlier mixes of Guitarfreaks, you can only change the speed in values of 1. You can change the speed in GF by holding the "Start" button and pressing the Green or Red (I think) buttons...whichever ones are on either end of the row...i.e. the middle button doesn't adjust speed, but the left one (towards the top of the guitar) slows while the right one (towards the base) hastens. I don't know any other ways to change speed on the OLD versions of Drummania...so...yeah.

As for the 8th and 7th...Once DM hit 4th Mix I believe, the difficulty levels changed to a scale of 1-100 (much more variable in range) as compared to the simple 1-10 star difficulty in earlier versions. Not only that, but the difficulty of DM has risen considerably as its version numbers have climbed. This means that a song that was 5 stars (lets say lvl 50 on the new ranking system) is now only like lvl25, if even that much-and things can start getting really hectic around as low as lvl32 for the inexperienced player.

So, whatever you do, stick with lvl10s-30s until you feel you have the new difficulty system down pat. Don't rush right in.

Oh, and never play with auto-bass on^_~.

_Chris

P.S.-
As for songlists..........um, if you go to Konami's official websites for the games, you can generally find the songlists. I don't have the URL on me, but it shouldn't require much more then a simple search and navigation. Hmmm, but you might not know Japanese...even simple Japanese, so it could be hard. I'll help you out more if you need it.

davidbrit2 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:19 am Post subject:

LouieT · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:12 pm Post subject:

Another newbie question:

How am I suppose to step on the bass petal?
Should I rest my toes on top of that little piece above the petal and push down with my heel, or should I rest my foot entirely on the petal and push down with the front of my foot?
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davidbrit2 · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:34 am Post subject:

You do it how ever it's most comfortable.
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AlphaConqerer · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:56 am Post subject:

Once you get better, you'll learn what's best for you.

I kinda shift my foot position, considering whether I have to do a continuous bass roll, or if its just a constant bass line, or if its a kinda random configuration.

~Chris

altinure · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Location: wisconsin

I tend to lift my foot up and push down with the entire foot for each bass. Although, I play standing up, so it's awkward for me to do it any other way.

davidbrit2 · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:31 am Post subject:

I do something very similar, though I play sitting down.
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O-Yama · Vivid Member Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Location: Santa Rosa, Ca

It's amazing what you can find on the internet :) I'm not sure if everyone knows this already, but there's a code to unlock the 6 hidden songs from GF 9/DM 8. (Daikenkai, Out Of Breath, regret, Yellow Panic Time, Happy man, Voiddd)

On Drummania, go to test mode, and highlight "Game Option." Tap on the drums Hi-Hat, Snare, Hi-Hat and then start. The secret screen will come up (Like in DDR.) Put these codes in...

VQZNIGT-TDJPDBC for Daikenkai, Out of Breath and Voiddd
SGJCDPY-WUUEFLQ for regret, happy man, and yellow panic time.

That's all there is to it. Out of Breath and regret is amazing. We here at RP Scandia tried it out this morning on a PF machine, so I assume it works everywhere.

Found the code on http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hatati/issetu/ (looks like the code has been out since 9-1!)

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(Oops... yeah, typed the second code wrong... fixed it... Thanks for the correction!)

davidbrit2 · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:30 pm Post subject:

WHOA. That is awesome. Where on the site did you find it? I want to see if he's got the GF9 code, too.

EDIT: Wait, I think I found it. It looks like it says hold R + B on the 2P guitar, and hit 1P Start with Game Options selected. Can anybody confirm this?

EDIT [a]: It looks like the codes were mistyped in one of the locations. Here's what's on the site:

VQZNIGT-TDJPDBC
SGJCDPY-WUUEFLQ

If one set doesn't work, try the other.
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pinoyfreestyler · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 6:12 am Post subject:

Does anyone here know any unlock codes for DM 5?

Another question:
Did anyone here pass Daydream Extreme w/o auto?
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davidbrit2 · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:01 am Post subject:

AlphaConqerer · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:53 am Post subject:

I just told my arcade provider about the unlock codes in the Pacific Northwest forum, so hopefully he can try those out soon...man, I so want to play 'Out of Breath'...

Thanks for this info, guys!

_Chris