Official IN THE GROOVE Thread - New arcade dancing game!

SonexX · Trick Member Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: WAPP!

Me and my friend Nykon visited 8otB in NY and it had ITG... We have pictures of the machine and scores, if you want em I can edit this post and put in the links since they are hosted.
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Didjivibes · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Location: Springfield, VA

wow it's like a feeding frenzy in the earlier posts in this thread. i haven't played itg yet but i won't knock it until i try it. legal issues are not my concern because i have no part in itg's development so how does it affect me? it doesn't. i don't understand issues with itg using ddr cabinets. if i'm not mistaken, when i go to the arcade i see all kinds of games using other game cabinets. when i was younger and worked at an arcade we'd use whatever available cabinet we had that could house the kits. maybe that is an illegal practice but i was never told otherwise. as for UDLR as an interface issue, don't almost all fighting games use standard 8-direction movements? not to mention shooting games.

anyhow, the reason i'm posting is because i wanted to find out if there is an itg machine in the washington d.c. area so i can check it out and find out what all the talk in here is about. regardless if ddr is dead or not isn't a concern of mine, although if a successor will pick up where ddr left off i'm all for it. please let me know if there is an itg machine in my area.

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Tsuri · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject:

Please post the pictures.. I want to play ITG but Grand Rapids,MI is a sucky place for arcades... to get another music game they will threaten to sell the ones we already like when there are like 3 or 4 non-profitable machines they could sell to get the games people want...

marlboromanoflamancha · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jul 2003

i play the ITG in Hurst, Tx i do have to say, its fun, i just wish that beat was a regular option and not only in the marathons *which are really fun* but has anyone unlocked the songs yet? because i ehard that 8OTB is nearly completely unlocked. lol, all i know is that we don't have ANYTHING unlocked, o well, i cant wait to see how far this game could go

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mongrel · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 8:57 am Post subject:

You know, I knocked this game so bad when 8otB in Dunellen, NJ got it... seriously. And then I tried it. And now I'm hooked. It's a great game, even if the song selection could be a little... um, more? Yes. Hehe.

I think it's great, even if I suck at Marathon mode because I do not have SM and thus, am not familiar with any of the options it randomly throws out.
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DDR1guy · Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:26 pm Post subject: In the groove

... this may be a little late, but better late then never... I finally got to play in the groove and must say it's a nice change from DDR.

From what I have heard the first verison has at least 70 songs, and when you think about it DDR really didn't have a ton of songs until 4th mix.

The only problem I have with ITG is that the machine it was set up on the arrows were about half the size of the normal DDR arrow, maybe this is suppose to be like this?

Drewtagonist · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jun 2004

r they going to start making more in the US i think there is one in san diego bu thats to far from where i live 2 hour drive just to play.If any one know's when there going to make more like in LA,can some one tell me

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Mr_Blasty · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:27 am Post subject:

wow this game looks pretty good for a ddr style game. some games like this could have been incredible if they were executed better. (TECHNO MOTION) the only game as of now that i think holds a candle to ddr is pump it up.
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Tsuri · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject:

$2199.00
The price of an In the Groove upgrade kit for a DDR machine

How many songs does this have because Pump it Up Exceed upgrade kits cost half the price and it has 102 songs... if it's got less than DDR Extreme an upgrade ITG may be risky... especially if DDR Extreme is still making money at the arcade...

Edit : I found out - 60 songs... that kind of hurts... but the songs are 2 minutes + so I guess it's cool....

Edit : I would like to also add that they've made a terrible mistake by charging double for doubles... hardly anyone plays doubles on DDR here because it costs double... I think they should go the Andamiro way and do like Pump it Up - doubles costs 1 credit!

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Tsuri · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:06 pm Post subject:

Yeah thats true however here it took 2 years of suggesting the purchase of DDR Extreme... we finally get it this year and now it's gone this year because the arcade closed for remodelling... and if the new owners are anything like the Dave and Busters owners or Craig's Cruisers the place will just have Pump it Up - believe or not arcades around here give an excuse for not having DDR - "It's not something we can buy easily in the USA... blah blah blah"

so in other words here =
10 min drive - Pump it Up PREX3
1 Hr Drive - DDR Extreme and broken 5th mix (both with bad pads)
1 Hr Drive - Pump it Up Premiere 2
40 min drive - DDR Extreme in perfect working order!
anything else is too far away... lol

None of those places would get ITG because DDR Extreme is relatively new around this area to most players...

ITG looks nice and has those song unlocks but we also have the DDR bias crew who won't play it because it's not DDR... Specifically the people who play the same songs over and over... - usually the largest portion of players

I would play it if I saw it in an arcade but we have trouble here getting the arcades to buy a $300 upgrade for Pump it Up PREX1 (even though the machine suposedly did really well when Kahuna Ville was open) now that these new owner control them maybe they'll get Pump it Up Premire 2 like I suggested to them.

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:08 pm Post subject:

In The Groove looks sweet. I heard some rumors that it's hooked up to high speed internet and when you purchase upgrades for it, they can either directly put them up for you or send you the disc. Plus, I believe they can fix things on your machine remotely which seems cool.

ITG seems freaking awesome.
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ninjafetus · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject:

It is awesome.

Also, even though there are only 70 songs, don't forget that they're ALL new songs. It's not like extreme, where you get some new songs, and then close to 200 older ones

;;; Now, Ilike Extreme a lot, but if you're already going to have one in the area, why would you turn down 70 new songs, and lots of new ideas in step patterns, nonstops, etc?
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Tsuri · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject:

hey all 248 songs on DDR Extreme were new to me because I never played DDR until this year... before I would just play Pump it Up.

Rancidfish · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:33 am Post subject:

Additionally, the steps seem consistently quite good. It has less step patterns that are just random and boring than I've seen in DDR. DDR has quite a few songs with a lot of unused potential and long, boring 1/8th note runs... etc.

And though some people complain about it being too geared to high-level tech players... they focused on "freestylability" when making the easy steps. Plus they have an arcade training mode, to make it easier to get into the game.

I dunno about you guys, but it sounds like a great buy to me. I don't have the money to run an arcade, but any arcade that buys one near me will definately be getting a lot of my money.

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Tsuri · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:46 pm Post subject:

To anyone who has played it :

Do the holds register just like DDR holds or is it different?

In otherwords I'm asking if I can slide off the hold notes for a second like I can in DDR... if so drops won't even be neccessary for the stuff during a hold...

Rancidfish · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:10 am Post subject:

I think in theory, yes, but they may have tightened the timing to prevent that.
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