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GuitarFreaks

GuitarFreaks V3 alongside a DrumMania V3 cabinet
Developer(s) Bemani
Publisher(s) Konami, Konami Digital Entertainment
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation, Playstation 2
Release date 1999
Genre(s) Rhythm
Input methods Guitar Controller
Arcade system System 573 (until V),
PlayStation 2 (until V4),
Windows XP Embedded (as of V4)
Display Raster

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Contents

Controller

GuitarFreaks is played using a controller designed to imitate the shape of an electric guitar, most like the Fender Jazzmaster or Fender Mustang. The Fender Jazzmaster is an Electric guitar that was first introduced at the 1958 NAMM Show and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's The neck houses three buttons, colored red, green, and blue. On the main face of the guitar, a pick lever is used to simulate the picking and strumming of an actual guitar. A small metal knob near the pick is used to alter the sound produced by the game, such as increasing the volume.

Gameplay

The interface is similar to other games in the Bemani series. is Konami 's Music video game division Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G Two note scrolls—one for each player—are displayed at the left and right sides of the screen. Colorful animations for each song are displayed in the center of the screen. Each note scroll consists of four columns: one each for the red, green, and blue buttons, and a fourth column, known as the Wailing Bonus column. Individual notes and chords are represented by small colored bars that scroll upward in the columns. To play the correct note, the player must hold down the buttons corresponding to the colored bars, and move the pick lever when the bars reach the yellow picking line. When a guitar icon is displayed in the Wailing Bonus column along with an associated note, the player can tilt the guitar upright while playing the note to receive bonus points.

The player's accuracy is judged for each note played. The current system uses the names Perfect, Great, Good, Poor, and Miss to indicate a player's accuracy. Ratings of Poor or Miss will deplete the player's Groove Gauge, while Perfect and Great ratings will replenish it. If the Groove Gauge is emptied completely, the player fails, and the game ends. Players are allowed to play anywhere from one to five songs depending on the game cabinet's configuration, with the ability to earn additional songs in certain versions of the game

Upon successful completion of a song, players are graded on their performance. When the game ends, the player's total score across all songs played is tabulated.

Session linking

One of the major selling points of GuitarFreaks is its ability to be linked to another of Konami's Bemani games, DrumMania. DrumMania (alternately drummania, abbreviated DM) is a Music video game series produced by Konami Digital Entertainment This allows up to three players to join together to play simultaneously in Session Mode. During a session, the music will play simultaneously from both games, and the players' guitar and drum sounds are relayed between the two games.

Because the second version of GuitarFreaks was released prior to the first version of DrumMania, GuitarFreaks is one "mix" number higher than the DrumMania version it links up to. For example, GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX is designed to be linked with DrumMania 5thMIX. The mix versions were synchronized with the release of GuitarFreaksV & DrumManiaV eschewing the long-standing number system, and replacing what would have been the 12th and 11th mix, respectively.

Super Session

Seen only in two releases each of GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, Super Session allowed the games to be linked up with Keyboardmania 3rd Mix as well. Keyboardmania (alternately KEYBOARD MANIA, and abbreviated KBM) is a rhythm video game created by the Bemani division of In addition to having three players control the guitars and drums, two more could be added playing along on keyboards. However, when linked with Keyboardmania, only about a dozen songs are available to play. Keyboardmania 3rd Mix can be linked with GuitarFreaks 5th Mix and DrumMania 4th Mix, or GuitarFreaks 6th Mix and DrumMania 5th Mix.

Soundtrack

Main article: List of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania songs

As with DrumMania, the current version of GuitarFreaks features 500 songs in total. The following is the complete list of songs that have been featured in DrumMania and GuitarFreaks, a music video game developed Most songs are either crossovers from other Bemani games, and J-pop and J-Rock. is Konami 's Music video game division Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. It refers to Japanese popular musicians and was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese musicians from foreign musicians The modern Japanese music scene includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern ranging from rock electro punk folk metal reggae salsa and tango Some mixes also contain covers of popular North American songs.

List of GuitarFreaks games

Main article: List of GuitarFreaks and Drummania Games

See also

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