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DrumMania

DrumMania (alternately drummania, abbreviated DM) is a video game created by Konami as part of the Bemani series. The player uses a simulated drum controller to play the notes of a chosen song's drum part as they are displayed on the screen. more...

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The game's music consists largely of rock and roll and J-Pop, many of which are covers by famous Japanese artists.

Certain versions of DrumMania have been released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, and other Asian countries, under the title Percussion Freaks. Konami has not produced an American version of DrumMania, since MTV Drumscape holds the US patent for \"drum simulation games\". Nonetheless, imported versions of DrumMania can be found in various locations across the United States and Canada.

Controller

DrumMania is played using a controller designed to imitate a drum set. Five pads are arrayed from left to right for the hi-hat, snare drum, high tom, low tom and cymbal. There is also a foot pedal for the bass drum near the snare and the high tom. During play, the player depresses the pads and steps on the pedal.

The pads are actually a modified version of the DTXPRESS electronic drum kit made by Yamaha Corporation which is available in almost any musical chain store.

To the right of these pads, there are three buttons, Left, Start and Right, which are used to select and decide in the selection screens. In those cases, the Left button is assigned to the snare drum pad, Right to the low tom, and Start to the cymbal.

DrumMania machines initially come equipped with a pair of drumsticks attatched to the machine, though some players bring their own drumsticks, and some arcades even remove the stock drumsticks and replace them with non-tethered ones.

Gameplay

The screen setup is simple. On the left side, notes scroll vertically downwards. Colorful animations for each song are displayed in right side of the screen. Each note scroll consists of 6 columns: one each for the Hi hat, snare drum, bass drum, hi tom, low tom and cymbal. Individual notes are represented by small colored bars that scroll downward in the columns. To play the correct note, the player must hit one or two of these pads and/or stomp the pedal when the note bars reach the yellow line. The note scroll in DrumMania is in essence a drum tablature timed with the music and placed vertically.

The player's accuracy is judged for each note played, and while the individual note judgments have changed throughout the series, the current system uses Perfect, Great, Good, Poor, and Miss to evaluate performance of each note. Ratings of Poor or Miss will deplete the player's \"Groove Gauge\", while accurate play will replenish it. If the Groove Gauge is emptied completely, the game ends. Players will be able to play anywhere from three to five songs depending on the game's configuration, with the potential to earn one or two additional stages in certain versions of the game if performance is good enough.