DJMax Portable

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DJMAX Portable
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Developer(s) Pentavision
Publisher(s) Pentavision
Designer(s) ponGlow
Platform(s) PlayStation Portable
Release
  • KOR: January 14, 2006
  • KOR: October 27, 2006(international)
Genre(s) Music video game
Mode(s) Single-player

DJMax Portable (Korean: 디제이맥스 포터블, dijeimaegseu poteobeul; abbr.: DMP) is a music video game developed by Korean game maker Pentavision for the PlayStation Portable. It is a sequel to DJMax Online, a web-based music mixing game for Windows.

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Game modes

There are 5 modes where you play through 4 courses with increasing difficulty. Rookie DJing mode uses the 4 basic buttons, Pro DJing uses 6 and Master DJing uses 8 buttons.

Club DJing plays pre-made course of different songs. The player can play through 4 songs which are related based on either musical genre or theme of the songs.

Freestyle consists of all button modes and allow unlimited combos. In this mode, you can play in either of the three different button modes and play the songs without restrictions. Effectors can change the speed of the game and faders, among other things. There is also a special harder mode depending on the button mode you are in.

Music

DJMax Portable largely features songs from DJMax Online. Soundtrack mostly consists of experimental electronic music but songs from more mainstream genres such as drum and bass and rhythm and blues are also featured through the course of the game.

<i>DJMax</i> video game series

DJMax is an action-rhythm video game series created by Neowiz MUCA. Games feature mostly experimental music and visual art from Korean DJs, artists and composers. Known South Korean experimental group Clazziquai Project has also made songs for the series. There are also a few Japanese composers who have given significant contributions to the series.

Drum and bass, is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and jungle scenes in Britain during the early 1990s. The style is often characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, sampled sources, and synthesizers.

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International Version

Shortly after the release of DJMax Portable, the DJMax Portable International Version (DJMAX Portable, DMPi) was released. The way to tell if the game is the original or International is that the International Version is the small letter I in the upper right corner of the logo. It allows the ability to play in one of three languages (including English) and a few changes.

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