| TechnoMotion | |
|---|---|
 Techno-Motion arcade game in 2004 | |
| Developer(s) | F2 System |
| Publisher(s) | F2 System |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Music |
| Mode(s) | 4-panel, 5-panel, 8-panel |
TechnoMotion is a Korean music video game. As in other games that use dance pads, such as Dance Dance Revolution , a player must press panels in response to scrolling arrows on the game's monitor.
TechnoMotion has three distinct gameplay modes:
It is possible to change the panel mode between and during songs in the game with switches on the cabinet. A player has the option to play in Single mode (one player, one pad) or Versus mode (two players, two pads). There are four difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Double(one player, both pads). Each difficulty has a separate songlist, and each pattern is rated with 1 to 12 small diamond icons.
All but one of the TechnoMotion songs are of the K-Pop music genre. TechnoMotion's songlist is mostly composed of new licenses, but there are a few veteran songs which were found in Pump It Up and Dance Dance Revolution's 3rd Mix Korean before appearing in TechnoMotion. The songs listed here that were included in Pump It Up was because after Technomotion F2 Systems paid Andamiro to use the Pump It Up license to create Pump It Up Extra Mix.
TechnoMotion has four different songlists: one for each mode of play.
Easy Mode with 18 songs
Normal Mode with 16 songs
Hard Mode with 16 songs
Double Mode with 20 songs
TechnoMotion Song Lists (including the 2nd Dance Floor version):
A Man Tales - Honey Family
Another Truth - Novasonic
Ba Kkwo (Change) - Lee Jung-hyun
Broken Heart - Koyote
Bump - NRG
C.O.C. (Choice of Cinderella) - Keoun So-young
Closely - S#arp
Cyber Lover - Turbo
Dream - Hyun Seung-min
Emotion - Yoo Chae-yeong
First Love (Techno Mix)- Clon
Flower - Yoo Chae-yeong
Freedom - O-24
Funky Tonight - Clon
Gagaai - S#arp
Get Up - Baby V.O.X.
Hatred - Novasonic
Heartlessness - Chae Jung-an
I'm A Trashman - N.EX.T
Killer - Baby V.O.X.
Loner - T.T.MA
Love Story - See U
Party Party - Koyote
Pierrot - Lee Hyun-do
Recollection - Turbo
Shadow - NRG
Starian - Duke
Staring At The Sun - The Offspring (international song)
Tell Me Tell Me - S#arp
The Disappointed Love - Koyote
Wa! (Come On!) - Lee Jung-hyun
Win Win - The Bros.
TechnoMotion's 4-panel and 5-panel modes can be simulated by StepMania , in its Dance Dance Revolution and Pump It Up modes. An add-on has been released allowing 8-panel play. It was released as a theme with new arrow skins and metrics.
As with most rhythm-based games, TechnoMotion's gameplay consists of scrolling objects (in this case, arrows) that rise from the bottom of the screen to the top. When the graphics reach the top, the player must contact buttons on a metal pad with their feet. To help the player determine when to step on the pad, an area at the top of the screen has a set of target arrows identical to the scrolling arrows.
These arrows are arranged in a unique way. Starting from the left:
The pad and the arrows are also color coordinated. The colors are:
Technomotion is also unique among dance games in that many stepcharts have hidden, or "secret" steps, which do not show up until they are hit. However, there is a code which can make them appear as normal steps. Another unique feature of Technomotion is that you could challenge other players in the same way you would challenge in a fighting game.
TechnoMotion was created by the Korean Arcade company F2 System. F2 System still exists, though production of TechnoMotion has stopped. F2 now makes gambling style arcade games, PC MMORPG games, and standard arcade games. Many of their Gambling games center around a tropical theme, distinguishing themselves from other companies.
F2 was founded in 1995, and its first offering was a coin-op "Blank n Holdem."
Their MMO offerings are typical KMMO fare. One centers on a fantasy universe, another around creating an avatar in an online world to interact with others, and the final about space exploration.
No mention of TechnoMotion is made on F2's website, aside from an unclickable graphic on the last page of their games list.
There are only 2 editions of TechnoMotion. The first has no subtitle, while the second is called "TechnoMotion: The 2nd Dance Floor".
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