 | Gitaroo Man (PS2)
Buy used from: £9.10 Gitaroo man is criminally overlooked. It's the most challenging and fun Action Rhythm Game ever...besides:
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 | Gitaroo Man Lives! (PSP)
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £9.00 Did I mention that it's a phenomenally good game? This version adds two new songs to the multiplayer mode
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 | Vib Ribbon
Buy used from: £12.50 Vib Ribbon allows you to play your own CD collection. A cute bunny masterpiece. As of 14/09/07 rumour has it could be coming to the PSNetwork for download!
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 | Bust A Groove
Extremely easy if you have a little rhythm in your bones, but also extremely good fun, with a great soundtrack to boot
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 | Space Channel 5.2
Horrendously, this was never released in the U.K, which is a sham, because this improves on the original in every way. But it isn't cheap. How far a rhythm buff are you?
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 | Mad Maestro
Buy new: £26.41 / Used from: £1.21 Don your baton and get ready for a tricky game of conducting classical music. Mad Maestro is one of few games to make good use of button sensitivity
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 | Elite Beat Agents (Nintendo DS)
Buy new: £14.99 / Used from: £3.39 Okay this game is no walk in the park either. In fact it's down right hard work in places. From the makers who brought you Gitaroo Man
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 | Rez
Buy used from: £10.75 Rez is an on-the-rails shoot-em-up that incorporates music into gameplay with the things you shoot successfully. Allows you to experience Synesthesia. Apparently...
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 | EyeToy: Groove (PS2)
Buy new: £7.28 / Used from: £0.48 I thought I'd allow some good wholesome embarassing fun in this list. Sure the loading times are long and the menus are iffy. But this is just fun while it lasts
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 | Jet Set Radio Future
Buy used from: £11.48 So this isn't an Action Rhythm game,(who said this list was all about them anyway?) but it is funky and fresh, and the cell shading graphics make for a great looking game
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 | Loco Roco (PSP)
Buy new: £5.42 / Used from: £3.25 This cutsy little PSP platforming gem will warm the hearts of even the coldest of evil people, and the music will have you singing along in no time
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 | Lumines (PSP)
Buy new: £2.94 / Used from: £3.80 Lumines is an achingly simple puzzle game, with achingly cool musical backgrounds and "skins". So simple even your mum will play (or aunty in my case)
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 | Samba De Amigo with Maracas Controllers (Dreamcast)
Buy used from: £196.90 Innovative at the time, and still so now I suppose... Quite rare and expensive now though. Here's hoping for the Wii edition
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 | Every Extend Extra (PSP)
Buy new: £6.67 / Used from: £2.99 This has elements of Rez in it. The aim is to get the biggest chain reaction you can. From the makers of Lumines. Can't be bad.
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 | Guitar Hero 1 Bundle (PS2)
Buy used from: £29.94 Perhaps the game that put Action Rhythm Games in the light. Everyone should try this at some point.
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 | PaRappa the Rapper 2
Buy used from: £6.50 The Godfather of the Action Rhythm Genre, the original game at the time was a charm. Bit unforgiving now though...
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 | Dancing Stage: Mario Mix + Dancing Mat (GameCube)
Buy used from: £37.40 What's music games without a Dancing Game? Shame "Cool Cool Toon" isn't available here. Check that out as well. But it's not a dance mat game. Just thought I'd try get it in.
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 | Donkey Konga (Includes Bongos) (GameCube)
Buy new: £24.95 / Used from: £2.97 Never play this when there's a sleeping baby within a 10 mile radius. They WILL hear it.
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