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My two teenage sons have a new addiction this days. Every weekend after a week of school activity and classes, they like to unwind in the mall especially in the arcade area. When they were younger, they would play in the video games, kiddie rides, and car racing games. But as they grow older, their games have changed to the latest game in the arcade, its called Drummania.

DrumMania or DM is a video game created by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. from Japan. 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.

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 stomps the pedal.

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.

At the completion of a song, players are given a letter rank for their performance which can range anywhere from E to A, as well as S and SS depending on how well the song was played, and how the particular release of the game being played computes ranks.

Generally, the breakdown is as follow:

* If there was only “perfect” and “great”, player will score a “SS”
* If less than 5% of notes are good, miss or poor, the score will be an “S”

My son Royce Playing with his own Drum Sticks in Drummania

Young generation today have a passion for music. I support my kids interests as long as they keep their studies. I let them experience different hobbies because its a one way of developing their personality.

Sources:
http://www.tvwiki.tv
http://en.wikipedia.org

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