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Whoami

Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I just found this cool game at GameHouse games.

It's called TapAJam. You have to tap your up/down/left/right/ arrows on the keyboard as they flash across the game board, but you have to do it in time to the music provided.

I played violin and viola from about age 8 to 18. Also marched drum corps for 6 years. So I definitely have a sense of rhythm. But I tell ya, it's harder than it looks!

Its a downloadable game...download the free trial, and pay for the "full version." But the free trial is fun enough for now!

We could always play, then report our scores here, and on what song (if anyone else wants to that is!). I don't know if the trial version saves scores. When I have time to play mine again, I'll see if it did, and record mine here (you get something like "15 free plays" so I don't want to open my game again until I'm ready to play again, or else I'll lose a "free play.").

Hmmmm...for some reason I can't get it to work as a link. Here's the url.....http://www.gamehouse.com/tapajam/

Whoami

Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, here's some of my scores (they save high scores for each song played).

Canon in D: 20,439
Oh Susanna: 18,639
Flight of the Bumblebee: 22,467
Blue Danube: 28,775
Moonlight Sonata: 19,018

Just a note. You don't have to know how to play an instrument to do this game. Having a sense of rhythm is probably key. Knowing the song is helpful, but even if you don't you can listen to it in the preview and get the hang of it. Even if you don't know the song, just the challenge of hitting the appropriate arrow key when it moves into the "hit space" (for lack of a better term to call it) is fun!

C'mon someone, top one of my scores! Or all of them!

Cinder

Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It took me 2 or 3 times to figure it out. I only did Canon in D so far and got 19470. Thanks for the new game WhoAmI. Give me a day or two- I'll top at least one of your scores. :)

Neko

Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 08:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow!!
It's like "Dance Dance Revolution" except for your fingers!!

I tried Moonlight Sonata and bombed!
LOL

I did Canon D and got only over 13,000...
Not too good.

It's fun though!!

Whoami

Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 09:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I bombed on Moonlight Sonata the first time too. Couldn't even register a score! Got only a 71% accuracy rate on my second try. My above score was my third try with 82% accuracy.

Canon in D is the only one I have gotten 100% accuracy (though I fluctuate between "good" hits and "perfect" hits).

The other "easy" ones I haven't gotten 100% yet!

This is getting so addicting, I may just have to cough up the $$ and register for the full version. I only have 6 plays left under the trial version!