Rhythm games

Rhythm games

Games in which the core gameplay is in some way based around the music that is being played.

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Roll

Video games; Rhythm games

A pattern that repeats itself multiple times.

Bemani

Video games; Rhythm games

Short for "beatmania", one of the earliest rhythm games. These days the term is used to refer to all rhythm games.

Air

Video games; Rhythm games

A measure of how many jumps are present in a single notechart.

Index

Video games; Rhythm games

A playstyle for keyboard based rhythm games. Uses only the index fingers to press the buttons, which allows for full arm movement if necessary compared to other styles which require the arm to be ...

One-handed

Video games; Rhythm games

A playstyle for keyboard based rhythm games. Uses the fingers of only one hand for all buttons. Seen as inferior to the spread and index styles.

Percussive relevance

Video games; Rhythm games

Where the column chosen for a note is related to the instrument being played in the backing song. For example, all drum beats may have their matching notes placed in column 1.