The mystery of DDRMAX 6th Mix...

Rancidfish · Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject:

6th also had some really good stepcharts. 6th mix was when songs really started following the music. A lot of songs before 5th mix had lots of 1/4 notes and 1/8th runs during parts of the music that were really rhythmically interesting. 6th mix, in general changed that.

Before 6th mix, besides MAX300 and So Deep, we didn't have anything like Fantasy, Twilight Zone, Do You Remember Me, Justify My Love, etc.

It's not just the freeze arrows that were new to DDRMAX.
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Agent Smith 1337 (h4x) · Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 12:22 am Post subject:

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But max 300 is what really made made the mix stand out, I remember the first time I played it. "HOLY SHIT, THIS SONG IS FAST!"

Plus some of those songs really brought a whole new meaning to the word cata.

[nitpick]And max didnt entirely have a new songlist, they used healing vision angelic mix, nori nori nori, and a song called the centre of my heart (I think), songs that appeared in 5th mix home version[/nitpick]

Sk1p · Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:56 am Post subject:

It is a great hardcore player's mix. It has fewer songs, yeah, blah blah blah. But it is also rarer than almost any other DDR machine and has a few FANTASTIC songs that you can play ONLY on 6th Mix. I would make a decent trip to play Flash in the Night and BBBB, and I know I'm not alone. Plus, now that a lot of people can AA Max300 getting Candy as One More Extra Stage can be really fun.

If I were an arcade owner, I would get Extreme first to attract everyone; 5th Mix to really please newbies; and then if I were getting a third machine it would be 6th.
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Mr. Deus · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2002 Location: smooveville

We've got a 6th mix, and I hate it.

Oh sure, it's got some decent songs. But it's terrible as a solitary machine. 42 songs?! What kind of shit is that? Konamix had more songs than that.

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Romantic Boy · Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Hmmm

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I'm gonna nitpick too. Max300 wasn't designated a 10 footer on DDRMax because there are no feet ratings, just the groove radar. So technically it was Max2 that introduced that difficulty level.

Flash in the Night and Bye Bye Baby Balloon are fantastic songs, but I wouldn't go out of my way to find a max machine to play them. Just like I won't go out of my way to find a 5th mix machine so I can play Radical Faith.

Max may have introduced certain things, but there is nothing, feature-wise, on a max machine that I can't find on a 7th or 8th.

Romantic Boy · Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 9:01 am Post subject: Hmmmmmm

haha I yeah that stupid groove radar. How could I forget that? Well I didnt actually. Just ashamed to mention it because I thought it made no sense. Especially when I got introduced to Max 300 for the first time. When I failed, I thought to myself.

"Boy what a hard 9 footer"
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Trance Of Sorrow · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003

Not that you guys brought it up, you guys had good points!!

With 6th Mix....

No more choosing your characters, which I didn't care much for anyway but I would love to play as Alice or Emi anyday.

No Long Versions!! I miss those, but oh well...

They first introduced Freeze Arrows, Secret Options, Groove Radar (which I like cause you can figure how hard the song is instead of sight-reading and seeing if the song is hard or not), 10 footers, and that darn hard Extra Stage!!

The Secret Options has help me and many others get those AA or AAA's on Light/Std/Heavy.....I mean AA'ng or AAA'ng songs on 1x can sometimes be difficult ya know.

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Catastrophe · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Location: Worcester, MA

-The sixth arcade machine didn't invent the extra stage concept either. Paranoia and Trip Machine were the original extra stages.

-Someone already said that the foot rating of 10 was added to Max300 later. The groove radar was new though and IMO superior to the foot ratings but most people prefer the instant comparison of numbers I guess.

-6th mix also had 42 songs - WEAK - and only 16 of those were Konami Originals. Of those, most them could be found on the 4th mix or 5th mix Playstation one games. This is the only Japanese DDR game where I'd much rather spend $30 to import the OST rather than spend $60 to import the game ( and I haven't done either yet ).

-I can play So Deep on MAX2.

Max loses. Thats why MAX2 come out so quickly and with so many new KOs, the oni remixes, and the repeats 'from 5th mix'. KOJ must've guessed that they had a bomb.

If I had to give affection to an arcade machine with a small songlist that is now considered rare because it was upgraded mercilessly, it would be 3rd mix. And with 2nd remix mode it even had more songs! 4th, 4th+ and 5th mixes are also more fun too.

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Mysterio · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Location: Aiken, SC

6th Mix ownz!

Around where I play there is a 5th for .75 for 5 songs and the Max, which is .50 for 5.

My friends and are like "frick 5th, lets play Max"

It has enough songs; more to the point it has enough good songs. EE, HVAM, So Deep, Flash in the Night, etc. Judged by new songs only, it is my favorite.

It introduced very challenging songs, as Rancid said.

In short, it reinvented DDR, and I love it. I might actually take it over a MAX2 (not an Extreme though).
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Saint.kcgnz · Trick Member Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Location: NZ-Tokyo-LA-NY

I have the Japanese version of 6th mix and I think it rocks.. Because compard to other home versions the number of songs is similar or the same.

But playing it in the arcade is a different story.. No rational arcade owner would keep 6th when they can upgrade to 7th and keep most of the 6th mix songs. Yeah, I know I miss Ghosts and flash in the night;- but thats what the home version is for!

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i have an official 6th mix not currently installed in my garage
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Kyle_Snyder · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX

DDRMAX1 had my most favorite song in all of DDR, which was also my best freestyle routine ever. Flash In The Night. And they took it away from me. I want that song back! If they didn't take it out, I believe I would have been able to take 1st in the SVGL2 tournament no problem. If they do make another DDR mix, please put Flash In The Night back in! I don't care how many good liscensed songs you have to take out to put it back in, just put it back in. I want to finally be able to win a freestyle tournament.
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