Beats (video game)

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Beats
Developer(s)	SCE London Studio
Publisher(s)	SCEE
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable
Release date	^EUR November 20, 2007 ^NA December 6, 2007
Genre(s)	Music video game
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	N/A
Media	Memory Stick PRO/PRO Duo

Beats is a rhythm-based video game for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system. It was released in 2007 at the PlayStation Store at an initial retail value of five dollars.

1 Description
2 Release and reception
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Description

In addition to downloading music from the Internet, users may use their own music to play in Beats.

Notes are identified by the four keys on the PSP: circle, cross, square, and triangle. They are generated based on the rhythm of the music. Tracks with greater emphasis on background music, especially techno songs with a defined rhythm. While often occurring on the beat, notes can occur off the beat or on other times.

In the center of the screen are three anchors (just one in Novice mode). Notes appear from the sides of the screen and approach these anchors in rhythm. The player's responsibility is to hit the buttons corresponding to the labels on the notes when the notes reach the anchors.

Point multipliers are awarded for successive correct inputs.

[edit] Release and reception

IGN gave the game a score of 7.0, and were impressed by the "sheer number of visualizations" on offer, but noted that despite the ability to import the player's own music, "the first five minutes of the game are just about the same as the next five hours".^[1]