Phase (game)

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Phase
Developer(s) Harmonix Music Systems
Designer(s) Kasson Crooker
Chris Foster
Platform(s) 5/5.5g iPod Video, 3g Nano, 6g Classic
Release date November 6, 2007
Genre(s) Music
Mode(s) Single player

Phase is a music-themed iPod game created by Harmonix exclusively for the iPod click wheel interface. It is similar to Harmonix's other games Amplitude and FreQuency.

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[edit] Gameplay

Phase is played in a forced single-point perspective view of a three line track. Down each line come colored circles, and the player must click the corresponding button on the click wheel when the circle reaches the bottom of the screen. The circles are arranged on the track in relation to the beat of the music track being played.

Additionally, there are occasional series of smaller, more closely spaced dots that will sweep across the track. These require the player to swipe their finger across the click wheel at the correct pace, instead of clicking the wheel buttons.

The game comes with Easy, Medium, and Hard settings available for immediate play. The difficulty settings control the speed of the track and the number of the dots.

Phase ships with seven songs, some by bands of Harmonix employees, but can be made to work with any song on the iPod as long as it is longer than 30 seconds but less than 30 minutes long. Custom songs are processed for proper interpretation by Phase, and then are available to the game. The Phase Music playlist is limited to 1,000 songs.

[edit] Soundtrack

You can also add your own songs by adding them to the Phase playlist on your iPod.

[edit] Hints

Unlock Expert - Beat Marathon on Hard

Unlock Insane - Beat Marathon on Expert

[edit] Compatibility

Phase is compatible with the 3rd generation iPod Nano, the 5th generation iPod, and the 6th generation iPod Classic. It currently does not work with the iPhone or iPod Touch.

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Harmonix games