Sound Voltex

SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH cabinet

Sound Voltex (stylized as SOUND VOLTEX) is a new series of music games by KONAMI. It was tested on various cities in Japan starting on August 26, 2011 until September 19, 2011.^[1] It was then released on January 18, 2012.

SOUND VOLTEX in General

SOUND VOLTEX consists of two different part that relate to each other; SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH and SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR. SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH is the main game, while SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR is a system where game content is created by Japanese people. Content chosen from SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR will be inserted into SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH to be available in the game. That way, SOUND VOLTEX will be the first game series where people can submit self-made game content freely with the chance that it will be used for in-game content.

SOUND VOLTEX -BOOTH-

Control panel

Gameplay

The player is required to use various buttons to hit the notes appearing on the screen. There are six vertical columns on the screen with notes coming towards the Critical Line at the bottom, and the aim is to hit the notes when they are on the Critical Line. There are six buttons and two knobs to the left and right of the buttons. The two Long Buttons are used to hit long notes, while the four Short Buttons are used to hit individual notes. The leftmost and rightmost column are used for Analog Device. The player needs to turn the knobs clockwise or counter-clockwise according to the path shown on the screen. After a note is hit, a judgement is then received, from the highest to the lowest: CRITICAL, NEAR, and ERROR. While CRITICAL increases the gauge, ERROR depletes it. The player passes the stage when the gauge reaches the Clear Zone. The grade is then shown, determined from the player's performance.

Unlocks

Like all of the BEMANI games, SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH also have their own unlocks. SOUND VOLTEX STATION is the main unlocking system in the game. Each time players play SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH, they will receive a certain amount of Blocks and Packets. Blocks are required to unlock music and Packets are used to unlock Appeal Cards, which is basically an Avatar. One of the unlocking methods is the APPEND TRAVEL event, where players clear songs from jubeat, save the results and gameplays in an e-Amusement card and play other BEMANI games with the card inserted. APPEND TRAVEL has the song candii unlocked, as well as Appeal Cards.

Music

SOUND VOLTEX's music is mainly produced by independent artists; mostly VOCALOID producers. Song jackets are also created by independent artists, and some songs may have different jackets for different difficulties, like EZ2DJ.

Hardware

The specification^[2] of SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH is listed below.

• CPU: Intel Celeron M 440 1.86 GHz
• RAM: DDR2 533 2GB Dual Channel
• DISK: Intel SSD 320 Series 80GB SSDSA2CW080G3
• OS: KONAMI Windows XP Embedded System ver6.13
• Display: Runs in 720 x 1280
• BIOS: Phoenix AwardBIOS

Sound Voltex floor

Sound VOLTEX FLOOR is a series of contests where players compete to make audio or visual content for inclusion in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH^[3] Contests being held range from making original songs, remixing a BEMANI song, or designing a CD jacket to designing an APPEAL CARD. The participants that are allowed to compete are Japanese residents. New contests will be announced periodically, each with its own theme.

References

External links

• SOUND VOLTEX Official Website (in Japanese).
• SOUND VOLTEX Songlist on BEMANIWiki 2nd (in Japanese).
• SOUND VOLTEX Forum on Zenius-I-vanisher.com.