Pump It Up Pro
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Pump It Up Pro is a series of Rhythm game
s produced by Fun in Motion and published by Andamiro
. The product is a spin-off of Pump It Up
, and is developed separately from the main series. Pump It Up Pro was designed with the intent of getting players who normally play 4-panel dance games into 5-panel dancing. The game utilizes a build of StepMania 4
for its engine. The game can be purchased inside a FX cabinet, or as an upgrade kit for SX and GX cabinets running MK6 or MK7 hardware (which includes the button panel for the front of the machine, USB ports, the hard drive, the marquee graphics, and optionally the MK6 hardware).
Notable contributors include Kyle Ward, who also contributed many songs and step charts. A sequel was confirmed on a blog post on his website.
Pump It Up PRO 2 was released in Summer 2010 as both an upgrade kit and dedicated cabinet.
Instead of the pads, Pro uses a set of buttons on the front of the cabinet to navigate the interface. A options menu activated with the red Options button is used instead of codes for gameplay modifiers.
5 of the courses are unlocked with unlock codes, Warp 8XM, Victory, Darkly We Wander, Understand, and Up and Down. The unlock code for Up and Down was never released due to a bug in the course's last song, which was caused by refresh rate
issues. The issues were caused by an effect in the song, Heel and Toe, in which it was scripted to make the arrows look like they were coming from both the bottom and the top of the screen. The Revision 5 patch unlocked the boss song VVV, along with Up and Down, with Monkey Fingers now being the last song with a new script.
Many elements of the game are inherited from In the Groove
, a 4-panel dance game which Kyle Ward was previously involved with, such as the ability to save stats and song edits on a USB flash drive
. Andamiro built cabinets for and distributed In the Groove 2
.
, Pump it Up Pro can be updated with revision updates downloaded to a USB memory card. The first revision update, revision 5, was released on July 23, 2008. The patch features numerous bug fixes, difficulty rating adjustments for several songs, the addition of an indicator on the song selection screen for songs with edits available, and the revival of the "half double" difficulty, a 6-panel mode utilizing all panels except for the outer corners of the pad. All songs have new Half Double charts, including ones that previously had Half Double charts on previous Pump games. In addition, songs that were missing Nightmare difficulty charts now have new charts created by the Pump it Up Pro step artists.
Rhythm game
Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm. Games in the genre typically focus on dance or the simulated performance of musical instruments, and require players to press buttons in a sequence dictated on the screen...
s produced by Fun in Motion and published by Andamiro
Andamiro
Originally founded in Korea in 1992 as Oksan Entertainment Co. Ltd, the company changed its name to Anda Miro Entertainment in 1999. The company holds its main office in Seoul, Korea....
. The product is a spin-off of Pump It Up
Pump It Up
Pump It Up, commonly abbreviated as PIU or shortened to just Pump, is a music video game series currently developed by Nexcade and published by Andamiro, a Korean arcade game producer. The game is typically played on a dance pad with five arrow panels: up-left, up-right, bottom-left, bottom-right,...
, and is developed separately from the main series. Pump It Up Pro was designed with the intent of getting players who normally play 4-panel dance games into 5-panel dancing. The game utilizes a build of StepMania 4
StepMania
StepMania is an open source and cross-platform rhythm video game and engine. It was originally developed as a simulator of Konami's arcade game series Dance Dance Revolution, and has since evolved into an extensible rhythm game engine capable of supporting a wide variety of rhythm-based game types...
for its engine. The game can be purchased inside a FX cabinet, or as an upgrade kit for SX and GX cabinets running MK6 or MK7 hardware (which includes the button panel for the front of the machine, USB ports, the hard drive, the marquee graphics, and optionally the MK6 hardware).
Notable contributors include Kyle Ward, who also contributed many songs and step charts. A sequel was confirmed on a blog post on his website.
Pump It Up PRO 2 was released in Summer 2010 as both an upgrade kit and dedicated cabinet.
Gameplay
Gameplay in Pump It Up Pro is similar to other Pump games, but with slight differences. A new judgment, "Superb", is slotted in above Perfect on the ranking scale. Holds function differently as well. In addition to requiring that they be hit at their heads in order to register, holds are registered solely in quarter-beat increments. Some songs contain Rolls, which must be rapidly tapped in order to count. Individual taps on them increases the combo and the lifebar. Song difficulty is ranked on a 1-16 scale of colored blocks. All revival songs were re-rated to fit on the new scale. Some songs contain mines, which must be avoided.Instead of the pads, Pro uses a set of buttons on the front of the cabinet to navigate the interface. A options menu activated with the red Options button is used instead of codes for gameplay modifiers.
Additional modes
A new Easy difficulty is added on Pro, intended to be easier than Normal. Most Easy stepcharts are ranked between 1-3 blocks on the difficulty scale. The Revision 5 patch revived Half Double mode as a difficulty. Half Double only uses the 6 panels on the inside of the pad layout (excluding the outer corners). Pump It Up Pro does not contain a separate mode for remixes and long versions, the long songs and remixes present on Pro are present in regular play, and require two rounds to play. In place of a Remix mode, is Progressive, a mode containing courses consisting of 4 songs each. Two sets of courses are present, courses without modifiers contain sets of songs sorted by the version it originally debuted on (such as "From The 1st Dance Floor" or "From Exceed 2", and two "Urban Comatose" courses containing songs from Pro. The rest of the courses contain scripts of modifiers intended to make reading the songs more difficult. An exception to the 4 song standard are the "Warp" courses, which use rate modifiers to speed up the songs themselves to make 6 or 8 songs be played in the time period of 4 songs, and "Sangoma", a course which plays both Witch Doctor songs, then proceeds to the Witch Doctor/Extravaganza remix "Wi-Ex-Doc-Va".5 of the courses are unlocked with unlock codes, Warp 8XM, Victory, Darkly We Wander, Understand, and Up and Down. The unlock code for Up and Down was never released due to a bug in the course's last song, which was caused by refresh rate
Refresh rate
The refresh rate is the number of times in a second that a display hardware draws the data...
issues. The issues were caused by an effect in the song, Heel and Toe, in which it was scripted to make the arrows look like they were coming from both the bottom and the top of the screen. The Revision 5 patch unlocked the boss song VVV, along with Up and Down, with Monkey Fingers now being the last song with a new script.
Many elements of the game are inherited from In the Groove
In the Groove (series)
In the Groove was a series of music video games that used a four-panel dance pad. The series was first distributed by Roxor Games during a time when four-panel dance games in the arcade market were on the decline...
, a 4-panel dance game which Kyle Ward was previously involved with, such as the ability to save stats and song edits on a USB flash drive
USB flash drive
A flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus interface. flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g...
. Andamiro built cabinets for and distributed In the Groove 2
In the Groove 2
In the Groove 2 is the sequel to Roxor Games' 2004 arcade game In the Groove. It was released to arcades officially on June 18, 2005. It is available as an upgrade kit and as a dedicated cabinet developed by Andamiro...
.
Multiplayer version
A multiplayer version of this game is being developed, known as Pump It Up Pro Multiplayer. The instructor chooses the song, which other players may dance to in the difficulty level of their choice (easy, normal, or hard). It is coming soon, and was displayed at the Zigzag booth at Leisure Industry Week.Songlist
The song list of Pump it Up Pro consists mainly of songs from older versions of Pump it Up. The new songs are a mixture of songs from the In the Groove series, including songs that were planned to be featured on In the Groove 3.| No. | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "!" | Onyx |
| 2 | "2006 Love Song" | BanYa Production |
| 3 | "Aliens in Our Midst" | Corporation |
| 4 | "Another Truth" | Novasonic |
| 5 | "Anubis" | Banzai |
| 6 | "Arch of Darkness" | Yahpp |
| 7 | "Art City" | Virgill |
| 8 | "Ba Be Loo Be Ra" | Kristeen |
| 9 | "Bambole" | Papa Gonzales |
| 10 | "Be My Friend" | Lagoona |
| 11 | "Beat of the War" | BanYa |
| 12 | "Beat of the War 2" | BanYa |
| 13 | "Beethoven Virus" | BanYa |
| 14 | "Bemera" | Yahpp |
| 15 | "Blazing" | BanYa |
| 16 | "Blow My Mind" | Alphadelta |
| 17 | "Boogie Land" | Le Bruj |
| 18 | "Born to Be Alive" | P. Hernadez & B. Thomas |
| 19 | "Bullfighter's Song" | BanYa Production |
| 20 | "Canon-D" | BanYa |
| 21 | "Chicken Wing" | BanYa |
22  |
"Chimera" | Yahpp |
| 23 | "Chopstix" | Sonic Dimension |
| 24 | "Chung Hwa Ban Jeom" | Louis |
| 25 | "Clap Your Hands" | Scoop feat. Joyce Lyle |
| 26 | "Clockwork Genesis" | Inspector K |
| 27 | "Come to Me" | BanYa |
| 28 | "Come to Me" | Clon |
| 29 | "Coming Out" | Playmaker feat. Robin |
| 30 | "Conga" | Queen Latin |
| 31 | "Csikos Post" | BanYa |
| 32 | "D Gang" | BanYa |
| 33 | "Dance All Night" | Oscillator X |
| 34 | "Dance Vibrations" | Elpis |
| 35 | "Dance With Me" | BanYa |
| 36 | "Dawn (Perpetual Mix)" | Kaw |
| 37 | "Destiny" | Smiley |
| 38 | "Dignity" | Crash |
| 39 | "DJ Superstar" | Oscillator X |
| 40 | "Do What You Wanna Do" | Playmaker |
| 41 | "Do You Know That - Old School" | BanYa Production |
| 42 | "Don't Bother Me" | Tashannie |
| 43 | "Dr. M" | BanYa |
| 44 | "Emperor" | BanYa |
| 45 | "Energizer" | ZigZag |
| 46 | "Eres Para Mi" | Mozquito |
| 47 | "Esperanza" | Kaw |
| 48 | "Everybody" | Carlos T.Quila |
| 49 | "Exotica" | Banzai |
| 50 | "Extravaganza" | BanYa |
| 51 | "Feels Just Like That Night" | Eskimo & Icebird feat. Maria Merete |
| 52 | "Final Audition" | BanYa |
| 53 | "Final Audition 2" | BanYa |
| 54 | "Final Audition 3 U.F" | BanYa |
| 55 | "Final Audition Episode 1" | BanYa |
| 56 | "Final Audition Episode 2-1" | Yahpp |
| 57 |
"Final Audition Episode 2-2" | Yahpp |
| 58 | "Fly" | Epik High |
| 59 | "For You" | N.E.X.T |
| 60 | "Free!" | Jiny |
| 61 | "Funk Factory" | Money Deluxe |
| 62 | "Funky Tonight" | Clon |
| 63 | "Get Up!" | BanYa |
| 64 | "Go" | U Nee |
| 65 | "Go Back" | Dynamic Duo |
| 66 | "Greenhorn" | Lexy |
| 67 | "Groovin' Motion" | Sonic Dimension |
| 68 | "Gun Rock" | BanYa Production |
| 69 | "Handsome Character That Pass" | May |
| 70 | "Hasse Mich" | Onyx |
| 71 | "Heel and Toe" | Kuri-Zill |
| 72 | "Hello" | BanYa |
| 73 | "Hi-Bi" | BanYa |
| 74 | "Hold the Line" | Cho PD & B.E.G |
| 75 | "Hot" | 1Tym |
| 76 | "Hypnosis" | BanYa |
| 77 | "Hyun Jin Young Go Jin Young Go" | Hyun Jin Young |
| 78 | "I Love You Baby" | Pandera |
| 79 | "Ignition Starts" | BanYa |
| 80 | "I'll Give You All My Love" | Wax |
| 81 | "Incognito" | Inspector K |
| 82 |
"Infection" | Inspector K |
| 83 | "Into My Dream" | Lagoona |
| 84 | "It's Over Now" | Virgill |
| 85 | "July -Euromix-" | JS14 |
| 86 | "Kiss Me" | Debbie Scott |
| 87 | "Let the Sunshine" | Lisa Cool & The South Spirit |
| 88 | "Love Eternal" | When Machines Dream |
| 89 | "Love is a Danger Zone" | BanYa |
| 90 | "Love is a Danger Zone 2" | BanYa |
| 91 | "Lovely" | Kim Jong Kook |
| 92 | "Maria" | BanYa |
| 93 | "Mexi Mexi" | Mozquito |
| 94 | "Monkey Fingers" | BanYa |
| 95 | "Monkey Magic" | E-Paksa |
| 96 | "Monolith" | Affinity |
| 97 | "Moonlight" | BanYa |
| 98 | "Moonstone" | Virgill |
| 99 | "Mr. Fire Fighter" | Spooky Banana |
| 100 | "Mr. Larpus" | BanYa |
| 101 | "My Brother is Street Singer" | Park Hyang Lim vs. Yahpp |
| 102 | "My Friend" | Cho PD |
| 103 | "Naissance" | BanYa |
| 104 | "Naissance 2" | BanYa |
| 105 | "Nightmoves" | Playmaker |
| 106 | "Oasis" | Kaw |
| 107 | "Oh! Rosa" | BanYa |
| 108 | "Papa Gonzales" | BanYa |
| 109 | "Phantom" | BanYa |
| 110 | "Pump Me Amadeus" | BanYa |
| 111 | "Ra" | Banzai |
| 112 | "Radius" | Kuri-Zill |
| 113 | "Re-Rave" | Kuri-Zill |
| 114 | "Riders, Unite!" | Andreas Viklund |
| 115 | "Robotix" | Kbit |
| 116 | "Round and Round" | Eskimo & Icebird |
| 117 | "Sam-I-Am" | Haley |
| 118 | "Slam" | Novasonic |
| 119 | "Snow Dream" | Apple Jam |
| 120 | "So" | Typhoon |
| 121 | "Solitary" | BanYa |
| 122 |
"Solitary 2" | BanYa |
| 123 | "Space Fantasy" | E-Paksa |
| 124 | "Starian" | Duke |
| 125 | "Stop! & Go" | Onyx |
| 126 | "Summer ~Speedy Mix~" | Smiley |
| 127 | "Sunshine" | Playmaker |
| 128 |
"Take Me Back" | Kaw |
| 129 | "Take My Time" | Alphadelta |
| 130 | "Terminal Depository" | Ururbu Project |
| 131 | "Treme-Vook of the War" | BanYa |
| 132 | "Try to B.P.M - Love is a Danger Zone" | BanYa |
| 133 | "Turkey March" | BanYa |
| 134 | "U Inside My Dim Memory" | Hyun Jin Young vs. Yahpp |
| 135 | "Utopia" | Smiley |
| 136 | "Virtual Emotion" | Inspector K |
| 137 | "Vook" | BanYa |
| 138 |
"VVV" | ZigZag |
| 139 | "Watch Out" | Victoria |
| 140 |
"We Goin' Fly Remix" | Gyfted |
| 141 | "What's Going On?" | Turtles |
| 142 | "Who" | Kaw |
| 143 | "Wi-Ex-Doc-Va" | Yahpp |
| 144 | "Will o' the Wisp" | BanYa |
| 145 | "Winter" | BanYa |
| 146 | "Witch Doctor" | BanYa |
| 147 | "Witch Doctor #1" | Yahpp |
| 148 | "X-Treme" | BanYa |
| 149 | "Xuxa" | Smiley |
| 150 | "Y2Z" | Affinity |
| 151 | "Zodiac" | Banzai |
| Progressive | Pack Songs | |
|---|---|---|
| Abomination |
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| Back in Time |
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| BanYa Classics |
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| Big Beats |
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| Banzai |
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Darkly We Wander |
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| Easy Street |
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| From 1st Dance Floor |
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| From Exceed 2 |
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| From Exceed |
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| From Extra |
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| From New Xenesis |
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| From O.B.G. |
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| From Premiere 2 |
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| From Premiere 3 |
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| From Zero |
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| <3 |
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| Journey |
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| Rave |
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| Sangoma |
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| Smile! |
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| Threshold |
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Understand |
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Up & Down |
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| Urban Comatose (Side A) |
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| Urban Comatose (Side B) |
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Victory |
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| Warp 6AM |
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| Warp 6PM |
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Warp 8XM |
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Song packs and Revision Updates
As with In the Groove 2In the Groove 2
In the Groove 2 is the sequel to Roxor Games' 2004 arcade game In the Groove. It was released to arcades officially on June 18, 2005. It is available as an upgrade kit and as a dedicated cabinet developed by Andamiro...
, Pump it Up Pro can be updated with revision updates downloaded to a USB memory card. The first revision update, revision 5, was released on July 23, 2008. The patch features numerous bug fixes, difficulty rating adjustments for several songs, the addition of an indicator on the song selection screen for songs with edits available, and the revival of the "half double" difficulty, a 6-panel mode utilizing all panels except for the outer corners of the pad. All songs have new Half Double charts, including ones that previously had Half Double charts on previous Pump games. In addition, songs that were missing Nightmare difficulty charts now have new charts created by the Pump it Up Pro step artists.
Song packs
In addition to revision updates, the revision 5 update also allows operators to install new song packs for their machine. The first of which, Pump it Up Pro: Encore, was released in August 2008. Song packs are distributed on USB memory cards authenticated with the machine's serial number, and are not downloadable.Encore
The first song pack, Encore, contains 12 songs, 10 of which are new to the Pump it Up series in general, and 2 crossovers from other Pump it Up games. Can Can does not retain its charts from Pump it Up Extra however, the song contains new charts on all difficulties.| Song title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Can Can | Banya (F2 System) |
| Epilogue | When Machines Dream |
| Euphoria | KaW feat.☺ |
| Kitty Cat | Coconut |
| Ladybug | Coconut |
| London Bridge | Sci GUYS |
| Miss's Story | Banya |
| Move It Groove It | KaW feat. Sam I Am |
| Shooting Star | Coconut |
| Style On My Speed Dial | Oscillator X |
| Tension | Inspector K |
| Tribal Style | KaW |