#konamix

[launch-cronch]

our exercise bike broke so i made B play some ddr konamix lmao

[bee-tee-rus]

I need to play DDR, but am too lazy to set up my PS2. Also, need a better mat since mine are shit and starting to freak out if slightly pressed upon. Either way, IF I decide to play, any song recommendations? I have all of the PS2 DDR games (US versions, even the elusive X2), Konamix (PS1), and can easily get other versions on a flashdrive (I have the Japanese Extreme on my USB that I can easily play, thank goodness for Free McBoot).

[rave-fuel]

HELLO

this is where im reblogging the gifs i get from tumblr to preserve the creators/sources! many of these gifs play in the background of my twitch streams

there is a flashing warning for this entire blog! i will do my best to tag gifs accordingly but the majority of this blog is going to be flashing/strobing images!

categories in alphabetical order:

animal crossing

abstract

anime

backgrounds

dancing

food

halloween

konamix (konami/bemani, ddr, rhythm games, and ps1 graphics)

nature

nintendo

pokemon

rave

sci-fi

text

transparent

video games (other)

world of warcraft

posts will be tagged with sources (when they have them). if the gallery gets large enough the categories will have a separate page! gifs can also have multiple overlapping categories (e.g. anime and sci-fi) so they will appear in both tags. enjoy!

[revolutionspikes]

[kanataueda]

BEMANI POCKET KONAMIX

[vincentspork]

I was testing a ps1 with ddr konamix and this kid behind me said it looked like friday night funkin I hate it here 😭

[greed-the-dorkalicious]

Speaking of DDR. I found my family’s copy of DDR Konamix for the PS1, and I’m tempted to play it, but I don’t have a mat... Like, I know technically you can play it just using the Playstation controller, but like, should I? Is it valid to play DDR like it’s a regular rhythm game? I just want to play Higher but like at what cost though. Should I do it or not

[swampgallows]

after SEVERAL DAYS ive finally completed my own version of this. not to be confused with husbando squares. i had to really reach for a couple of these as i was trying very hard to make this a favorite list and not a kin list but you can see the parts where i failed

descriptions under the cut, starting at the top and left to right:

JAN VALENTINE from Hellsing: i was obsessed with this dude when i was like 13. i wanted his beanie and i loved his fucked up piercings. also the first blowjob i ever saw. i covered my eyes. traumatizing!

RED DEATH from Venture Bros.: a dignified killer. the voice of clancy brown is absolutely integral to this character and my affinity for him. cant go wrong with a murderous family man. “brownies? yes, thank you!” plus he had a sick mohawk in the 80s.

GENERAL GRIEVOUS from Star Wars: coughing bastard wields four glowsticks at once. what’s not to love?

LURTZ from Lord of the Rings: ground zero for the closest thing to a sexual awakening

KUP from Transformers: that’s just ME, babey! old know-it-all curmudgeon stops at mcdonalds for one black coffee and leaves

JANE LANE from Daria: if i’d watched Daria in high school instead of college I would have modeled my entire existence after her. she treads between being an ideal older sister and being the greatest lesbian/girlfriend ever

THRALL from Warcraft: thrall practically raised me through my teen years and was there for me as a surrogate orc dad before he became an actual dad. the horde is thrall’s family and when i say i’m his child i MEAN it

MEWTWO from Pokémon: mewtwo knocked my socks off when i encountered him in cerulean cave in 1998 on pokémon red, and then once i found out about the first 10 minutes cut from the english version of the movie in 99, it was all over

REXXAR from Warcraft: that’s just my strong asexual mok’nathal husband. i used to pal around with him in desolace back when he was champion of the horde, and once he made his way back to his people at thunderlord stronghold we consummated our vows

DIN from Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons: this is the only zelda game i have ever played, one i bought with my own money, with CASH, and i played the shit out of it. i love nature magic and dancing and din has both. 

CHERNABOG from Disney’s Fantasia: i warped the VHS watching this part over and over as a kid. he’s called chernabog now but he was referred to as “satan” initially, and bela lugosi modeled his movement (though they ended up using the director’s poses instead). when he unfurls his wings? that’s the real shit

TWILIGHT SPARKLE from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: i love all of the ponies in their own way and despite how much i abhor tara strong’s VA work twilight remains a top favorite. her anxiety and perfectionism show the downsides of her ardent studiousness, but dont portray her erudition in a negative light. a lot of cartoons i saw growing up always had an “egghead” nerdy character who was unpopular for doing well in school or caring about academia. while i know as an adult that it’s all essentially worthless it’s really affirming to see that pressure candidly portrayed while also not being totally dismissive of it. school was one of the only things i was ever good at, and twilight’s character shows both its heavy downsides and the ways in which it actually can be applied to the real world. 

[free space] GARROSH HELLSCREAM from Warcraft: literally me

WASHU HAKUBI from Tenchi Muyo!: one of my longtime faves! washu is a genius scientist, but with tenchi muyo being a mythological sci-fi series, that points her closer to witch/mad scientist/alchemist. i also liked the gimmick of her being thousands of years old but insisting on portraying herself as a short snarky teenager. plus i love her crab motif and her little wooden cheerleader puppets

JOHN SILVER from Treasure Planet: bear cyborg dad. super huggable, great voice, and has a lil irish jig follow him around in the soundtrack. neck rolls + tooth gap = hell fuckkin yeah babey

AIUSHTHA THE ENCHANTRESS from DotA 2: sproink!

PEPPER ANN from Disney’s Pepper Ann: this show made me excited to attend middle school LMFAO because i related to pepper ann so much as a kid. much like twilight sparkle, PA is super neurotic but has an explosive, if not borderline delusional, imagination. she dressed and behaved like an actual kid, and plus she looked like me too. even in the 90s it was rare to see a kid with glasses that wasn’t shafted to the poindexter stereotype, especially a girl (e.g. Gretchen from the fellow Disney show Recess). i liked that she wasn’t feminine but also wasn’t a hard tomboy; she gave me space to feel like i was allowed to exist outside of that kind of gender binary (and especially her younger sister Moose blows all gender expectations out of the water). 

ASUKA LANGLEY SORYU from Neon Genesis Evangelion: foundation of my childhood identity along with all the trauma and posturing therein. think garrosh if he were a 12 year old girl who piloted a mech

DEVIL ZUKIN from Dance Dance Revolution: amazing outfit, rocked the konamix. i like evil zukin too but devil zukin is the fave. sleeveless crop top hell yeah

UNDYNE from Undertale: my bi awakening at 25. strong fish lady love spagety

HELLBOY from Hellboy: mike mignola’s art style has influenced a lot of my own. he’s a demon who chooses to be the good guy and that’s everything to me. he loves kitty cats and pancakes and punches nazis, and hellboy ii: the golden army is one of the best movies of all time.

BLACKARACHNIA from Beast Wars (Transformers): LOVE this bitch. she got to hang out with tarantulas and also expressed that moral grayness i totally love, chillin with rattrap and makin jokes. spider motif is v good also

LEAH from Stardew Valley: life goals. wife goals.

NAILS from Cool World: this movie fucking blows LMFAO it’s absolutely awful but it has the most banger rave soundtrack next to hackers and ralph bakshi’s animation as always is a spectacle. Nails is a hapless anxious cop-spider who can barely load his own gun and looks like a predecessor to a Cuphead reject. plus he’s voiced by charlie adler so he’s got huge personality. funny spider guy

HAWK MOTH from Miraculous: i know what i am. im a bitch who loves bug motifs and villains who are outwitted by literal children, who are utterly convinced they are doing the right and just thing, who stare a redemption arc in the face and go “...nah”

[dancerzone]

¿Y si jugamos esta cancion? L.E.D. LIGHT - THE EARTH LIGHT [DDR Konamix] pic.twitter.com/WlkwNd7mRY

[wavetapper]

"PARANOIA EVOLUTION" by 200 is a supercharged remix of the original song. The "PARANOiA" series is considered to be one of "the" songs that conveys the essence of Dance Dance Revolution, and this remix is by far the hardest and most aggressive version to date. You can check out the original version and a different remix of "PARANOiA" in Dance Dance Revolution KONAMIX.

[ddrkirbyisq]

A bunch of stuff has happened...I feel like I've been falling a bit behind on some of my regular maintenance tasks (monthlies art, finishing music).  Not sure if that's a bad thing (I'm lazy) or a good thing (I'm occupied with other stuff in a good way). Adventures in Ragnarok Online have been continuing!  As always, you can catch those updates over on http://cs181ro.blogspot.com/. I've finished re-remembering the 42 combined form for taiji, so I will just be doing those two (24 and 42) for a while now.  At some point I wanted to see if I could pick up the Chen 18 form again, but.... instead I've been spending a lot of my exercise time with the new DDR foam mat!  Pretty super fun, I've downloaded pretty much all of the songs that I'm familiar with (DDRMAX, DDRE, and DDR, Disney Mix, and Konamix for PS) and have been having a blast with that.  I'm starting to finally get down to figuring out how to read crossover patterns too, which is a new challenge in and of itself. Mental health....sort of just oscillates at this point, sometimes (understandably) in conjunction/correlation with my sleep schedule.  In general things are going pretty ok, but there are patches here and there where some extra self-care is needed. We finished up Birdie Burglars and have now thrown it up for both iOS and Android, hooray!  I applied a bugfix to Nyamo's Adventure, now am working on time attack modes for Unlock Everything (to help out the speedrunners), and will look into adding some speedrun quality-of-life improvements for Colors of Your World as well... Sometime in the midst of all that I've gotta also finish up some more music, as well as do the pixel art for this month.  Phew..... Tetris Attack, or.....rather, Panel de Pon, hit the SNES virtual console for Switch!  I had some fun taking a go at it and seeing how rusty my chaining skills are.  It took me a while to kind of get back into the swing of it, but I'm pretty decent now!  Of course, I'm still much worse than I used to be back when I was in my prime.  Pretty crazy to think that at the time I was consistently hitting 10-13x chains, and even getting to the point where getting side clears was actually starting to be important.  What a great game...it's a bit of a shame that VS mode was sort of nonsensical, but I definitely spent many an hour grinding out skill chains in Tetris Attack and Puzzle League for GBA. Been continuing to do weekly aLttPR runs...that's been fun too.

[thenetvvork]

I can’t believe Mew got us (me and Odd) to come back up to The Center momentarily by playing DDR Konamix music, and then further tortured us by playing MORE DDR Konamix music.

We used to play that game a lot as a kid, he’d always choose the worst songs. Higher was the one we played the most, it’s a bad song Mew.

-Megan

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I really liked all the old music, I hope we can get DDR at some point in the future when we’re living on our own! Such good exercise!!

-Odd

[fancypantsrecords]

DJ Feilong / Carina - Dracula X / Vampire Killer | Konamix | 1997 | Black

[greed-the-dorkalicious]

Mood: Character models from Dance Dance Revolution Konamix for the PS1

[saygeepoogee]

Reunited! Thanks for visiting us @michaelmikian we miss you alot! #after8years #konamix (at Music 21 Plaza)

[drearycheery]