It was very interesting to be able to see a game I have enjoyed for a long time organized from a foreigner's perspective. Also, although it seems like you had quite a bit of trouble compiling the data, I was surprised that most of the information was accurate. In particular, it is truly surprising that the story of the 'Sea Story slots Game', which was a dark time for arcades, and the story of the 'producers who willingly participated in the production despite not receiving fair wages' in a specific version were highlighted. Thank you very much for making a great video!
His body did not contain a single drop of budget, his HDD was the size of a peppercorn. His windows 95 install, rotten and gangrenous, having a single threaded CPU, black as coal. His code was full of bugs, was completely sued before 35, and was always on the verge of death.
the biggest issue with the game was it required an isa slot for the game io. if they had made a version of the game io that connected via pci or hell, usb, the issues with the internal pc would not have been an issue since the game required an isa slot on the motherboard (basically requires ancient hardware)
@@windowsxpnt2347 EZ2 cab owner here. Do not ask me how much money I have spent on obscure weird industrial motherboards with goddamn ISA slots in them because that is money I will never be getting back
So happy someone decided to document this series. Ez2dj is actually an amazing series and it’s a shame not many people got to play it outside of Korea. It definitely was limping ever since its initial release, but you can see the passion and love poured in from the developers over the years. Sad to see the game die the way it did, but it still lives on as ez2on.
Just a tidbit of knowledge: Long notes in beatmania were specifically introduced in beatmania IIDX 17: SIRIUS. So not only did it take them until IIDX to do it, it also took them 17 versions of it (18 if you count substream).
iirc there were those weird long turntable notes in beatmania 7th mix, but even then those were never ported over to iidx until charge notes came along in sirius
That's funny. Imagine making a mode in your game which just pulls up the first version of said game which is literally sitting inside the directory with game files (and could be probably launched separately) for the sake of preservation (and for lols)
Ayoo!! Ez2Dj was not something I expected to see and I was almost a bit reluctant to watch as I worried that the topic wouldn’t get covered properly. But you really did a good job. So definitely kudos for that. It’s also amazing that this video is almost an hour long. I’m absolutely loving this long form rhythm game content. Keep up the great work!!
Kind of surprised the original EZ2ON was not talked about here. Though, one thing I heard was that Reboot:R had a scary early development... along with the horrible early access launch which I was there. We knew it was early access but it was wild how they delayed the launch for a couple more hours along with the game somewhat being playable. Seeing ez2on as the continuation for the series, I don't mind it, of course a lot of the AC stuff will be missed.
I remember the early access. In Korea it was released almost at midnight of the next day from the date it was supposed to be released, in my time it was almost noon. But I wanted to give it a second chance since I never got to play the AC version before.
This is so huge, I've been curious about this series always as a djmax fan and only heard vague allusions to the complicated history of EZ2DJ but there was never an English resource in one place like this, thank you
I recently got into EZ2On via impulse buying it in Steam with 0 context about the game. Obviously I knew it was a re-release of something, but I had no idea that the series had such a long and tumultuous history. Great video, now I finally know what all those DLC packs are.
My only experience with EZ2DJ was in a small theme park in East Java province in Indonesia. I was craving to play a rhythm arcade game and it was the only machine there. After inserting some coins and browsing the music list, I noticed the composers are familiar to me. "Holy shit... is this an arcade DJMAX with actual key notes!?" And I then proceed to enjoy the hell out of playing it.
This brings back so many memories since 1999, myself, I had on occasions played EZ2DJ series from 1st SE up until 7th Trax, (I liked 6th Trax the most btw) the series has strange hype and appeal back then and is imo so much visually different (in style and charts) than Beatmania IIDX
There's something you forgot to mention: The 2021 RZ2ON version (Reboot:R), as its name suggests, it's a reboot of the original EZ2ON, that ran from December 2008 to October 2009.
The moment IIDX removed the 5-key assist mod as of Rootage, the EZ2AC series was about to release its final versions, putting an end to 5-key DJ simulation games. I just hope Konami revives beatmania III with new arcade (and possibly home) versions while taking a different approach at releases. IIDX is known for its yearly releases, but if beatmania III gets revived, making a game every two or three years would be more beneficial, allowing its player base to keep growing and give them far more time to play these arcade versions before a new one comes out. This was the problem with yearly releases of IIDX, and I remember a time when my chauffeurs simply refused to take me to Round1 to play more of that one IIDX version before it got replaced weeks after. (That was when Epolis replaced Resident.)
Fun video, thanks. I've been enjoying rhythm games from Korea since finding DJMAX Fever on a very short timed UK PSN licenced deal. EZ2ON Reboot R being released internationally on Steam has been brilliant, and it has become a game I play constantly and follow closely. Was nice to have a walk through of each of the editions.
As it stands the game engine is a hacky mess of jankorama so the reasoning is more that "I don't think the game engine could SUPPORT 16:9 even if they wanted to"
I found EZ2DJ machine got a better sound/ bass than Beatmania. Also they are the one who has a long note before beatmania plus having a pedal makes it so much more fun.
Thank you very much for this video! Very detailed, maybe a bit rushed about the part when it became EZ2AC, but just... I can't put it to words how interesting it was to watch and listen. Too bad that first EZ2ON and Reboot weren't mentioned at all but I can kinda understand why. I initially thought it's just Konami lawsuit that almost killed the game, and to discover that it was a bumpy road even without it... Oh boy, truly a miracle how EZ2 survived all this time. Gotta say, the EZ2ON Reboot R is awesome. It also had a bumpy release when early access started but right now, it's the game that is on par or even better with DJMAX Respect V, imo.
As a North American person slowly treading into South Korean content, I can say this was very interesting to watch. I actually discovered BERA before this and had many many questions - but now thanks to this I understand.
One heck of a dedication towards an arcade game. Kudos to Losermanwins who took time and effort to investigate the series, and also Cheers from one of those maniac players from South Korea.
It's very surprise to see a video from foreign gamer, who dealing with a whole Ez2DJ series. I don't know if you enjoyed these arcade series or not. But thanks for your interest. The 4th trax is still the part of my childhood. Also, hope you enjoy korean rhythm games.
I was writing several additional information, but you covered all of them each on your side notes, and I got nothing to add about. This is the peak foreign EZ2DJ documentary available today and I enjoyed watching every minute of it, even though I'm already a South Korean and accustomed to the series since '03. Hell, I still go to the arcade center near my workplace after working hours and enjoy 14keys from time to time.
Fantastic video as always! I feel like Korean rhythm games sometimes get short shrift compared to their Japanese counterparts (DJMax being the occasional exception), so it's really nice to see this much attention given to such an important series.
I'm a DJMax fan and play(ed) several rhythm games, yet I've only seen and played EZ2AC once. I always knew it was similar to BeatMania/DJMax, but knowing that part of the EZ2DJ team left to start Pentavision was interesting. Thank you for making this video!
The Sea Story scandal also caused the then CEO of ANDAMIRO, to get arrested; and according to rumours, it was actually Andamiro who manufactured the EZ2DJ cabs.
If you look at the Namuwiki to Andamiro document, it says, "I have entered the gift card business under the name of pocket money cultural gift certificates, but it has become a perfect black history, with the CEO being arrested in relation to the story of the sea."
Thank you for this! Always been intrigued by this game ever since learning the strange similarities it had with DJ Max and so annoyed that I could never get to play it. Thankful for EZ2ON
What a video! I've been playing IIDX since around Red/happy sky, and have always been curious about the EZ games, but never new where to start or find any info. I might give some of these games a shot now.
EZ2 was a series I'd at least heard of back in the 2000s when I was heavily into the BEMANI stuff, but never got the chance to play any of it. so definitely appreciate this retrospective! honestly surprised it lasted that long considering so many of the issues some of the games seemed to have.
It was very interesting video and your analysis was great too. I hope to known EZ2 Series to other people in the another country. When I travel overseas, I have never seen EZ2 Series, however I hope that it will be widely known so that many people can see EZ2 Series many other countires in the future. Thank you for making excellent video.
You should check out Rhythm Nation. It’s a Pop’n clone by ICE that’s pretty fun. It’s also the only rhythm game within a 70 mile radius of me so I’ve played it a lot.
The genre distribution of the songs in this work strangely overlaps with Beatmania Complete Mix. The genre distribution of the songs is similar, as well as the difficulty distribution of the genres. Especially Do You Remember? It can be seen that the influence of e-motion is strong for Rave as a genre . Otherwise, there is no reason to present rave as a genre rather than a music genre. Comparing the genres of the songs in Beatmania Complete Mix and the songs in EZ2DJ 1st is as follows. Although it is not related to the recorded songs, the system that allows you to play a specific song on the next song only when you pass a certain score on a specific stage is also influenced by Beatmania. ||genre||Beatmania||EZ2DJ|| ||Hiphop||[[u gotta groove]]||[[Get the beat]]|| ||Dance pop||Believe again(English in Korea)||[[Look out ~Here comes my love~]]|| ||Reggae|[[Jam Jam Reggae]]||[[You love the life you live]]|| ||Break-bts||2 gorgeous 4U||[[Mystic Dream 9903]]|| ||TECHNO||OVERDOSER||[[Minus 1]]|| ||Ballad||[[Do you love me?]]||[[Yes Yes]]|| ||Funky Jazz||Stop Violence!||[[Funny Funky]]|| ||House|[[20,november]]||[[Stay]]|| ||House||wild I/O||[[I've Fallen]]|| ||Rave||[[e-motion]]||[[Do You Remember?|Do You Remember]]|| ||DnB||[[Super Highway]]||[[Quake in Kyoto]]|| ||Bossa/Samba||La Bossanova de Fabienne||[[Confete]]||
I know ez2dj got imported by people. I know it’s a lot harder than Japanese arcade cabinets. I would love to play it since it’s a unicorn rhythm game here in the US.
They had no choice but to do that because they couldn't modify the I/O board hardware and the driver for it in any way. And making something new entirely was out of question because it would've taken too much money and resources, and this whole team barely managed to update the game itself to keep it alive.
Woooooooow, what an involved history for EZ2DJ! It was interesting to hear that some familiar artists from DJMax (ND Lee, xxdbxx, and Forte Escape) had done stuff for EZ2DJ, and speaking of DJMax, it was also interesting that some peeps on the EZ2DJ dev team broke off to start that very series! ;u; Also holy heck, the development cycles *were* wild, but I agree that it's cool (or dare I say, kool) that the series lasted as long as it did! Nice retrospective, the cinematic opening was neat and overall this felt like a pretty extensive dive! :D
I've seen one of the machines when I was in Korea. Pretty bizarre to see a relatively new game still running on a CRT monitor despite all of the new arcade games these days use LCD TVs. Was the hardware update didn't include monitor upgrades?
i dont have any nostalgia for this game but i do enjoy ez2on reboot, so this was a fun watch. it is so surprising that the game persisted for as long as it did with all the hurdles
This game is fun. It's like IIDX but much more approachable, not unlike DJMax. I played it on my China trip almost 20 years ago ^^ (I'm a terrible IIDX player, heheh)
wow, you covered this topic reall in-depth! Great job! I would love to see a similar video about jubeat. I used to play Jubeat plus on my mom's phone when I was younger, but I know there used to exist a physical, arcade version aswell, and I think it's a really interesting topic
bmIII released almost a year later than EZ2DJ 1st. It would be more accurate to call EZ2DJ an attempt to make beatmania but better. Of course, Konami didn't like that at all.
Ez2ac endless circulation, endless circulation 2, evolve, evolve plus, parade thunder of yellow or maximum of pleasure location vegarhythm by zebra vegabiqzone at shimbashi, tokyo, japan coming soon!
@@thenistthedev I’m pretty sure the O2Jam Interval or Jupiter admins tried to buy the IP but were ignored, things would be so much more different today
I just wish that EZ2ON would Include the higher keymodes. I want to play something other than just DP BMS/IIDX DP. The andromeda mode looks really fun, but there's not a US cab available to even try it. Here's what I learned... Fuck Konami!
Amazing video, now i really want to know what happened to the two previous ez2on attemps, other that their failed due to unrealistic revenue plans… who develop them if amuse world/square pixels were busy with the arcade releases… also, wasn’t s3 china exclusive?
Space Mix is basically the 14 Key mode. 14 keys, two turntables, no foot pedals because that would be a bit TOO Insane (although that didn't stop them adding andromeda mix into Codename Violet 2 later on which is all 14 keys AND both food pedals as a literal joke mode)
It was very interesting to be able to see a game I have enjoyed for a long time organized from a foreigner's perspective. Also, although it seems like you had quite a bit of trouble compiling the data, I was surprised that most of the information was accurate. In particular, it is truly surprising that the story of the 'Sea Story slots Game', which was a dark time for arcades, and the story of the 'producers who willingly participated in the production despite not receiving fair wages' in a specific version were highlighted. Thank you very much for making a great video!
the folks at numuwiki helped alot
EZ2AC TWILIGHT WORLD New japanese arcade machine on Tuesday, 11th June 2024 by TAKARA TOMY with ID CARD AND USB EDIT SONG LOG IN
@@Leo96.5.10YOOOOOOOO BRO IS IT REALLY?!
YES
@@Leo96.5.10 where? I cant find any information about this online...
Contrary to popular belief, it is in fact, not EZ2DJ, it is in fact, rather difficult
HD2DJ
nor is it EZ 2 catch
@@ArGame. SHD2DJ
It is much easier to DJ than it is to play ez2
should we make HD2DJ instead xD
His body did not contain a single drop of budget, his HDD was the size of a peppercorn. His windows 95 install, rotten and gangrenous, having a single threaded CPU, black as coal.
His code was full of bugs, was completely sued before 35, and was always on the verge of death.
the biggest issue with the game was it required an isa slot for the game io. if they had made a version of the game io that connected via pci or hell, usb, the issues with the internal pc would not have been an issue since the game required an isa slot on the motherboard (basically requires ancient hardware)
@@windowsxpnt2347 EZ2 cab owner here. Do not ask me how much money I have spent on obscure weird industrial motherboards with goddamn ISA slots in them because that is money I will never be getting back
Context: 55 in Thai is read as haha and is used as laughing in chat messages, so that's probably why the song was rated 55
so its charted as lolz?
@@shiro3146 seems like it yea
So happy someone decided to document this series. Ez2dj is actually an amazing series and it’s a shame not many people got to play it outside of Korea. It definitely was limping ever since its initial release, but you can see the passion and love poured in from the developers over the years. Sad to see the game die the way it did, but it still lives on as ez2on.
Also as one of the few people that have a cabinet in America… This game was very jank and still very much is on the final release.
@@omg_kon Once jank forever jank. Just jank in different ways as time passed.
And FOX-B is the lead dev of EZ2ON. God bless him.
i must say ez2dj's development feels like the embodiment of 'everything that could go wrong went wrong'
Just a tidbit of knowledge:
Long notes in beatmania were specifically introduced in beatmania IIDX 17: SIRIUS. So not only did it take them until IIDX to do it, it also took them 17 versions of it (18 if you count substream).
Huh, so pop'n wasnt the only game that took a absurdly to get long lotes lmao
iirc there were those weird long turntable notes in beatmania 7th mix, but even then those were never ported over to iidx until charge notes came along in sirius
@@windowsxpnt2347yes there were long scratch notes in old 5key but no long notes. Though I could have sworn maybe popn music AniMelo had long notes?
@@GimmeTOKYO pop'n music Disney Tunes had long notes but in a form of a gauge being filled to full before letting go of the button.
You forgot to mention that the "Remember 1st?" mode literally launches 1st mix (as in the program)
That's funny.
Imagine making a mode in your game which just pulls up the first version of said game which is literally sitting inside the directory with game files (and could be probably launched separately) for the sake of preservation (and for lols)
Games only Timestamps (scroll below for a more detailed list)
1:52 Intro
2:47 EZ2DJ The 1st Tracks
6:53 EZ2DJ The 1st Tracks Special Edition
9:11 (Cancelled) EZ2DJ Dance Edition
10:16 EZ2DJ 2nd Trax
12:41 EZ2DJ 3rd Trax
15:10 EZ2DJ 4(th Trax)
17:28 EZ2DJ Platinum
19:48 EZ2DJ 6th Trax
27:01 EZ2DJ 7th Trax
29:33 EZ2DJ 7th Trax (1.5)
31:09 EZ2DJ 7th Trax (2.0)
31:28 EZ2DJ 7th Trax Version R - Codename: Violet
32:57 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Bonus Edition
35:33 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Bonus Edition (Revision A)
37:28 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Azure Expression
38:40 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Azure Expression: Integral Composition
40:11 EZ2AC Endless Circulation
41:17 EZ2AC EVOLVE
42:53 EZ2AC Night Traveller
44:56 EZ2AC Time Traveller
46:40 EZ2AC FINAL
48:29 EZ2AC FINAL:EX
50:06 EZ2ON
51:10 Outro
Detailed Tracklist
0:00 R U READY 2 GO INSIDA DJ BOX
1:52 Intro: South Korea's Rhythm Games journey
2:47 EZ2DJ The 1st Tracks
6:24 PC Bangs v Arcade Shops
6:54 EZ2DJ The 1st Tracks Special Edition
9:11 (Cancelled) EZ2DJ Dance Edition
10:16 EZ2DJ 2nd Trax
12:10 PC Bangs won
12:41 EZ2DJ 3rd Trax
14:38 AmuseWorld's beginning of demise
15:10 EZ2DJ 4(th Trax)
17:28 Another failed venture
17:46 EZ2DJ Platinum
19:11 Exodus to DJMAX
19:48 EZ2DJ 6th Trax
23:16 Sea Story and SK arcade scene's upheaval
27:01 EZ2DJ 7th Trax
28:37 Knock Knock, it's Konami.
29:33 EZ2DJ 7th Trax (1.5) and gradually shrinking timeframes
30:03 The EZ2Catch 4 Kings of Heaven
31:09 EZ2DJ 7th Trax (2.0)
31:28 EZ2DJ 7th Trax Version R - Codename: Violet
32:57 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Bonus Edition
35:33 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Bonus Edition (Revision A)
36:50 From AmuseWorld to SQUARE PIXELS
37:28 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Azure Expression
38:40 EZ2DJ (7th Trax) Azure Expression: Integral Composition
39:28 EZ2DJ no more
40:11 EZ2AC Endless Circulation
41:17 EZ2AC EVOLVE
42:53 EZ2AC Night Traveller
43:29 EZ2AC 7th Trax Version R - Codename: Violet II
44:08 The wrath of EZ2AC Night Traveller OST
44:56 EZ2AC Time Traveller
45:48 Pressure and dissolution
46:51 EZ2AC FINAL and extortion
48:54 EZ2AC FINAL:EX and an ultimatum
50:06 The death of EZ2AC and the birth of EZ2ON
51:06 EZ2DJ NEVER DIE
yes,in fact,in China there had a bar named"EZ2DJ CLUB"at Shenyang,and there has 4 EZ2AC FNEX machine
（used chinese）这个酒吧有个运营人员，同时维护着ez2ac:fnex的机台，且这位老哥甚至打算给这游戏加联网功能……
Ayoo!! Ez2Dj was not something I expected to see and I was almost a bit reluctant to watch as I worried that the topic wouldn’t get covered properly. But you really did a good job. So definitely kudos for that.
It’s also amazing that this video is almost an hour long. I’m absolutely loving this long form rhythm game content.
Keep up the great work!!
I truly sweated over the details lol. It's definitely a game that deserves respect
Kind of surprised the original EZ2ON was not talked about here. Though, one thing I heard was that Reboot:R had a scary early development... along with the horrible early access launch which I was there. We knew it was early access but it was wild how they delayed the launch for a couple more hours along with the game somewhat being playable. Seeing ez2on as the continuation for the series, I don't mind it, of course a lot of the AC stuff will be missed.
I remember the early access. In Korea it was released almost at midnight of the next day from the date it was supposed to be released, in my time it was almost noon. But I wanted to give it a second chance since I never got to play the AC version before.
This is so huge, I've been curious about this series always as a djmax fan and only heard vague allusions to the complicated history of EZ2DJ but there was never an English resource in one place like this, thank you
man i knew that fucked up beatmania clone with the middle buttons had some lore to it but i really couldn't have imagined how insane it was
I laughed so hard at his sense of putting "make it make it money" in the background of the lawsuit LOLOL 28:30
오래전부터 EZ2DJ를 즐겨오던 유저로서 이런 영상은 너무 반갑네요. 좋은 영상 제작해주셔서 감사합니다.😊
I recently got into EZ2On via impulse buying it in Steam with 0 context about the game. Obviously I knew it was a re-release of something, but I had no idea that the series had such a long and tumultuous history. Great video, now I finally know what all those DLC packs are.
Kudos for mentioning the Sea Story drama. It is 101 for understanding Korean digital entertainment scene.
My only experience with EZ2DJ was in a small theme park in East Java province in Indonesia. I was craving to play a rhythm arcade game and it was the only machine there. After inserting some coins and browsing the music list, I noticed the composers are familiar to me.
"Holy shit... is this an arcade DJMAX with actual key notes!?"
And I then proceed to enjoy the hell out of playing it.
Do you remember what version it was?
@@yonalisaaaa Can't remember, but one song that was in it was WhiteBlue I believe
@@anvdano whiteblue is not in Ez2ac (it’s in ez2on though as part of the Djmax collab) you were likely playing a unofficial modded version
@@nameable_ Or maybe it wasn't WhiteBlue. Either way it was a mindblowing experience for me.
This brings back so many memories since 1999, myself, I had on occasions played EZ2DJ series from 1st SE up until 7th Trax, (I liked 6th Trax the most btw) the series has strange hype and appeal back then and is imo so much visually different (in style and charts) than Beatmania IIDX
There's something you forgot to mention:
The 2021 RZ2ON version (Reboot:R), as its name suggests, it's a reboot of the original EZ2ON, that ran from December 2008 to October 2009.
ez2ac final ex 2 (4days in development)
Ez2ac final ex platinum (made in a day)
/j
That Sea Story side plot needs its own video...
The moment IIDX removed the 5-key assist mod as of Rootage, the EZ2AC series was about to release its final versions, putting an end to 5-key DJ simulation games. I just hope Konami revives beatmania III with new arcade (and possibly home) versions while taking a different approach at releases. IIDX is known for its yearly releases, but if beatmania III gets revived, making a game every two or three years would be more beneficial, allowing its player base to keep growing and give them far more time to play these arcade versions before a new one comes out. This was the problem with yearly releases of IIDX, and I remember a time when my chauffeurs simply refused to take me to Round1 to play more of that one IIDX version before it got replaced weeks after. (That was when Epolis replaced Resident.)
Nobody wants to play 5-key Beatmania. IIDX is the gold standard for a reason
Fun video, thanks. I've been enjoying rhythm games from Korea since finding DJMAX Fever on a very short timed UK PSN licenced deal. EZ2ON Reboot R being released internationally on Steam has been brilliant, and it has become a game I play constantly and follow closely. Was nice to have a walk through of each of the editions.
i love that they kept the 4:3 resolution all the way through, even though it was probably caused by the konami lawsuit
As it stands the game engine is a hacky mess of jankorama so the reasoning is more that "I don't think the game engine could SUPPORT 16:9 even if they wanted to"
@@AstralPhnx I don't think that this game engine could support not just 16:9, but any other resolution aside from 640*480.
it's a shame that the video doesn't cover the development hell that Fox-B has to go through.
I know there's an EZ2AC machine like 2 hours away fron were i live, maybe i should give it a visit
R U READY 2 GO INSIDA DJ BOX?
I found EZ2DJ machine got a better sound/ bass than Beatmania. Also they are the one who has a long note before beatmania plus having a pedal makes it so much more fun.
long turntable notes were added in beatmania III, iidx didn't get them until sirius x_x
Thank you very much for this video! Very detailed, maybe a bit rushed about the part when it became EZ2AC, but just... I can't put it to words how interesting it was to watch and listen. Too bad that first EZ2ON and Reboot weren't mentioned at all but I can kinda understand why.
I initially thought it's just Konami lawsuit that almost killed the game, and to discover that it was a bumpy road even without it... Oh boy, truly a miracle how EZ2 survived all this time. Gotta say, the EZ2ON Reboot R is awesome. It also had a bumpy release when early access started but right now, it's the game that is on par or even better with DJMAX Respect V, imo.
As a North American person slowly treading into South Korean content, I can say this was very interesting to watch.
I actually discovered BERA before this and had many many questions - but now thanks to this I understand.
One heck of a dedication towards an arcade game. Kudos to Losermanwins who took time and effort to investigate the series, and also Cheers from one of those maniac players from South Korea.
It's very surprise to see a video from foreign gamer, who dealing with a whole Ez2DJ series.
I don't know if you enjoyed these arcade series or not. But thanks for your interest. The 4th trax is still the part of my childhood.
Also, hope you enjoy korean rhythm games.
I was writing several additional information, but you covered all of them each on your side notes, and I got nothing to add about. This is the peak foreign EZ2DJ documentary available today and I enjoyed watching every minute of it, even though I'm already a South Korean and accustomed to the series since '03. Hell, I still go to the arcade center near my workplace after working hours and enjoy 14keys from time to time.
Fantastic video as always! I feel like Korean rhythm games sometimes get short shrift compared to their Japanese counterparts (DJMax being the occasional exception), so it's really nice to see this much attention given to such an important series.
I'm a DJMax fan and play(ed) several rhythm games, yet I've only seen and played EZ2AC once. I always knew it was similar to BeatMania/DJMax, but knowing that part of the EZ2DJ team left to start Pentavision was interesting.
Thank you for making this video!
This is my 3rd time rewarching this video HELP ITS TOO INFORMATIVE
Past : EZ2DJ
Persent : EZ2ON?
after ez2dj you can't NOT mention DJMax Technika next. looking forward to it! :3
This gotta be the first music game I played in high school. I remember people would just lined up to play at the mall.
The Sea Story scandal also caused the then CEO of ANDAMIRO, to get arrested; and according to rumours, it was actually Andamiro who manufactured the EZ2DJ cabs.
Wait why was he arrested?
No, EZ2DJ cabinet was manufactured by GameWorld(게임세상), which wa dissolved in July 2000.
THE CEO OF ANDAMIRO!!!???????? WTH PIU CONNECTION
In the future, if the rhythm collab game is still active in the ez2ac arcade, hopefully we can collab piu in the ez2on reboot : r
If you look at the Namuwiki to Andamiro document, it says, "I have entered the gift card business under the name of pocket money cultural gift certificates, but it has become a perfect black history, with the CEO being arrested in relation to the story of the sea."
Amazing video! I was surprised to see my old profile during the DJMAX ONLINE FOOTAGE (I was supercool) so thanks for the memories!
9:43 Just want to say the correction, it's actually "2nd style" not "2ndMIX" of IIDX.🙏
Thank you for this! Always been intrigued by this game ever since learning the strange similarities it had with DJ Max and so annoyed that I could never get to play it. Thankful for EZ2ON
What a video!
I've been playing IIDX since around Red/happy sky, and have always been curious about the EZ games, but never new where to start or find any info. I might give some of these games a shot now.
EZ2 was a series I'd at least heard of back in the 2000s when I was heavily into the BEMANI stuff, but never got the chance to play any of it. so definitely appreciate this retrospective! honestly surprised it lasted that long considering so many of the issues some of the games seemed to have.
Ez2Dj, my beloved~
i did not expect the ez2 monolith of a video this is hype
Congrats on the 5.73K subscribers!
It was very interesting video and your analysis was great too.
I hope to known EZ2 Series to other people in the another country.
When I travel overseas, I have never seen EZ2 Series, however I hope that it will be widely known so that many people can see EZ2 Series many other countires in the future.
Thank you for making excellent video.
This video is amazing to watch! EZ2DJ doesn't seem as easy as we expected...
You should check out Rhythm Nation. It’s a Pop’n clone by ICE that’s pretty fun. It’s also the only rhythm game within a 70 mile radius of me so I’ve played it a lot.
Absolutely stellar video. You really did justice to the series. Amazing stuff
Man these games did not care about epileptics
I hope the arcades were well lit
Rhythm games arent for people with epilepsy wtf
Early games and songs hate epileptic sensitive people.
CRT screen
@@porlock_the_lock Oh yeah, I forgot that CRT screens make flash effects look way better
Amazing documentary as always!
Waiting for the RockFever one 👀
Yes, I would love to see a Rock Fever one someday too!!
So far, we have 2 IIDX clones from two competing countries outside Japan.
dropping this video just in time for kamui in respect v? #nooticing
The genre distribution of the songs in this work strangely overlaps with Beatmania Complete Mix. The genre distribution of the songs is similar, as well as the difficulty distribution of the genres. Especially Do You Remember? It can be seen that the influence of e-motion is strong for Rave as a genre . Otherwise, there is no reason to present rave as a genre rather than a music genre.
Comparing the genres of the songs in Beatmania Complete Mix and the songs in EZ2DJ 1st is as follows.
Although it is not related to the recorded songs, the system that allows you to play a specific song on the next song only when you pass a certain score on a specific stage is also influenced by Beatmania.
||genre||Beatmania||EZ2DJ||
||Hiphop||[[u gotta groove]]||[[Get the beat]]||
||Dance pop||Believe again(English in Korea)||[[Look out ~Here comes my love~]]||
||Reggae|[[Jam Jam Reggae]]||[[You love the life you live]]||
||Break-bts||2 gorgeous 4U||[[Mystic Dream 9903]]||
||TECHNO||OVERDOSER||[[Minus 1]]||
||Ballad||[[Do you love me?]]||[[Yes Yes]]||
||Funky Jazz||Stop Violence!||[[Funny Funky]]||
||House|[[20,november]]||[[Stay]]||
||House||wild I/O||[[I've Fallen]]||
||Rave||[[e-motion]]||[[Do You Remember?|Do You Remember]]||
||DnB||[[Super Highway]]||[[Quake in Kyoto]]||
||Bossa/Samba||La Bossanova de Fabienne||[[Confete]]||
God bless Fox-b
I know ez2dj got imported by people. I know it’s a lot harder than Japanese arcade cabinets. I would love to play it since it’s a unicorn rhythm game here in the US.
I enjoyed that video clip of the dancemaniax dancer lmao
bro was KILLING IT
Imagine using Windows 98 and XP and ISA cards in 2020.
They had no choice but to do that because they couldn't modify the I/O board hardware and the driver for it in any way. And making something new entirely was out of question because it would've taken too much money and resources, and this whole team barely managed to update the game itself to keep it alive.
@@Refon94ngl, the fact they managed to make it work is astounding and really impressive.
@@Refon94"""team""" you mean 1 person
@@Refon94 Thanks for the lore.
And by the way, would it be possible to run it on a modern PC or at least a shitbox? Just wondering
@@NiceUA-camr With a likely $29 budget
Woooooooow, what an involved history for EZ2DJ! It was interesting to hear that some familiar artists from DJMax (ND Lee, xxdbxx, and Forte Escape) had done stuff for EZ2DJ, and speaking of DJMax, it was also interesting that some peeps on the EZ2DJ dev team broke off to start that very series! ;u;
Also holy heck, the development cycles *were* wild, but I agree that it's cool (or dare I say, kool) that the series lasted as long as it did!
Nice retrospective, the cinematic opening was neat and overall this felt like a pretty extensive dive! :D
I've seen one of the machines when I was in Korea. Pretty bizarre to see a relatively new game still running on a CRT monitor despite all of the new arcade games these days use LCD TVs.
Was the hardware update didn't include monitor upgrades?
i dont have any nostalgia for this game but i do enjoy ez2on reboot, so this was a fun watch. it is so surprising that the game persisted for as long as it did with all the hurdles
Now do Crackin' DJ, I dare you
They could've just spelled the title differently to get around copyright
bro is preserving video game history for posterity
hope we see a vid on EZ2Golf one day
So this wa the KoF of rhythm games… an in, it just refused to die.
as a fan of ez2on this was a really fun and informative watch
thank you i've been obsessed with this game for years
A history full of "Why won't you die?!", indeed.
Thank you for your dedication!
This video should be translated and seen by people all over the world, not just in English.
is there a Subtitles offered?
This game is fun. It's like IIDX but much more approachable, not unlike DJMax. I played it on my China trip almost 20 years ago ^^
(I'm a terrible IIDX player, heheh)
i remember 1 branch of timezone philippines has this but sadly later removed in 2015-16 all i know
Yung sa alabang town center ba? Code name violet?
Meron Rin dati sa robinson ermita ez2dj platinum hehe
@@ryanlorica1234yes ysn yung alabang
Such a fantastic video! Keep up the great work :)
20년이 넘는 역사를 가진 게임
수록된 음악들이 궁금하다면 스팀에서 ez2on을 구매해보길~!
wow, you covered this topic reall in-depth! Great job! I would love to see a similar video about jubeat. I used to play Jubeat plus on my mom's phone when I was younger, but I know there used to exist a physical, arcade version aswell, and I think it's a really interesting topic
AC Jubeat still exists.
For now.
Losermanwin's Magnum opus. Mind blown.
I didn't know about this game but this video made me appreciate it more and I hope I can at least try it in the near future
I think you say According to namuwiki like 50 times
While potentially annoying, it is also very important for him to note this because namuwiki is a... weird source as stated at the start of the video.
I love your videos man keep up the good work you deserve more
The ashtray
Sooo EZ2DJ is basically korean beatmania III?
bmIII released almost a year later than EZ2DJ 1st. It would be more accurate to call EZ2DJ an attempt to make beatmania but better. Of course, Konami didn't like that at all.
@@Refon94Isn't there a borderline confirmed theory that beatmania III was made specifically so Konami could sue AmuseWorld?
@@Jono997 yeah, in the same vain that popn stage was made to sue andamiro/pump it up iirc
But as for PIU Konami didn't succeed.
More like Ez2Dj is Korean adaptation of beatmania + foot pedal.
Just started playing this game love it so far
I, for once, visited a defunct arcade branch that has EZ2DJ in it.
If only there was someone who preserve it...
the games for sure are preserved if you know where to look, not all of them tho
@@Thalesperes kinda of but the ones on the net are pre cracked
So, this is where Xonic came from...
Ez2ac endless circulation, endless circulation 2, evolve, evolve plus, parade thunder of yellow or maximum of pleasure location vegarhythm by zebra vegabiqzone at shimbashi, tokyo, japan coming soon!
Now do, dead rhythm games - O2jam
It still has a long way to being dead
@@dealerofmelonsIMO, its dead, I mean its has been revived into a horrible thing only to be killed again.
@@thenistthedev It’s being revived again into something close to the original game, O2Jam Remix, it’s not dead until VALOFE stops development for it
@@dealerofmelons I hope they stop, it just looks like lazy cash grab.
@@thenistthedev I’m pretty sure the O2Jam Interval or Jupiter admins tried to buy the IP but were ignored, things would be so much more different today
Will you do a video on DJMax Technika?
My memorial game, Easy 2 DJ Box
I just wish that EZ2ON would Include the higher keymodes. I want to play something other than just DP BMS/IIDX DP. The andromeda mode looks really fun, but there's not a US cab available to even try it. Here's what I learned... Fuck Konami!
Scunammy you might mean.
@@marsoff9898 i think the correct one the fans used is "konmai"
@@windowsxpnt2347 I came up with Scunnamy as in Konami + Scummy.
Amazing video, now i really want to know what happened to the two previous ez2on attemps, other that their failed due to unrealistic revenue plans… who develop them if amuse world/square pixels were busy with the arcade releases… also, wasn’t s3 china exclusive?
CAN YOU REMEMBER EZ2DJ?
31:25 KAMUI MENTIONED
Amazing video! Well done
pretty kool
dead rhythm games - pop'n music
what is space mix?
Space Mix is basically the 14 Key mode. 14 keys, two turntables, no foot pedals because that would be a bit TOO Insane (although that didn't stop them adding andromeda mix into Codename Violet 2 later on which is all 14 keys AND both food pedals as a literal joke mode)
Two turntables, 10 keys, 4 effect keys.
All of them are used to play Space Mix(14K Maniac).