User manual GAMES PS2 FREQUENCY

[. . . ] CONTENTS Setting Up Your Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Memory Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Multitap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Controller Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hitting the Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Feel the Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Game Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Game Mode Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Remix Mode Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 FreQuency Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FreQuency Activator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Scratcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Playing Game Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Skill Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Arenas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bonus Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Player Stats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Solo Game Powerups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing Remix Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Creating a Remix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playing Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Overdubbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Erasing Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Switch Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Advancing Through Sections . . . . . . . . 20 Saving a Remix Mode Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Jukebox: Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Loading a Custom Remix to the Game Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Create the FreQ, Your DJ Alter Ego . . . 22 Select a Basic FreQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Create a Unique FreQ from Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Modify a Basic FreQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Save Your FreQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Load Your FreQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Pause Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Game Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Multiplayer Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Start a Multiplayer Game or Remix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Multi Game Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Multi Game Powerups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Who's in the Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Multi Remix Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Saving and Loading Game Data. . . . . . . . . 31 Virtual Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Music in FreQuency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2 3 SETTING UP YOUR CONSOLE Set up your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment disc tray system according to the RESET instructions in the manual. button (OPEN) Make sure the MAIN POWER button switch (located in the back USB connector of the console) is turned ON. S400 i. LINK connector Press the STANDBY/RESET controller port 1 controller port 2 button. When the power indicator lights up, press the OPEN button and the disc tray will open. [. . . ] · Make sure each track and section has enough notes on it for people to have fun while playing in Game Mode. · When making a multiplayer remix, take time to listen to what others are doing, so your tracks fit the mix. · Try turning off Loop Mode and adding some cool drum fills at the end of a section to create a transition to the next section. CREATE THE FREQ, YOUR DJ ALTER EGO A FreQ is your on-screen DJ alter ego. You can create a FreQ at the beginning of the game and edit his or her appearance on the FreQmaker screen anytime. Use the FreQ to identify and reload saved game campaigns. FreQuency comes with 20 basic FreQs. The first time you play FreQuency, the Create Your FreQ screen appears. If you just want to select a FreQ and start playing: 1. Press the Directional button or left analog stick LEFT/RIGHT to select one of the basic FreQs and press the button. On the keyboard screen, enter up to 12 letters or numbers to name your FreQ. To remove a letter, select BACKSP (ß) and press the button. When you have the name you want, select ENTER ( button) and press the button. See "Virtual Keyboard" on page 32 for a full list of quick controller keys. Note: FreQuency is not USB Keyboard compatible. Create a Unique FreQ From Scratch Select CREATE NEW FREQ. FreQs are created with pieces called "stamps". You can place multiple stamps of the same type on the FreQ canvas. Each FreQ may consist of a maximum of 16 stamps. . Directional button or left analog stick UP/DOWN Highlight stamp in Attribute field. Directional button or left analog stick Add stamp to FreQ Canvas . button Change position of selected stamp . . right analog stick Move selected stamp to the front . button Move selected stamp to the back . [. . . ] administered in the United States and Canada by Universal ­ Polygram International Publishing, Inc. [ASCAP] P 2001 Paul Oakenfold LLC International Rights Secured. "Selecta" Written & Performed by Ethan E Eves www. e3-music. com © 2001 Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. "Smart Bomb" Written by Brian Transeau Performed by BT © 2000 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. [. . . ]