StarCreator
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I live in Hong Kong - don't think I even know any arcades without at least two jubeat machines. All the other rhythm games less common - except that washing machine vocaloid one, which is about just as popular.
One more question - how do you arrange the song list by difficulty/artist/genre/etc like you can in jubeat? also what do those lever thingies right below the screen do?
Thanks for the help - gonna start playing a ton more of this instead of jubeat, especially since it's actually possible to play this back in the states when I go back after summer...
If I were in your position, I would make the opposite decision; it would be beating jus (seriously, I don't understand what possessed them to spell the name of the series this way to this day) and washing clothes all day, every day.
IIDX arranges all its songs in folders; the SPADA folder, containing songs that premiered in that version of the game, is the one open by default. You can tap the name of that folder or press a black key to close it and go back to other folders. There are folders for each entry in the series (1st style all the way through tricoro), folders with alphabetic ranges, folders by difficulty, etc. By default the songs in each folder are arranged in difficulty order for the difficulty you selected at the time you opened the folder; this sorting method can be changed but I honestly can't recall how. If you change difficulties, you can just close and reopen the folder to resort it.
The levers affect the sound coming from the machine when the equalizer is turned on, just like it would on a typical audio amp. There are some fun things you can do with it also; for example, one of the equalizer options allows you to change the pitch of all sound coming from the machine. Most players just use it as a means to make the machine louder, though.
Also, one more note about online stuff (and you -are- playing with an eAmusement card, right?) - in HK you are likely playing on Konami's official eAmusement network, which, aside from the Round 1 locations in California, does not operate in the US. Most eAmusement enabled machines in the US actually run on a third party network called Programmed World (Round 1 is the sole exception; they are a Japanese company that made arrangements to run games in the US under their Japanese account). As such, you can use the same card for both networks, but no data is shared between the two. Konami's network also has limit for how long they preserve data for inactive users before wiping it all, so if you are not returning to an area near a Round 1 you are probably going to lose your account a couple months after you leave HK. Programmed World has no such limitation.