Vib Ribbon

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Vib-Ribbon(ビブリボン) is a game for Sony Playstation developed by NanaOn-Sha which was released in 1999. It was considered one of few avant-garde rhythm video game at the time and only to be released in Japan/EU. The game features unique vector line engine to form visual representation of songs featured by Laugh & Peace(ラフ・アンド・ピース) of which composed by Masaya Matsuura, a video game designer and musician who worked on PaRappa the Rapper, UmJammer Lammy and Vib-Ribbon sequal, Vib-Ripple. Since the game features on-the-fly vector line engine to process the realtime audio EQ wavelines, it was able to support third party songs by placing your own audio CD into a Playstation unit and have dynamic game play to correspond with your music. The frequency of an audio track enabled the vector engine to draw out number of different obsticle elements in which the user were to dodge in order to proceed and complete the objective of the game. Thus, Vib-Ribbon's audio tracks featured more of untraditional experienmental J-Pop style of music which was highly praised by import gaming community and generally avant-garde way of thinking by any music standards. For example, quarter note crotchet musical rhythm transforming into sixteenth note semiquaver abruptly, etc. The unique musical tracks featured in this game are officially licenced by Kingrecords and sold as Vib-Ripple&Vib-Ribbon Original Soundtrack CD released in 2004. Laugh & Peace have yet to release any of the music featured in Vib-Ribbon

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