Oh god, I'm having to dig pretty deep here to remember. In fact this answer might not exactly fall under the category 100% but it's what got me interested in this genre. Everything contributed to what I play now though, so it all has a place in my heart.
VIB RIBBON!!! It looks simple but don't underestimate this little bugger.
I also played a lot of Dancing Stage as a kid - had one of those mats that could fold up. I still have the game on me, but not the mat, not anymore at least.
I then started to bridge the gap through MTV Music Generator 2 on the PS2. I know what some of you are thinking - "IT'S NOT A RHYTHM GAME!". But that's besides the point here. Through playing this simple music making game, I got familiar with the structure of music, it taught me to appreciate not just the song, but the melody of a song, the bass of a song, the various elements of the song that piece it together.
The next game I remember afterwards must have been Guitar Hero 3, loved playing it!... up until I had a new addition to the family who played acoustic guitar, so I felt kind of stupid at that point that he could play guitar, while I could only play a virtual game. At that point I pretty much took a hiatus from rhythm gaming to work on my piano.
Nowadays, I play osu!mania and Hatsune Miku Project Diva. Still looking for more games to enjoy, but for now I'm happy
VIB RIBBON!!! It looks simple but don't underestimate this little bugger.
I also played a lot of Dancing Stage as a kid - had one of those mats that could fold up. I still have the game on me, but not the mat, not anymore at least.
I then started to bridge the gap through MTV Music Generator 2 on the PS2. I know what some of you are thinking - "IT'S NOT A RHYTHM GAME!". But that's besides the point here. Through playing this simple music making game, I got familiar with the structure of music, it taught me to appreciate not just the song, but the melody of a song, the bass of a song, the various elements of the song that piece it together.
The next game I remember afterwards must have been Guitar Hero 3, loved playing it!... up until I had a new addition to the family who played acoustic guitar, so I felt kind of stupid at that point that he could play guitar, while I could only play a virtual game. At that point I pretty much took a hiatus from rhythm gaming to work on my piano.
Nowadays, I play osu!mania and Hatsune Miku Project Diva. Still looking for more games to enjoy, but for now I'm happy
I even heard about osu! back in 2010 on FFR forums but stupidly put off trying it until almost 2013 (when I realised I wasn't really going to improve any further at Stepmania after 5 years of it)
(2009)
And I've eventually stayed with it. I became interested in other games of that type, so I've tried o2jam, unfortunately I've been on some shitty server (client crashed more times than worked) and I've found LR2 on Youtube when watching BMS stuff, about November 2013. So now I'm playing osu!, LR2, and I'm thinking about trying Stepmania or Project Diva. I might get back to o2jam some time too.