Taiko no Tatsujin

Taiko no Tatsujin
Developer(s)	Taiko Team
Publisher(s)	Namco (now Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Release date(s)	February 21, 2001
Platform(s)	Arcade (Namco System 10)
Genre(s)	Rhythm

Taiko no Tatsujin (Japanese: 太鼓の達人, Taiko no Tatsujin) is the very first Taiko no Tatsujin arcade released on February 21, 2001. It was the first release in the Taiko no Tatsujin series.

Gameplay

The basic set-ups of the Taiko no Tatsujin arcade is as follows:

• A monitor, which displays the song selection menu and gameplay screens.
• A pair of taiko drums, which has sensors built into the faces and the rims. Those sensors registers the inputs as player hits the drum with the bachi sticks.
• 2 pairs of bachi sticks, which the player can welds to hits the drum with.

The arcade is split into three difficulties: Easy, Normal and Hard, however it should be noted that not all songs/musics has the same difficulty sets. It supports up to two players at a time.

The arcade runs on Namco System 10 arcade system board, whose processing power is similar to that of Sony's original PlayStation console.

Song list

Music/song name Original Artist	Note(s)	Genre(s)	Extra
Doraemon Ondo Nobuyo Ohyama, Koorogi '73 ドラえもん音頭 大山のぶ代・こおろぎ'73	Insert song of TV anime series Doraemon (Second series).	Ondo	No	1
Anpanman no March Dreaming アンパンマンのマーチ ドリーミング	Opening theme song for TV anime series Soreike! Anpanman.	Animation	No	1
Dai-chan Kazoe Uta Yoshimi Tendoh 大ちゃん数え唄(いなかっぺ大将) 天童よしみ	Opening theme song fo TV anime series Inakappe Taishō.	Animation	No	2
Tankou Bushi 炭坑節		Children & Folk	No	2
Sazae-san Ikka Yuuko Uno サザエさん一家 宇野ゆう子	First ending theme song for TV anime series Sazae-san.	Animation	No	3
Theme from Lupin III '78 Yuji Ohno ルパン三世のテーマ'78 大野雄二	1st opening theme music for TV anime series Lupin the Third Part II.	Animation	No	3		4
LOVE Machine Morning Musume LOVEマシーン モーニング娘。		J-Pop	No	3
Suudara Bushi Hajime Hana and the Crazy Cats スーダラ節 ハナ肇とクレージーキャッツ		Comedy	No		1
Chocotto Love Petitmoni ちょこっとLOVE プッチモニ		J-Pop	No		2
Hello! Don-chan Yuri Misumi ハロー！どんちゃん みすみゆり	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	J-Pop	No		2
Drift Ondo The Drifters ドリフ音頭 ザ・ドリフターズ		Comedy	No		3
GOLDFINGER '99 Hiromi Go GOLDFINGER '99 郷ひろみ		J-Pop	No		3
HOTEL PACIFIC Southern All Stars HOTEL PACIFIC サザンオールスターズ		J-Pop	No		4
Fly! Gundam Koh Ikeda 翔べ！ガンダム 池田鴻	Opening theme song for TV anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.	Animation	No		4
Taiyou mo Yappappa Yuri Misumi 太陽もヤッパッパー みすみゆり	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	Dance	No		4
Mappy Ondo Nobuyuki Ohnogi (Original), Yuri Misumi (Arrange) マッピー音頭 大野木宣幸 (原曲)、みすみゆり(編曲)	Remix of music from video game Mappy.	Namco	No		4
Love You☆Don-chan Yuri Misumi ラブユー☆どんちゃん みすみゆり	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	Dance	No		5
Uchuu Senkan Yamato Isao Sasaki, Musical Academy 宇宙戦艦ヤマト ささきいさお、ミュージカル・アカデミー	Opening theme song for TV anime series Space Battleship Yamato.	Animation	No			1
Off Rock Yuri Misumi オフ♨ロック みすみゆり	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	Boogie	No			2
Jigoku no Taiko Jiten Yoshihito Yano 地獄の太鼓事典 矢野義人	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	Rock	No			2
Gachaman no Uta Masato Shimon, Colombia Yurikagu Kai ガッチャマンの歌 子門真人、コロムビアゆりかご会	First ending theme song and second opening theme song for TV anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.	Animation	No			3
Taiyou ni Hoero no Theme Katsuo Ōno 太陽にほえろのテーマ 大野克夫	Main theme music from TV drama series Taiyou ni Hoeru!	TV Theme	No			3
Omatsuri Ninja Ninja (Group) お祭り忍者 忍者		J-Pop	No			4
Kimi ni, Romantic Nobuyoshi 'SanoDG' Sano 君に、ロマンティック。 佐野電磁	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	Techno	No			4
Go Go Kitchen Yuri Misumi ゴーゴー･キッチン みすみゆり	Song debut in Taiko no Tatsujin.	Ska	No			5

External link

• Taiko no Tatsujin official website (Japanese)