what the ♥♥♥♥ is going on simulator

BIT.TRIP.BEAT is the offspring of one wild night between Pong and Super Breakout while they were both totally out of their minds on the wildest acid trip. Or at least that's how I imagine it, as I've never had a wild acid trip, and I'm not sure computer games can have sexual intercourse.

BIT.TRIP.BEAT is a rather simple idea, turned into chaos due to the frantic speeds and mindwarping backgrounds on the levels. It's simple - bat a pixel back from where it came from using your panel. Do it correctly and you'll add extra notes to the music. Miss too many times and you'll GAME OVER, YEAH!
Therein lies the appeal of the entire BIT.TRIP series; the concept is simple, but the frantic speeds and ramping difficulty can make for one of the most challenging, frustrating (and if you CAN succeed) rewarding experiences in gaming.

Coupled with a strangely cheerful 'chiptunes-esque' OST this game is a deceiving evil mastermind of pure puzzle pandomonium. If that's your thing, you're going to enjoy it big time.

BIT.TRIP BEAT is a very well-made rhythm game, which downsides are the hugely frustrating difficulty and the little content. If you buy this on Steam, I dare you to try receiving a 'perfect' score on all levels or even just one level on easy and if you succeed, be very, very proud of yourself, as you'll be part of the 0.4% of people (as of now) who have accomplished this on Steam. Yeah, the game is hard and also tough on the eyes by the way, because of the vibrant moving graphics. It can be quite fun but it also doesn't have that much to offer.

This is a great little game for the price. Very retro feeling and fun to stick on and play. I'm finding the achievements pretty difficult to achieve but it's fun trying! Can be a little sore on the eyes though! :)

BIT. TRIP BEAT is just one of those games you need to play.
Not only is it extremely pleasing to the ear, has a nice challenge, but it and the rest of the games are a work of art with their story.
Unlike many games nowadays, this game and the rest of the games in the BIT. TRIP SAGA do not tell their story through lengthy exposition that bores you or dumbass cutscenes that attempt to attach you to these meaningless characters. The way the BIT TRIP games handle it is by the level backgrounds and not really revealing cutscenes. You have to look for the story in these games and interpret it as you will. And when you do discover it, it's a work of art, it's beautiful, and all of the BIT. TRIP games deserve your money.
...I actually cried at the games but that's irrelevant.
All in all, I really, REALLY recommend this game.

WARNING: This game is hard. Hope you have great mouse skills!

When I got this game from the Bit.trip Collection which was £2.99 on sale, I was not expecting much. But this game is absolutely amazing and I would call it my favourite Indie Game of all time. The concept is simple. You control a paddle and are tasked with repelling beats coming from the right side of the screen. Seems easy right? Well the game is far from it. It took me around 15 tries to complete the 3rd and last level Growth. The 2 main things I find good about this game is the astounding soundtrack which makes me glad the soundtrack was included in the collection. From the slow beautiful rhythm of Transition to the fast and epic music of Descent to the final climatic music of Growth, this game had me listening to the songs over and over again. In fact I am listening to the soundtrack right now. The other thing is the fair but tough difficulty of the game. Usually I get frustrated at hard games but this one just made me feel more determined to win next time every time I lost. My favourite part of this game is one of the parts which is most criticized. The end game boss. When I first saw the last boss I thought it was just a simple game of Pong and would be easy. Yet again the game proved me wrong with a tough as nails last boss that showed no mercy. I lost again and again and again but I just kept coming back to the fight determined to see this game through to the end. Imagine it like this. You are at the bottom of a deep well, so deep not even the smallest ray of light can be seen. Somehow you just know there is a climbable path to the top, almost impossible to traverse but that small glimmer of hope keeps you determined. You traverse the path cautiously almost falling several times but somehow managing to regain balance. As you climb up the well becomes more illuminated and more hope fills you until you reach the top. But standing there is another person who's only objective is to push you back down to the bottom. You underestimate the person and after a brief struggle you fall all the way to the bottom. Determined not to give up you yet again start climbing up the well. Eventually like before you reach the top but this time you put as much effort as you can to escaping the well and defeating that person. You fight with all your might and a fiery fury and eventually...lose. You fall back to the bottom but no way are you just going to stay here wallowing in self pity forever. You furiously climb the well again and again and again but fall back down again and again and again despite your best efforts. Then after many attempts just as you are about to fall during a battle with the person you give one last push and emerge victorious. You feel like you just won an impossible battle and won despite impossible odds. There is no feeling greater than the feeling of success you felt at that moment. That is the best way I can describe winning Bit.trip Beat. I hope the rest of the games in the series are just as brilliant as this one. I highly reccomend this and assure you it is definitely worth it to feel these amazing feelings.

Bit.Trip Beat is succinctly describable as a rhythm game in the form of Pong, but on steroids. Immediately after launching the game, players are treated to a retro art style not unlike older Atari games. The game boasts bright, solid colors and blocky sprites, even with the fonts and most of the background decorations. There are some 3d objects in the game world, but they aren't as detailed and also sport a voxel look to keep in theme with the retro style sprites. Since this is partly a rhythm game, the music plays a big role and is also outstanding while fitting the retro theme. Beeps are heard when hitting back balls in time to the music. The music for each level is more or less fits the electronic genre and acts as a backing track. When the game is played well, the beeping sounds combine with the level music to sound like a cross between chiptune and general electronic music. In addition, the menu music and credits are handled by a guest artist known for making purely chiptune tracks, and they are also very catchy when put into this game.
The gameplay is really just Pong with some extra difficulty thrown in. At first you are just hitting blocks back with a simple pattern. However, the game starts throwing in blocks that move differently. Then, it starts putting in so many blocks at once that players have to hit without missing. Hitting each block makes a note, which helps in trying to deduce the pattern of blocks headed your way along with making this a rhythm game that plays like Pong. Bosses are at the end of each level, which tend to throw blocks to hit back like in the majority of the level or also imitate other old Atari games. Part of the difficulty lies in the background and graphical effects being somewhat distracting at times, making it easy to miss when something bright or flashy suddenly appears.
Yes, there is a story in this game and series. It is really confusing but it's told throughout the Bit.Trip series. Let's just say there's a person called Commander Video and he's in this one. The cutscenes are a breather from the game action, but don't make as much sense as the trippy backgrounds when playing each level.
The game may feel pretty easy at first with the first level being a decent but doable challenge. Once the second level is reached, most players will have trouble with one of the ball patterns and end up losing the level. The game is a whole is short with times of less than 5 hours for the entire game being not uncommon, but each of the three levels take anywhere from 10-15 minutes and each level must be done all at once. Losing a level forces you to do the whole level all over. This game is definitely difficult, but rewarding once players get the pattern for each level down and know the level by heart. Thus, it may take some time replaying levels to memorize what to do in each level.
Bit.Trip Beat brings some retro styled but modern video game action with great chiptune music. The gameplay is essentially like Pong, with blocks that move in different ways and sometimes en masse. The game can get very difficult, which can be a deterrent. By playing levels over and over to know the pattern for each level, the game gets fun with the graphics and music looking great and sounding fantastic.

BIT.TRIP BEAT is a Pong pseudo rhythm game for players who prefer memorization and repetition, a niche I do not belong to. With only three levels (and a bonus level), the game is incredibly short and lacks of any kind of difficulty/learning cure as a result. If the flurry of erratic zigzagging bullets wasn't enough to give you a headache, the game attempts to distract you with a barrage of particle effects and objects in the background, many of whom are the same colors as the bullets. The music is underwhelming, especially after playing VVVVVV and Hotline Miami. Rarely does a game leave me as unsatisfied as this; if this game wasn't part of a bundle I would never own it.

If you are really good with a mouse and are quick this if for you.

Seizure Simulator 2009. Great game - addictive due to its simple mechanic and amazing OST, but is also pretty challenging to BEAT.

Bit.TRIP is musical Pong on acid. I can see where some people compare it to Audiosurf, but only insofar as both are musical games that require movement along a fixed axis. Bit.TRIP BEAT is a fantastically engaging and challenging experience well worth its low cost, especially on its fequent sales. If this game is on sale, grab it and have a ball!

BIT . TRIP BEAT a pretty simple game to stumble upon, at least when you first look at it. This game is another addition to the well known BIT . TRIP series and it keeps the series golden with its creation not disgracing the series at all, this game unlike previous BIT . TRIP games is a mimic of the Classic Game Pong however it adds a rythem mechanic to it, hence the addition of BEAT in the title. The first minute of the game you will be wondering why you had bought this game asking why you would waste even a penny to it however as the levels progress in the game you start to realize the game isn't a peice of cake as you had originally thought, as the game progressively gets harder each second. When I had first picked this game up I had enjoyed it to my hearts content although I have to admit I enjoy most rythem games but I am in no way musically talented meaning that anyone can pick up this game and be good at it. Although this game is fun, it does have a few problems, some of which could be annoying, problems include, having trouble keeping track of the bits coming to you due to the background or having bad sight this is probably the worst problem I had to deal with as it really becomes noticable as the level progresses and this could be a major problem for people who wish to obtain a perfect in the game and they ended up missing a bit because it was apart of the background, another problem can be that you feel that your mouse is too slow to keep up with the bits however this problem can be reduced with increasing mouse movement, the final problem I had noticed was that sometimes you felt that your "player" was going to hit a bit due to your preception however you will end up missing by a inch, this may be a personal problem for me and may not affect others. Even with all the problems I would still personally recommend this game because it is enjoyable to attempt to get that Perfect for the level and trying to master the game by doing so, it is also fun trying to beat others on the leaderboard as Highscores have always been my favorite setting for games, the game also has an awesome soundtrack and as I suggested before you don't have to be musically talented to be good at this game. I would recommend buying this game when it is on sale as it can cause anger with the problems I have stated above, however this game should not be ignored when it is on sale because it truely is a great game.

have you ever wondered wanted to simulate insanity through extreme rage while having a seziure from rapid flashing lights all along with cool chiptunes until the images and sounds of the annoying little pixels are stuck in your brain forever? THEN HAVE WE GOT A GAME FOR YOU™
+Pong on Drugs
+Super Hard
+Awesome Soundtrack
9/10

I dont like it. It sucks

the music and graphic are inspirated but the gameplay is so bad I wasn't able to play it for a long time

Genuinely the worst game I've ever played. I was so excited for this one due to my proficiency at rhythm games, but this one was just incorrect.

don't play if you have eplipepsi,
eye strain simulator 1945
4/20 it's okay
- IGN

Surprisingly addicting, but it's so complex, it makes Castlevania run off crying.

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