DJMax (Korean: 디제이맥스, dijeimaegseu) is an action-rhythm video game series created by Neowiz MUCA. Games feature mostly experimental music and visual art from Korean DJs, artists and composers. Known South Korean experimental group Clazziquai Project has also made songs for the series. There are also a few Japanese composers who have given significant contributions to the series. Release history The first game in the series, DJMax Online, started on June 13, 2004 (closed alpha test) as a web based service for the Windows platform. It was only accessible from Korea, Japan and China. Since then, Pentavision has developed and published seven DJMax games mostly for the PlayStation Portable under the title DJMax Portable. Pentavision released an offline DJMax game for Windows under the title DJMax Trilogy on December 25, 2008. Trilogy is a compilation of songs from three earlier games (DJMax Online, DJMax Portable and DJMax Portable 2) and it was created to replace DJMax Online, which was taken offline on March 21, 2008. Pentavision worked together with Korean company Gammac to manufacture a special DJ controller for the game which was then bundled together with the limited edition. The controller became widely available outside the Limited Edition a few months later. Pentavision announced an arcade music game named DJMax Technika on December 31, 2008. It features a new way of playing via a bottom 22-inch touch screen. It was followed by DJMax Technika 2, which was released on March 4, 2010. DJMax Technika 3 was released in Korea on October 27, 2011. United States-based developer PM Studios officially announced on May 25, 2010 that DJMax Portable 3 would be released in North America. It was officially released October 14, 2010 on UMD and on October 19, 2010 on PlayStation Network. Tap Sonic is a spin-off of the DJMax series for the iOS and Android mobile platforms by Neowiz Internet in partnership with Pentavision. DJMax Technika Tune was announced on March 13, 2012 for release on the PlayStation Vita. It was released in 2012 in Korea, Japan and the USA. It features similar touch-based gameplay as in the Technika arcade series. Gameplay DJMax Portable and DJMax Trilogy The main gameplay is formed around the simple idea that the player must press various buttons at the correct moment, which is indicated by the music and the notes which scroll down in a tune of the music track visualized on screen. Hitting