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Andy Asteroids (MacGravel): very fun index chart with fun patterns, always a joy to play. 9/10
Aquarius (The Evil Hobo): i think this could be restepped by someone today and it be alot better but for it's time it was good 5/10
Baby Baby!! (Vospi): the song is wierd but entertaining to play 8/10
Burnin' Noumander (Zaghurim): very fun i remember it giving me trouble at times but still great work 8/10
Bury My Shell At Wounded Knee (Zaghurim): oh this file it gives me RAGE but fun regardless 9/10
Cat and Mouse (MacGravel): so cute and catchy fun index chart 8/10
Chip Trip (Syrus): decent could be made fun for today's charts 7/10
Deadline (Vospi): very fun chart simple and enjoyable 9/10
Don't Be Afraid (dAnceguy117): awesome chart still fun to this day 9/10
Eat 'Em Up! (PsychoWhitey): still fun, could be better now though 7/10
Emerald Hill Zone (GLoVE): awesome fun 9/10
Eyes of Flame (Exige): fun nice fast paced simple old school 9/10
Fever (MacGravel): this file will always be fun 10/10
Final Battle (Zaghurim):
Final Boss (MacGravel)
Flak's Theme (dAnceguy117)
For The Savior (ChickenDude)
Galagzee (Syrus)
Ganon Slayer (Tsuka)
Giygas Battle (MacGravel)
Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure (Syrus)
Hats, Gloves, and Overalls (MacGravel)
Kabuki (Psycho)
Last Battle (dAnceguy117)
Marbles (MacGravel)
Metal Warrior (Zaghurim)
Metal Warrior 3 (Zaghurim)
Mimiga Town (Exige)
Oedo (Arsimael)
Orc theme (Bursurk Lurk)
Overworld (The Evil Hobo)
Palette Polis (Patashu)
Pyramid (MacGravel)
Remodeling (Danser)
Revival Day Impoetus (DBP)
Robo's theme (Bursurk Lurk)
Scars of Time (John11)
Sewer Surfin' (Zaghurim)
Simon 1994RD (Brianachi)
Six Feet Under (Syrus)
Technodrome (Bursurk Lurk)
Tetrinet (Tsuka)
The Climax of the Tower (NuclearShadow)
The Games We Played (Bursurk Lurk)
Theme of Adol (Anobody)
Title Screen (Exige)
Top Man (Exige)
Trisection (Yesssss)
Tristram (Bursurk Lurk)
Vanilla Extract (dAnceguy117)
VGMP readme rofl what is this.txt
VGMP.jpg
Wait! (Vospi)
Wizards and Warriors (NeoMAX)
World Revolution (dAnceguy117)

Eruption- i remember a whole bunch of stink about this file back in the day because of color notes, but it's still pretty fun. a heads up though, it's not as technically accurate as it'll get; you forgot to layer the hihats
Death Moon- you're literally awful for stepping this but nonetheless it's decent. song ****ing kills it though.
Blind Justice- lmao sup Kil. This file's great, not much else needs to be said.
Anti The Holic-
Piano x Forte x Scandal- wonderfully stepped file. accurate and fun to play
Love Hina Opening- lmao kommi you scamp.
Like a Man- This is actually really fun for what it is, but i still prefer pat's file (even though it came out later)
Vidohunir- wow way to pick the worst song from Ar Tonlico. anyway this file's alright but it's nothing to write home about.
Accept The Fact- i really loathe how you do the fade in/fade out shit with your songs, but w/e. It's a decent file but feels like forever because it's just a fucen guitar solo
Necrofantasia- your layering's kinda inconsistent and also touhou
Phantom Ensemble- look i'm not usually a PR hound if your PR is so bad i can tell there's a problem with it while ****ing playing you need to rethink your file
Mad Keyboard Zone-
♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┏ ( ) ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪
Ethno Circus- these swing notes are so awkward my 12 year old sister won't shut the hell up about them on facebook
Flat Zone- this is actually pretty fun
Go Beyond!! Jazzy- lmao this was in an HSMP so i'm going to skip over it
To Make The END OF BATTLE- hey y'know this is stepmania, not paint on a wall. you don't have to have like 12 layers.
Ubertreffen- roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar
China Junk- this file was literally only put in the pack because you made graphics for the pack. owned. 0/10
~Love Shine~- i have on $230 headphones and am listening to DDR music. what a life.
also this file's ****ing boring.
Attention Grabber- Arguably one of your better files.
Fire Fire- despite 64ths i can't hate this file
Heart Of Witch-
Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr- nice file, guitar hero
Robotica- weird hold usage but i really love this file
MEIKAI-
Acid Vision- incredibly fun, great song.
Moon Child- the layering in this is weird. i can't really enjoy this
Nothing Beats- couldn't take this file seriously because i was imagining mashing it up with a Chris Brown song and could not stop laughing
Rottel-Da-STAR- wow dude give all those quads back to the college campuses you stole them from
Tewi Within- touhou
Tsugihagi Construction- god dammit this file is fuBWUH BWUH BWUH BWUH BWUHBWUHBWUH BWUH BWUH BWBWUH
Son Of Sun- definitely not what I'd expect from bufang of all people, but actually cool, aside from that goddamn 32nd part
The FCC Song-
Darhan Hall- this file's about as fun as ya dad's dick
Occult Castle Battle- fun file, cetaka
Open The World-
Spaceport Alpha-
Ristaccia- lmao this song. this seriously plays like a bad roar file. a bad. roar file.
The Creature Sealed Off!- i don't think i've ever seen anyone this dedicated to 16th notes being on the quarter beat dude. u gonna marry those yellow notes, bro?
Vox Up- go back to drinking with your chilean buddies and jerking off to jeff mangum or w/e it is you do tc
Amarillys- TC aside this is p cool (pat's v2 is best though)
101 Kittens- let's cut it down to like 2 kittens and maybe then this will be playable.
Gouin ni mai Yeah!!- anime is a dump
Champion Freeverse- i've always loved this file. ^5 wc
River Flows In You- ambien.sm
Shuriken Cut- A+ 10/10 5/5 Best New File
Poquito Mas- i REALLY wish you'd step more, wnb
But I Love U-
Brimming White-
~Stepmania Finale~- still think it would've been hilarious for you to make every note red, but a grate file nonetheless

(BMR) A - This cut of the original version is lacking the ultra classic 16 bars stepped to percussion and/or imaginary stuff. Easily worth grabbing the full one somewhere else. 4/10

(Arch0wl) Absolute (Rock Guitar) - Fun, especially in the 24th note sections. I think the BPM might be a little off, though? idr 7/10

(Cynic) Abstract - Cool for the most part, but the minijacks are brutally not-fun. I mean, I guess you can't expect someone to predict which types of injected difficulty spikes will remain playable for people 8-9 years later who all play the game in a completely different way from back then... or can you? 5/10

(Ren) Act - Kinda like High, but not as cool. 5/10

(Radical Julian) Arrabbiata - I got his name right, right? IIRC he made dope graphics for everybody, and then a couple of his own super dope files came outta nowhere. Obviously very different from modern layering techniques, but his way of consistently placing certain patterns with certain parts of the music was pretty unique and pretty awesome. 8/10

(aperson) Brace Yourself - This file was all the rage while I was still playing toddlermania. So I'd talk about how I liked dukamok's and malice's charts better or something, but this classic transcends all my inane babbling. 6.4/10 or something

(Skorpion9x) Carezza - Skor's, right? I was thinking kil's at first, haha. This song has been restepped to high hell, but this is still a nifty little file with chill piano and chill 16th stream to go with it. 6/10

(Arch0wl) Classic 8 (Time Lines) - Should've released the super BS chart he said he had in the works for this file. This chart is cool, though. 5/10

(Skorpion9x) Csikos Post - Pretty sick. Love the way that the sets of 8th jumps sort of mirror each other; I mean, I know that is/was pretty common practice, but it just works really nicely here. Kilga restepped this (really really well), and there's this one part where Kilga dropped some notes Skor had and I was like whoa skor's was wrong, but technically there's some other stuff going on other than the strings that you could claim the notes sort of flow into. Yeah. 8/10

(Ren) Cynic - If Cynic had stepped this, it would've been the #1 name combo forever. The 8th jacks are ultra classic. Some of the rest of the chart is kind of iffy. Still, it holds a place in my heart for being prolly the toughest chart in KBMP. 6/10

(Mwerp) Dogura - Had to watch a youtube video of this, because I could only remember some of it rofl. A restep should have been included in KBMP1.5 ;_;
Very nice chart. I actually feel like the inaccuracies make the chart more interesting to play. This chart is one of the easiest in KBMP, which (to me) makes it one of the most memorable ones. The background is incredible, whoa! 8/10

(Skorpion9x) Dokudenpa - Probably my favorite Sharpnel file ever. Resteps of this were quite good, but to me, the magic in this chart is irreplaceable. 10/10

(Arch0wl) Drum Machine - how many simfiles were made using this type of minimalistic song back then? hell, how many files ever? well done. 8/10

(Taren) DXY! - I didn't like IVKAS stuff back in the day but it was a pretty good prelude to modern layering. this one, though... is kind of an imposter. fairly accurate but like 0% layering and only 25% pattern repetition. 5/10

(Cynic) Era (Step Remix) - hehe just noticed KBMP1.5 credited Taren for this chart. 99% sure that ain't right. hella bs stream everywhere <3 but the buildup during the slowdown is no joke. essential. 7/10

(Cynic) Felys (Long Version) - I remember loving this chart at the time but later finding its mysterious arrow methodology to be so incomprehensible I could barely play it.
/10

(Cynic) Fire - I had lots of h8 for this chart back in the day because my arrow keys wouldn't register before the holds&taps sections. probably better than I remember but I still can't shake the feeling it's a step down from most other kbmp files. 3/10

(Fooby) Fuego (Caliente Mix) - I even thought this was understepped at the time. like, early 2004 or whenever the hell. still fun though. great song choice. 5/10

(BMR) G2 - fun chart to a IIDX song that makes sense in certain parts and is completely rando in others. aka, a BMR file. never got as popular as A or V but was in the same league really. 6/10

(Arch0wl) Geno's Woods - chill song, chill chart. smrpg is da bomb. imo the kbmp files most worth coming back to are the easiest ones. 8/10

(BMR) Gravity - lolbpmchanges. I'm being completely unfair by evaluating it vs resteps, but I would never play this over Toph's really. 5/10

(Fooby) Guillaume Tell - oh whoops I was thinking Skor's chart was in here. standard but cool. 6/10

(Reach) Halloween (Speedy Mix) - aqua. 0/1

(Ren) High - super amazing forever. phantom 8th jumps and whatnot that I wouldn't in any song/notechart combo except this one. 9/10

(?) Holic - actually used some neat techniques I didn't get at all back then, but ehhhhhh 4/10

(Cynic) Hyper Boundary Gate - I still play this. jack sections are way 2 fun. 8/10

(Kilgamayan) It's a Small World (Ducking Hardcore Mix) - best song. chart is all over da place. definitely fun but not my type of bs chart. 5/10

(Skorpion9x) Jack - jax. has minijack chains in some of the jumpstream, but unlike other KBMP charts with the same issue, the speed here is slow enough for it to not matter. pretty great really. 8/10

(Skorpion9x) K8107 - jax. mega classic. 7/10

(Cynic & Ren) Karma - would rather have their two separate charts really. 5/10

(Skorpion9x) Karma - Emerald Sword is the only Skor power metal file U need. 3/10

(Arch0wl) Kick Your A - why are all these A songs cut? the ending to the full song is vital. nice easy chart though. 5/10

(Cynic) Lab - hell yeah. gotta play this one index so the crossovers actually mean something. this one aged much better than most other Cynic charts imo. 9/10

(aperson) Leading Cyber - nahhh 4/10

(Ensyther) M - fake Taka song right? haha whatever. straightforward 8th jump / 16th stream file. clasico. 7/10

(cmcm) Manhattan Sports Club - classic as FUC. held up well. I once played this on pad and failed miserably. 9/10

(Arch0wl) Max 300 (IIDX Version) - the first half is very IVKAS and the second half is very not. fun though. 6/10

(Konami peeps) Max 300 uhh pretty damn good for a DDR chart honestly. 6/10

(Konami ppl) MaxX Unlimited - itty bitty minijacks and hold sections were REBOLUCIONARY 7/10

(Cynic) Mind Parasite - wow the ending is such trash hahahaha. 1/10

(Kilgamayan) Never Gonna Come Back Down - precursor to latter-day jumpstream! sick song. 7/10

(Arch0wl) Oi Punk - there's just something about this simfile. song is ridiculous. what the hell, pop'n music? just played this and got 94mill hahah. impervious to becoming easier as you get better at SM somehow. only logical rating = 9/10

(Arch0wl) One Winged Angel - whoa, Arch did polyrhythms before I could even pretend to fathom such a thing. ¡excelente! 9/10

(Skorpion9x) Otaku Speedvibe - neato combination of DDR and keyboard stepping elements. difficulty spike at the very end makes it a horrible, horrible chart to play for scoring. 6/10

(Skorpion9x) P8107 - really good. 9/10

(Arch0wl) PARANOiA (Bounce Connected Mix) - horribly monotonous. 2/10

(Konami bros) PARANOiA Survivor MAX - I passed this once on pad ever. still scares me/10

(Arch0wl) PARANOiA -Respect- - kinda like Oi Punk difficulty-wise, but it has one hard part instead of two and it's lame instead of fun. 3/10

(Ren) Petrification - I'm still a sucker for most of Ren's bs, but this one doesn't do the trick. 4/10

(ddrmaniak or something) Pump Me Up Amadeus - woeful. even the name of the song is wrong. 2/10

(Mwerp) Prophetess - sick song. bonus points for being one of the most playable charts out of kbmp's most difficult offerings. 8/10

(Eggman) Quasar - the birth of cookie-cutter 16th stream??? it's an established classic but I'm a rebel. 3/10 WHAT NOW

(Cynic) R8U - maybe my favorite "create your own rhythms" chart ever? 9/10

(Ren) Reincarnation[a] - lol at how Ren thought she was being fan-c with the grace notes and then added one in the piano section where it didn't belong. cool chart. 7/10

(Cynic) Release Your Mind - kinda like Mind Parasite, only way more acceptable. bonus points for making a neat chart out of a song that should never have been stepped. 7/10

(Ren) Ride on the Light - the entire thing is 8th stream with jumps and a bogus mystery note between pairs of jumps. it just so happens to be fun as hell. 7/10

(aperson) Run the Place Red - iirc the kbmp1.5 version screwed up this chart. if you only keep five files from kbmp1, make RTPR one of them. 9/10

(Jello) S.O.S. - incredibly unfair again but just get Toph's if anything. 4/10

(individuals working for Konami) Sakura - wait was this really in kbmp? heavy is harder than oni, so -1/10

(Kilgamayan) Sakuranbo Kiss (from Colourful Kiss) - anime stuff not really my thing, but Kilga made it work, big time. 9/10

(Mwerp) Samurai Zero - simple, clean, effective. 8/10

(Jello) Senorita (Speedy Mix) - I'm sure some people would like this, but it's really not for me. 4/10

(Kilgamayan) Slam - not many charts out there quite like this one, I don't think. well done. 7/10

(Cynic) Snow - enjoyable nonsense. 6/10

(Toph) Somebody Like You - blargh. one of my least favorite Toph files. 4/10

(Eggman) Spooky - very interesting. there's some strict layering as well as some "I'm stepping this! - no, that! - wait, this!" kind of everything at once. the chart is really different and rather enjoyable. the speedup on the last note is just a middle finger to anyone with a good score going haha. 7/10

(Cynic) Star Field - out of this whole pack, I think this chart shows its age the most. that's not a bad thing, really. here's a pretty nice song that would have made for a seriously lame simfile based on typical note-to-sound principles, and instead we get a totally playable chart. more than anything I think it's a testament to the idea that different music lends itself to different stepping styles. 6/10

(Cynic) Summer Vacation (Bounce Connected Style) - sooooo laem compared 2 my restep for 1.5, pshh. just kidding. this one actually has a lot more in common with my chart than I had thought. some 24th stuff would make it more fun though. would be 6/10 but the minijack syndrome is outta control. 5/10

(Arch0wl) Super Mario Bros. (Dirty Mix) - kind of a super early attempt at stepping breakcore-type patterns, huh? it was fantastic back then, but it's not anymore. 4/10

(Arch0wl) Sync - get Toph's if you want a Sync simfile. don'tcare/whatever

(Mwerp) Tension - nonsense, and not in a good way. has there been a good restep of this? I'd like to play it. 4/10

(Skorpion9x) The 24th D - minijacks and 32nd trillz. cool song. 6/10

(Bronami) The Legend of MAX - mildly enjoyable nonsense. 4/10

(aperson) The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing - what's this? musical diversity in kbmp? I refuse 2 believe it. chart is very nice. 8/10

(Mwerp) Tougen 0 - idr if it's accurate or anything, but it's fun. 7/10

(BMR) V - what can I say here? it's a pretty rough translation of the IIDX chart. everyone has played it. most people find it fun, as do I. if you're stranded on a deserted hard drive and can only keep 10 simfiles, this one ought to make the cut. 8/10

(cmcm) V (Heavy Beat Remix) - a nice trilling exercise. I think more keyboard charts could use really calm, easy sections like this one has. dynamics in difficulty, if you will. 6/10

(Mwerp) Vanish into Thin Air - the difficulty spike close to the beginning is pretty awkward. good fun otherwise. 6/10

(Radical Julian) Vook - solid, but very dated and has since been restepped to perfection pretty much. 5/10

(Mwerp) Votum Stellarum - the simfile from KBMP is unplayable, because the last third or so was shifted an 8th note forward somehow. the chart itself is pretty great. I think a newer and more technical approach would fit the song much better. (thank you KBMP1.5!) notechart = 8/10, KBMP version = 0/10

(Kilgamayan) Waka Laka - a little rando at times, but nice overall. the song is unbelievably silly. 7/10

(Arch0wl) War Game - some nonsense notes here and there, which is weird considering how slow and straightforward the music is. still pretty badass. 7/10

(Arch0wl) Will O' the Wisp - this chart used to be oni. I liked the heavy chart best song doesn't really lend itself to being stepped semi-accurately like this. needs more bs. 4/10

(Cynic) Y31 - weak. simple 8th patterns with jumps would work just fine, but the notechart doesn't correspond to the music at all, and that just doesn't work here. 2/10