''Music 3000'' (known in North America as ''Funkmaster Flex's Digital Hitz Factory'') is a

music sequencer A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling Musical note, note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open ...

program and

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developed and published by

Jester Interactive Jester Interactive is a video game developer based in Flintshire, Wales in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1997 as a trading arm of Morgan Computing Limited. It would later trade under the name Jester Interactive Limited, and after going ...

exclusively for

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. The game is a sequel to ''

Music 2000 ''Music 2000'' (known in North America as ''MTV Music Generator'') is a music sequencer program and music video game developed by Jester Interactive and published by Codemasters for the PlayStation and Windows in 1999. It is a sequel to ''Music' ...

'' from 1999. It is the second rhythm game to feature

Funkmaster Flex Aston George Taylor Jr. (born August 5, 1967), professionally known as Funkmaster Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Ho ...

in the title after '' MTV Music Generator 2''.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the

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website

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. ''

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'' called it "One of the most comprehensive entries in the music-creation genre." ''

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'' said of the game, "The Voice 2 Music feature is enough to merit that purchase by itself." '' PSM'' said, "With patience, ''DHF'' can deliver with massive funkmaster flexibility." However, ''

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'' said that Jester Interactive had "screwed up the once-intuitive interface, replacing it with this monstrosity, which makes everything dependent on using the right analog stick and the clumsy R3 button."

References

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* 2003 video games Audio mixing software Jester Interactive games Multiplayer and single-player video games Music (video game series) Music video games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Video games based on real people Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{music-videogame-stub