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'''''GuitarFreaks''''' (also '''''GUITARFREAKS''''', abbreviated '''GF''') and '''''DrumMania''''' (alternately '''''drummania''''', abbreviated '''''DM''''') are music video game series produced by Konami. In GuitarFreaks, the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. In DrumMania, the player must hit the drum parts when the notes reach the bottom of the screen in order to fill in missing drum parts from a song. The game consists of music predominantly from rock and roll and J-Pop genres, and is now in its 25th and 24th versions, '''GITADORA: GuitarFreaks Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE''' and '''GITADORA: Drummania Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE''' respectively, which were released in December 2016.

Earlier versions of ''DrumMania'', which includes those released before DrumMania 10th Mix, have been released in Asian countries under the title ''Percussion Freaks''.

Konami has not mass produced an American version of ''DrumMania'', primarily since John Devecka holds the US patent for "drum simulation games", which Activision had purchased and utilized in Guitar Hero series. Even with this possible obstacle in mind, Konami has tested English builds of DrumMania and Guitar Freaks V4 at the ATEI exhibition in London and at a Brunswick Zone bowling alley in Naperville, Illinois - though official releases have not been announced. Nonetheless, imported versions of ''DrumMania'' can be found in various locations across the United States and Canada.