MTV Drumscape is a drum simulator made by the MTV company. It resembles Karaoke for drums. Its game status is always in dispute, due to it lacks any scoring system or concept of 'success/failure'. It held the drum simulation game patent in the United States, thus barring the legal lincensing of DrumMania, a competitive and similar product that is more in line of a traditional arcade game. (see: Bemani)

Players sit in front of an array of drum simulation pads, grab a pair of drumsticks, select from a large number of music tracks, and then play drums as they see fit while a time meter counts down. The manual recommends 2 minutes 15 seconds for US$1.

Drumscape machine usually have a large number of tracks on them, and the tracklist can be easily changed by the operator, in a manner similar to a jukebox.

While it was deemed more realistic by some drummers, its lack of entertainment value compared to DrumMania (with lack of scores, success/failure, and video) made it a relative failure in comparison, especially in areas where a large amount of Asians lives, such as Vancouver, B.C. of Canada. While DrumScape aims to be the only drum simulation games in North America (due to the U.S. patent, which extends into Canada), many arcades ended up importing DrumMania with much success, while those insisted on staying the legal path have their Drumscape machines gathering dust.

See also

• List of drumming games