Hey, thanks for the link! That will be an excellent resource. But alas, it appears we don't have any machines in the Toronto(Canada) area.
But yeah, Rhythm games are great! I played a ton of Guitar Hero 2-4, and then when rock band came out I really enjoyed the drums. It became a pain having all these plastic instruments around, they were expensive and broke too easily (especially the original rock band drums) So I kinda stopped playing stuff. I know I enjoyed the genre a lot, just haven't kept up with it. Until a couple weeks ago when I accidentally stumbled upon one of those Konami competitions where they showcase all of the rhythm games from Bemani and it blew my mind.
Pop'n Music, Museca, Beatmania, Sound Voltex, they all look like so much fun. Just a pain to be able to play at home, or even as a Canadian, finding an arcade
I did also discover K-Shoot Mania which is a fan made version of SDVX, so I'll probably get into that. But Pop'n, IIDX and Museca also look like so much fun. Now I find myself in the rabbit hole of custom controllers for this stuff and figuring out how to set it up at home.
Look at this beautiful controller for SDVX, $400