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RedOctane is an electronic entertainment company founded in 1999. In August of that year, they began operation as the world's first online video game rental service. Today, they also design and produce dance pads and other video game accessories. Recently, they expanded into publishing original video games as well. On May 2006, video game publisher Activision announced plans to acquire RedOctane.

RedOctane is best known for their soft dance pads called the Ignition series. These pads have foam blocks inside them, which can be removed to allow the pad to be folded. Their current top-of-the-line pad is called the "Ignition 3.0" pad, featuring cords that can connect to a PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, or a PC. Its directional pads are raised.

RedOctane recently produced their first metal pad with recessed arrows. It was named the Afterburner, in a "pad-naming" contest held by RedOctane. The winner(s) were awarded a free copy of In The Groove.

Their first video game product is In The Groove, a new entry in the dance game genre produced by Roxor Games. The game consists of all the songs in the arcade version, and four new songs from the In The Groove 2 arcade game.

Their second video game product is an all new rhythm/music game called Guitar Hero, developed by Harmonix. The game consists of 30+ licensed tracks and uses a custom designed guitar peripheral.

Product Problems

Many people have had problems with the RedOctane Ignition 3.0 Multi-Platform dance pad, claiming it "lagged" (the key response rate was unacceptably slow) and padmissed (key presses occasionally did not register).

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