Although the franchise has made several appearances in Asia, DJ Max Fever is the first DJMax released in the United States and Europe.

A player chooses a song, a video will start to play in the background, and the gear screen will display falling notes.

The objective of the game is to earn a high score and ranks in order to unlock more items such as avatars, songs, gears and more.

When the Fever bar is full, tapping X will double the combo and score, then triple if it is maintained properly and will continue to increase.

There is DJ Max Fever exclusive song called "Hip Hop Rescue" by "D.O" which uses the same music video as "Let Go".

The game was initially set to be released at November 11, 2008 but was delayed to January 27, 2009 due to adding additional features and a new engine called "BS" to be compatible with the PSP-3000.

[1][2] 30 limited edition versions were available to those who won the DJ Max Fever Contest hosted by Joystiq on March 16, 2009.

[3] On April 9, 2009 a second limited edition called DJ Max Fever -the crew edition- was available for pre-order by Bemanistyle.

[5] On January 20, 2010, DJ Max Fever was re-released in North America on PlayStation Network, followed by the European version on May 26, 2010.