David Bernardini (born February 11, 1983) is locally well-known in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area for his skill as a regular In The Groove player at the Coliseum in Camp Hill and Family Fun Center in Colonial Park Mall (at which locations he is better known by his nickname "Ace"). He is also quickly gaining popularity as a StepMania simfile author, having written a total of 107 original simfiles to date. His pen name has started gaining recognition alongside other more prolific simfile authors, and is becoming one of the more popular go-to stepchart authors for anime and cartoon song simfiles.

Skill Level edit

On Foot in the Arcade

David is capable of clearing 12s and 13s, and is working on building enough stamina to pass his first 14.

Though he knows many others older than him who play on Expert difficulty, at 27 years old, he believes he is the oldest person in the Harrisburg area to clear a 13. He is uncertain if he is correct in making that statement; however, no one has yet stepped up to say otherwise.

Chart-Writing Tendencies edit

He has a tendency to write charts for anime titles, and/or songs that are cute in nature (though he has been known to chart for a serious song here and there).

David is known to love rolls. As a result, they often find their way into his simfiles.

Project Involvement edit

Otaku's Dream 5th Anime Mix

12 of David's anime-related simfiles appear in Otaku's Dream 5th Anime Mix, released on September 16, 2008:

  • Galaxy Bang Bang -Long Version-
  • Hare Hare Yukai
  • Ike Ike
  • Kaze Ni Nare
  • Little Wing
  • Little Wish -Long Version-
  • Mahoro De Mambo
  • Ride On Shooting Star
  • Sailor Moon
  • That Chap -Long Version-
  • The Power of Love
  • White Destiny -Long Version-

David had submitted 4 other simfiles as well, all works done by Cristina Vee. Though, notably, they met all other criteria, in the end, they couldn't be included in the pack because they were unofficial works. (For the record, those four titles were "Bouken Desho Desho -English Fandub-," "God Knows -English Fandub-," "Sakura Kiss -English Fandub-," and "Hare Hare Yukai -English Fandub-.")


Collaborations edit

Two of the simfiles in David's simfile pack are collaborative efforts: "God Knows -English Fandub-" is a collaboration with DMAxel (who wrote Novice, Easy, Medium, and a Hard chart included as an edit), and "Makes Me Wonder" is a collaboration with KingSpadedAndy (who wrote the Hard chart).

Ace Of Hearts Simfiles edit

Main Simfile Pack

David offers his simfile pack for download on his website, which currently consists of a total of 78 songs (all of which have all five difficulty levels, except for his "novelties," which have all difficulties except Expert). Every song in his pack is ready for play as an ITG 2 custom song. (Songs currently in his "Recycle Bin" are also included in this list.)

The following table shows the basic information for all the songs included in his simfile pack.

For easy reference, the difficulty names have been abbreviated and their columns colored as follows: N = Novice (purple), E = Easy (green), M = Medium (yellow), H = Hard (red), Ex = Expert (blue).

Background and lyric features are also noted to the right for your reference. For backgrounds, "picture" indicates one still photo, "BG Changes" indicates changes between several photos, and "Video" indicates that the background video is included. For lyrics, "Yes" indicates there's a lyrics file, "No" means the song has lyrics but a lyric file hasn't been written, and "None" indicates the song is entirely instrumental and does not have any lyrics.

Title Artist Difficulties Features
N E M H Ex Background Lyrics
100 Sec. Kitchen Battle Orange Lounge 2 4 6 8 11 Picture No
777 Eel 1 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Agony Kotoko 2 5 8 11 13 Picture No
Aijou Education Little Non 2 4 7 9 Picture No
Ai no Senshi Yoko Ishida 1 3 6 8 11 Picture No
Alchemy Girls Dead Monster 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
Alice -> Sweet Iosys 2 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Alphabet Song Children's Song 1 3 5 8 10 Picture No
Always Shin Ji 2 3 6 8 10 Video No
Angel's Eyes Brisk & Ham 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
Animals Nickelback 1 3 6 8 10 Picture No
Boozehound Amane 3 6 9 11 13 Picture No
Bouken Desho Desho -English Dub- Cristina Vee 1 3 5 7 9 Video Yes
Catch Me If You Can -Long Version- Angela Via 1 3 5 8 9 Picture No
Caramelldancing Caramell 1 3 6 8 11 Video Yes
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers Disney 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
Christmas For You! Idolm@ster 2 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Christmas Memories BoA 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
Cirno's Perfect Math Class Iosys 2 5 7 9 12 Video No
C'mon Go Betty Go 2 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Cosmetic Happy Nagisa Cosmetic 1 4 6 8 9 Picture No
Cut the Crap Alice in Videoland 2 5 7 9 Video No
Danjo Tarou 1 4 6 8 10 Video No
Da Shit -Eastwood Jacks Red Mix- Agemixer 1 3 6 8 10 Video None
Doki Doki Smile.dk 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
DuckTales Theme Jeff Prescotto 1 3 5 7 9 Video No
Dum Dadi Do Nightcore 3 6 9 11 14 Picture No
Egg Song I Love Egg 1 3 5 7 Video No
Electric Slide Marcia Griffiths 1 4 6 8 10 Picture No
The Festival of Ghost 2 Brandy 2 4 7 9 11 Picture No
First Kiss -Fandub- Cristina Vee & WhatOcean 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
F-O-E! Iosys 2 5 7 9 11 Video No
Galaxy Bang Bang -Long Version- Angel-Tai 1 3 6 8 10 Picture No
Gee Girls' Generation 1 3 7 9 11 Picture No
God Knows -English Fandub- Cristina Vee 2 3 6 8 10 Video Yes
Go Go Power Rangers The Mighty RAW 1 3 6 8 10 Video No
Go My Way!! The Idolm@ster 2 4 6 8 10 Video No
Hakurei Jinja Iosys 2 3 6 8 10 Video No
Hare Hare Yukai Aya Hirano 2 4 6 8 10 Video Yes
Heathcliff Theme (Unknown) 2 4 6 8 10 Video Yes
Ike Ike Tri-Star 1 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Imagination SHK 2 4 7 9 11 Picture No
Kaze Ni Nare JAM Project 1 3 6 8 9 Video Yes
Lazy Generation The F-Ups 2 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Let Me Be With You Round Table feat. Nino 1 3 5 7 9 Video No
Little Wing Masami Okui 1 3 5 8 9 Video Yes
Little Wish -Long Version- Yukari Tamura 2 3 6 8 10 Video Yes
Lollipop Mika 2 4 7 9 Picture No
Love Beam Loos 2 4 7 9 11 Video Yes
Love, Peace and Ice Cream Hazel Nuts Chocolate 1 4 6 9 Picture No
Mahoro De Mambo Triomatic 1 3 5 7 9 Video Yes
Makes Me Wonder Maroon 5 1 4 6 8 9 Picture No
Marisa Stole the Precious Thing Iosys 1 4 6 8 11 Video No
Marisa Tanked My Score with an Incredible Hand Iosys 3 5 7 10 13 Video No
Motteke! Sailor Fuku -Metabo Taisaku Mix- Lucky Star Cast 2 5 8 11 13 Picture No
My Kitten Thyme 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
My Shiny Teeth and Me Chip Skylark 1 3 6 7 9 Video Yes
My Soul, Your Beats! Lia 1 3 5 7 9 Video Yes
My Soul, Your Beats! -Rock Mix- Girls Dead Monster 1 3 6 8 10 Video No
Optical Cellophane SoundHolic 2 4 7 9 11 Video No
Oyome Ni Shinasai Iosys 2 4 7 9 Video No
Pokemon Theme Jason Paige 1 3 5 7 9 Video Yes
Princess Bride Kotoko 2 4 7 10 12 Picture No
Princess Bride -Rock Mix- Kotoko 2 4 6 9 11 Picture No
Ride On Shooting Star The Pillows 1 3 5 7 9 Video Yes
Rock the Boat Hues Corporation 1 3 6 8 9 Picture No
Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi 2 4 6 8 10 BG Changes Yes
Sailor Star Song Kae Hanazawa 2 4 5 7 10 Video No
Sakura Kiss -English Dub- Cristina Vee 1 4 6 8 10 Video Yes
Sakuranbo Ai Otsuka 1 4 6 8 Video No
Speedy Speed Boy Marko Polo 1 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Starstrukk 3Oh!3 2 4 6 8 10 Picture No
Sunny Starry Carnival Fether 1 3 6 9 11 Picture None
Super Mario Hyadain 2 4 6 8 10 Video No
Super Mario Bros. Super Show Theme SMB Super Show 1 4 6 8 10 Video No
Suppuration -Core- Kotoko 2 6 8 10 12 Picture No
Sweet Bitter Beauty Song K-On 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
Take On Me A-ha 1 3 5 7 9 Video No
Tale Spin Theme Disney 1 4 6 8 10 Video No
That Chap -Long Version- Dicot 2 4 7 9 11 Picture No
The Pineapple Song Good Size 1 3 6 8 Picture No
The Power of Love Jennifer Cihi 2 3 6 8 11 Picture Yes
To Do What I Can Yoko Ishida 2 3 6 8 10 Video No
Tora Dora Anime Mix Nico Nico Douga 2 4 7 9 11 Video No
Toreador Song Georges Bizet 1 3 5 7 9 Picture No
Triple Baka Miku Hatsune 1 3 6 8 10 Video No
Walkie Talkie Man Steriogram 1 3 6 9 11 Picture No
Waves DJ Satomi 2 4 6 8 10 Picture No
White Destiny -Long Version- Yoko Ishida 1 3 6 9 12 Picture No
World's End Dancehall Miku Hatsune & Luka Megurine 2 4 7 9 11 Picture No
You're the Inspiration Julian Miranda 2 4 6 8 Picture No
Zettai Love x Love Sengen The Children 2 5 7 9 11 Picture No

Promotions

David's simfiles are currently being promoted by several YouTube videos' entries (obviously with the approval of the videos' owners). These are the videos currently promoting David's simfiles:

Ace Of Hearts Simfiles on Hacked ITG Cabinets

David's simfile pack is on the ITG machine in the Family Fun Center at Harrisburg Mall (in Harrisburg, PA).

Singles

David has also released 13 singles, which he has recently started releasing as a separate pack. The information is as follows:

Title Artist Difficulties Features
N E M H Ex Background Lyrics
Cheer! -Long Version- Sakai Kanako 9 Picture No
Crow Song Girls Dead Monster 10 Picture No
Fighting Dreamers -Long Version- Flow 9 Picture No
Fly Away Thyme 9 Picture No
Heartful Song Nana Mizuki 7 Picture No
Innocent Starter -Long Version- Nana Mizuki 9 Picture No
Joint -Long Version- Mami Kawada 10 Picture No
Life is Like a Boat -Long Version- Rie Fu 8 Picture No
Lucky Star -Long Version- Sayuri Yoshida 9 Picture No
Sabishinbou Chata 8 Picture No
Sayonara, Solitaire Chiba Saeko 9 Picture No
Telescope -Long Version- Sleepin' Johnny Fish 8 Picture No
Yorokobi no Carol Junko Iwao 8 Picture No

Recommendations

David understands that his pack is sizable, and that people who wish to play from his pack may not want all of his songs, or are unsure which ones are popular or among his best works. Thus, he remits this list of 15 songs which he believes represent his pack's highlights:

  • Alphabet Song
  • Always
  • Angel's Eyes
  • Caramelldancing
  • Catch Me If You Can -Long Version-
  • Electric Slide
  • Hakurei Jinja
  • Hare Hare Yukai
  • Love Beam
  • Mahoro De Mambo
  • My Kitten
  • Princess Bride
  • Ride On Shooting Star
  • Sailor Moon
  • Sakura Kiss -English Fandub-

Controversy

"Caramelldansen -English Fandub-" by Cristina Vee had been found to be a copyright infringement by Caramell's record company, Remixed Records. In light of this discovery, even though he was never officially ordered to do so, David voluntarily removed the song from his simfile pack. It has since been replaced by a simfile of the official English version, "Caramelldancing."