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A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena

Posted by timothy on from the perhaps-it's-a-good-weight-loss-plan dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I just saw a rather interesting article over at LANParty.com about breaking into the world of Dance Dance Revolution. The article has a humourous story about going from DDR mocker to DDR fanatic thanks to a seven-year-old kid. Also, it has reviews of some home DDR equipment for those too timid to play in public. The article is written from a beginner's perspective, and has some good resources for newbies! If you've ever thought of hopping up and 'busting a move', be sure to check it out."

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  1. Beyond DDR by frohike · · Score: 4, Informative

    We (Cryptic Allusion) are also developing a Dreamcast game with the freely available homebrew tools to go beyond the basic get-as-many-steps-right-as-you-can of DDR to something much closer to Puyo Puyo or Puzzle Fighter. Here's the link:

    Feet of Fury

    There's also Dance With Intensity that someone developed to play DDR songs on your PC, assuming you can track down the step files and MP3s/OGGs.

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  2. here's some videos by Kargan · · Score: 4, Informative

    If, like, me, after reading the descriptions you're still having a hard time picturing just exactly what this game is about, here's a site with some videos, looks like mostly from tournaments.

    http://www.ddrfreak.com/videos.php

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  3. Re:Try it on your PC - StepMania! by prizog · · Score: 4, Informative

    For non-Windows users, try PyDDR.

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  4. Re:Whoa, I live under a rock. by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 4, Informative

    want to see what it looks like in live action:

    its a java launch - so go here:

    www.ehowa.com
    click on enter
    click on downloads at top
    open "dancewhiteboy.wmv" to see a really good
    white kid DDRing

    FUNNNY stuff

  5. DDR does exist for the PC by Ryu2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Contrary to what the article said, there is a REAL DDR port by Konami for the PC that just came out recently... I've seen it for sale at Fry's electronics. You can use a dance pad that connects via the USB cable.

    It's DDR 3rd mix only, though, I believe.

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  6. Modding your dance pads by drivers · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want your home DDR pads to last you need to take a trip down to Home Depot (or Lowes or whatever) get some supplies and mod your soft pad into a durable hard pad. Follow the instructions here: home modding