User: chrisdanford

Re:Try it on your PC - StepMania!

On: A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena

Actually, there are quite a few PSX->USB convertors that will work without modding your pad. These convertors map the PSX directional input to USB buttons, so you don't have the L+R or U+D axes problem.

I know these work from experience
I hear these work
And I hear these work too

Links to download program and songs

On: A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena

StepMania web site
SourceForge project page

Songs for download:
DDRManiaX
DDR East Invasion

My apologizes for the sloppy posting. This is my final post :-)

Re:Try it on your PC - StepMania!

On: A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena

Oh my. How silly of me to forget the links!

http://www.stepmania.com
http://sourceforge.net /projects/stepmania/

Songs for download:
http://www.ddrmaniax.net/ddrmaniax/
ht tp://www.ddrei.com/

Try it on your PC - StepMania!

On: A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena

I work on an open-source DDR/Pump simulator called StepMania. It's almost feature identical to the DDR MAX/MAX2 and has a ton of customizable features.

Download StepMania, download some songs, and at play it with a keyboard. Slowly you'll start tapping your toes. Then, buy some pads, some USB convertors, and practice up. You'll be ready to wow everyone at the arcade!

Try it without going to the arcade

On: Video Games in Gym Class - DDR 101?

If you want to see what DDR is like or practive your moves before going to the arcade, check out
StepMania, an open-source DDR simulator for the PC. A SDL port is in the works. If you're interested in helping with the project, please contact me!

Re:Take a look again

On: PDA Wars: HP Strikes Back With New Jornadas

I think you are quoting the old numbers from Q1 2000. By Q1 2001, it's a completely different story...

Western Europe's mobile device market:

Q1 2000 share:
Compaq 2.2%
HP 4.0%

Q1 2001 share
Compaq 11.9%
HP 4.1%