| Dance Dance Revolution |
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| Developer(s) |
Konami |
| Publisher(s) |
Konami |
| Release date(s) |
October, 1998 (JP)
August 12, 1998 (NA)
January 13, 1999 (AU) |
| Genre(s) |
Music |
| Mode(s) |
Multiple one-player dance dance revalution and two-player modes |
| Platform(s) |
Arcade game |
| Input |
Two 4-panel dance pads, six buttons |
| Arcade cabinet |
Custom |
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- 1 Gameplay Details
- 1.1 Other dance dance revolution Modes
- 2 Game Versions
- 2.1 Arcade free dance dance revolution music Machines
- 2.2 Home Releases
- 2.2.1 DDR Japanese Home Releases
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- 3.2 Internet Fandom
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- 4 In Popular Culture
- 5 See also
- 6 External links
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Game Versions
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Dance Dance Revolution Solo machines have smaller cabinets, and only one dance dance revolution captian jack dance pad, which includes "Up-Right" and "Up-Left" arrows, in addition to dance dance revolution characters those previously mentioned. There is no dance dance revolution ddr max songs ps2 metal bracket surrounding the "Up R/L" arrows, which can dance dance revolution disney ps make stepping difficult for a player not used to the extra arrows. Solo machines dance dance revolution disneymix generally do not come with a bar, but all have the option for one to be installed at dance dance revolution drop out mp3 a later time.
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Home Releases
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DDR has even reached Nintendo's Game Boy Color, with five versions of Dance Dance Revolution route 80s: dance dance revolution GB released in Japan; these included a series of 3 DDR GB games, a DDR GB Disney sakura dance dance revolution Mix, and a DDR GB Oha Sta! mix. The games come with a small 1998 dance dance revolution thumb pad that fits over the Game Boy Color's amazing dance dance revolution controls to simulate the dance pad.
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Critics of ports for home video game consoles tend to gloss over the dance dance revolution 2nd remix mp3 inferior quality of home pads, given the availability of third-party hardware dance dance revolution 321 stars (see dance pad). Their main criticism is that despite the increased capacity of DVD storage media, dance dance revolution 5th mix soundtrack track list the home ports have much less musical selection than the arcade machines dance dance revolution arcade buy do, and have an unfortunate tendency to "leave off" fan-favorite dance dance revolution boom boom dollar songs. This is especially true of releases that reach the American market, due dance dance revolution break down mainly to licensing rights.
DDR Japanese Home Releases
- PlayStation game console
- Dance Dance Revolution 1stMIX (1999)
- Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX (1999)
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- Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX Append CLUB VERSION Vol.2 (1999)
- Dance Dance Revolution dance dance revolution daikenkai 3rdMIX (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution OHA STA!! (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution BEST HITS (2000)
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- Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX (2001)
- Sega Dreamcast
- Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Dreamcast dance dance revolution ecstasy Edition (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution CLUB VERSION Dreamcast Edition (2000)
- PlayStation2 computer dance dance revolution emulator entertainment system
- DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6thMIX (2001)
- DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX (2002)
- Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (2003)
- Dance Dance Revolution Party dance dance revolution evolution Collection (2003)
- DDR FESTIVAL: Dance dance dance revolution extreme & controller Dance Revolution (2004)
- Dance Dance Revolution STR!KE (2006)
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA (2006) (upcoming)
DDR North American Home Releases
- PlayStation game console
- Dance Dance Revolution (2001)
- Dance Dance Revolution Disney MIX (2001)
- Dance Dance dance dance revolution extreme 2 get busy music Revolution KONAMIX (2002)
- Windows PC
- Dance Dance Revolution (2002)
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- DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution (2003)
- Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (2004)
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- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA (2006)
- Xbox video game system
- Dance Dance dance dance revolution for gamecube Revolution ULTRAMIX (2003)
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- Xbox 360 video game system
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Internet Fandom
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- In September of 2006, a dance dance revolution music downloads Spanish movie by the name La Máquina de Bailar was released. Its entire plot is dance dance revolution myspace layouts based off of a dance dance revolution online play dance game very similar to DDR. The title translates to The Dance Machine. [3]
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See also
- Dance pad
- Dancing Stage (European version of Dance Dance Revolution)
- Exertainment
- Flash Flash dance dance revolution sana morette ne ente Revolution
- Stepmania
- List of dance dance dance revolution shirt games
- Text Text Revolution
- In The Groove Rhythm Game based off of Dance Dance Revolution
- Audition Online
- DDRFreak
- Dance Dance Immolation
- Dance Revolution, a television series dance dance revolution simulator download based on the video game series
External links
- Official Konami website for dance dance revolution sky mp3 its music game titles, including DDR
- DDR Freak, dance dance revolution so deep Popular DDR resource and message board
- Bemanistyle, Large DDR and Bemani resource and message dance dance revolution song lryics board
- DDRuk, Large European DDR Community/Resource Website
- DDR Universe, Information and Ordering
- Dance Dance Revolution entry on dance dance revolution songs mp3 Killer List of Videogames
- DDRecall, Score tracker for DDR arcade games
- DDR Home Tracker, Score tracker for DDR dance dance revolution songs the game home versions
| Games from the Dance Dance Revolution series |
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1stMIX - 2ndMIX - 3rdMIX - 4thMIX - 5thMIX - MAX (6thMIX) - MAX2 (7thMIX) - EXTREME - Best Hits - Extra Mix - Party Col. - FESTIVAL - dance dance revolution sweet little bumblebee Mario Mix - dance dance revolution tsugaru STR!KE - SuperNOVA - Universe |
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DDR - DDR USA - Konamix - MAX - MAX2 - Ultramix - EXTREME - Ultramix dance dance revolution tv 2 - Extreme 2 - Ultramix 3 - SuperNOVA - Universe |
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Dancing Stage EuroMIX - PARTY EDiTiON - Disney Mix - MegaMiX - Fever - Unleashed - Fusion - Unleashed 2 - Mario Mix - Max - Unleashed 3 |
| See also: |
Dancing Stage - Disney versions - Game Boy versions - DDR Solo - List of DDR games |
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MAX series - PARANOiA series |
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BeForU - Takayuki Ishikawa - Naoki Maeda - Taku Sakakibara - List of Bemani musicians |
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