Dance Dance Revolution questions

In my oppinion, you have to mod a homepad before you can really play, no matter what the pad is. The good news is the mods are dead easy. If you get a soft pad, cut a thick square of plywood the same size as the pad. Then get vynl kitchen flooring and wrap it over the pad and nail it into the wood. It's like a sandwich or a pocket. Flooring on top, pad in the middle, plywood on bottom. Works like a dream and increases pad life.

Then you could go the hard plastic pad route. I love the Topway hard pad, and highly recomend it. The only problem is that the buttons are really loud when you stomp them, so just open it up and stuff some padding in there. Really easy mod once again, and compleatly solves the problem.

Stay away from metal home pads. They bend and break. Unless of course you have over $300 to throw at a Cobalt Flux metal pad. If you get one of those, buy a nice grip-y/sticky/spike-y bottom surface and glue it on. Those buggers slide all around.


As for what system to do your DDRing on, I'd say first and foremost be sure you can play Japanese PS1 games. 4th, 3rd, and 5th mix are compleatly entertaining, and I can't think of a single bad thing to say about any of them. And no matter how good the Japanese Max games are, the US Max is still tons of fun, and also highly recommended.



Oh yeah, and this is my first week with Stepmania. I hooked it up to my DDR Solo cabinet and IT KICKS ASS! Seriously, Stepmania is the best thing ever. Homebrew games will never cease to amaze me, especially when they kick the ever lovin' crap out of comercial releases (I'm talking shitty generic PS2 commercial games, not the real DDR's). :)

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Originally posted by NApOLm321
*ahem* whats wrong with xbox ddr? or are you just being a fanboy?

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Good question. I'm loving the look in the new screen shots so far, and we already know how it's going to play. The real-time letter grade at the bottom is a nice touch, as is the second level combo meter (a second counter keeps track of how many "perfects" you get in a row). I'm officially psyched.

I've been playing tonight for the first time in months and I'm completely addicted again.

DDR + Milk Duds + Red Stripe = Supreme Joy

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While DDR at home will never be as good as the arcade, it's still one of the best games ever.

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/me spits his soda

Sure it is! SURE IT IS! :lol: Sorry, if any Bemani game will qualify for "Best game ever" status it would either be BeatMania (I,II,III) or most likely Pop N' Music.

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*ahem* whats wrong with xbox ddr? or are you just being a fanboy?

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Yes, I'm being a fanboy who owns an xbox :rolleyes:

It looks like shit. Downloads will cost money. Playing DDR online does not sound like a good time (Just go to an arcade with other smelly people) and if it is being made by KoA themselves. I have had the displeasure of talking to a few KoA employees numerious times who have a large hand in creating these horrible US versions (Jason Enos and Jim Hernandez come to mind..). These idiots are completely clueless on how to create a good game, much less a DDR game. Of course you're going to tell me how I'm wrong because aparantly DDR is one of the best games of all time.

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Originally posted by Sl1p
The only home Bemani that is worth money is Pop'N Music. Why? It's still a supported game, the arcade style controller is absolutely amazing and theres probably no other way you're going to be playing it unless you live in LA.

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Actually, after trying out that controller, there's no way in hell I'd ever shell out that money for the controller. It just is... off... compared to the arcade controller, and for $300 (or $400 if you are getting raped by ordering from a US company), I'd damn well better have a controller that feels exactly like the arcade.

And, I'd SWEAR the spacing of the buttons is different, but I'm sure others would call me insane.

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Originally posted by shidoshi
Actually, after trying out that controller, there's no way in hell I'd ever shell out that money for the controller. It just is... off... compared to the arcade controller, and for $300 (or $400 if you are getting raped by ordering from a US company), I'd damn well better have a controller that feels exactly like the arcade.

And, I'd SWEAR the spacing of the buttons is different, but I'm sure others would call me insane.

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You know, it did feel funny to me for a while but I think it's just because you're too used to playing with it practically connected to the bottom of the monitor. Sort of like how Keyboard Mania on PS2 is practically unplayable since nothing feels lined up. The controller is a little smaller than the arcade though. Makes sense..the IIDX arcade controller felt gigantic compared to the arcade.

Don't forget the J-DC got a couple DDRs as well along with it's own official Konami pad. Don't know if it matters or if anyone cares but for those keeping track.

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Originally posted by Sl1p
Just go to an arcade with other smelly people

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It's not worth leaving the state for.

Well, I've been playing for about 3 hours with my new generic dance pad, and I've decided this thing is better than the official Konami pad.

Also, USA DDR Max is officially "the shit" cuz I just unlocked Abyss, possibly my favorite DDR song.

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It's not worth leaving the state for.

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Actually, I've got two DDREXes within a 30-minute radius.

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Originally posted by Ste-Von
Well, I've been playing for about 3 hours with my new generic dance pad, and I've decided this thing is better than the official Konami pad.

Also, USA DDR Max is officially "the shit" cuz I just unlocked Abyss, possibly my favorite DDR song.

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Told you those pads wouldn't slide...