Dance Dance Revolution (DDR for short) is an innovative video game created by the Japanese video game company Konami. To play the game, you actually end up dancing to the beat of the song. This game is known to help people lose weight as described by this CNN Article and the segment of NBC's Today's show.
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)
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Monday, June 14, 2004
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR for short) is an innovative video game created by the Japanese video game company Konami. To play the game, you actually end up dancing to the beat of the song. This game is known to help people lose weight as described by this CNN Article and the segment of NBC's Today's show.
Dance Dance Revolution is a conceptually simple game.
A player is standing on a mat which has 4 arrows on it.
On the screen there are four stationary arrows on top pointing left, down, up and right. Also there are various arrows that are scrolling from the bottom to the top. Once the scrolling arrows coinside with the stationary ones, the player is supposed to step on the corresponding arrow on the mat. That happens on various beats of the song and the more precisely you step on the arrows, the more points you get. If you consistently miss the steps, you lose the game.
A player is standing on a mat which has 4 arrows on it.
On the screen there are four stationary arrows on top pointing left, down, up and right. Also there are various arrows that are scrolling from the bottom to the top. Once the scrolling arrows coinside with the stationary ones, the player is supposed to step on the corresponding arrow on the mat. That happens on various beats of the song and the more precisely you step on the arrows, the more points you get. If you consistently miss the steps, you lose the game.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
A while back a friend of mine showed up at my apartment with a bag containing the PlayStation video game console and two folded mats with four arrows on them. We plugged in PlayStation to the TV, unfolded and hooked up the mats and inserted a CD labeled Dance Dance Revolution into the console. I was very excited to see what this game is all about. For the next several hours I was exposed to one of the best video games that I've played in my life. My passion for music and dance made me fall in love with this game.
My friend kept bringing the game to some parties I had at my place but finally I decided to buy my own DDR system. I ordered PlayStation 2, foamed dance pads and a copy of DDR Max 2 - the latest version of the game specifically designed for PlayStation 2. As soon as I got it, I played it almost every day and began to like it more and more as I developed the technique of playing it and got to more advanced levels.
