Dance Dance Revolution (TV video games)

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There were several TV games similar to the dancing game, Dance Dance Revolution . 1 was released in 2001, while 3 were released in 2006.

Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), also known as Dancing Stage in earlier games in Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Oceania, and also some other games in Japan, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance genre in video games. Players stand on a "dance platform" or stage and hit colored arrows laid out in a cross with their feet to musical and visual cues. Players are judged by how well they time their dance to the patterns presented to them and are allowed to choose more music to play to if they receive a passing score.

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Dance Dance Revolution Family Mat

Dance Dance Revolution Family Mat (ダンスダンスレボリューション ふぁみマット) was released by Konami in 2001 to the Japanese video game market. It was designed as a plug-n-play game unit, requiring no video game console. However, unlike later plug-n-play units, the DDR Family Mat also had an expandable music library that allowed users to play different songs on separately purchasable cartridges.

Konami Japanese company

Konami Holdings Corporation, commonly referred to as Konami, is a Japanese entertainment and gaming conglomerate. It operates as a product distributor, video game developer and publisher company. Besides those, it has casinos around the world and also operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan.

2001 saw many sequels and prequels in video games. New intellectual properties include Animal Crossing, Burnout, Devil May Cry, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Max Payne, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, Pikmin, Red Faction, Serious Sam, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Tropico

Dance Dance Revolution Family Mat
Developer Konami
Release Date
  • JP: August 9, 2001
[1]
Genre Music
ModeSingle Player
PlatformTV Plug-n-Play

Music

The game features up to 52 playable songs, with a base set of 12 songs and the capacity to use as many as 4 expansion library cartridges of 10 songs each.

My First Dance Dance Revolution

My First Dance Dance Revolution was released by Konami in 2001 to the Japanese video game market. In 2006 it was re-released in North America.

2006 saw the release of several sequels and prequels in video games, prominently including New Super Mario Bros, alongside many prominent new releases including Bully, Company of Heroes, Dead Rising, Gears of War, Just Cause, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Prey, Resistance: Fall of Man, Saints Row and Thrillville.

My First Dance Dance Revolution is a TV Plug-n-Play version, which requires no video game console. It plugs directly into the television set. This DDR version is intended for younger users. [2]

My First Dance Dance Revolution
Developer Konami
Release Date
  • JP: November 9, 2006
[3]
Genre Music
ModeSingle Player
PlatformTV Plug-n-Play

Music

The game features 20 songs in both the North American and Japanese releases, with 19 available from the start and 1 unlockable song. The two versions share 15 songs in common and remaining 5 songs are exclusive to either one release or the other.

Dance Dance Revolution Strawberry Shortcake

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Dance Dance Revolution: Strawberry Shortcake is a TV Plug-n-Play version, which requires no video game console. It plugs directly into the television set. This DDR version is intended for younger users. [4]

Dance Dance RevolutionStrawberry Shortcake
Developer Konami
Release DateNovember 14, 2006
GenreMusic
ModeSingle Player
PlatformTV Plug-n-Play

Music

The game features 10 songs:

Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix

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References

  1. 1 2 "ダンスダンスレボリューション ふぁみマット" . Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  2. ↑ Konami information and purchase page Archived 2008-04-19 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. 1 2 "My First Dance Dance Revolution version TOIZARASU" . Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  4. ↑ Konami information and purchase page Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
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