22-06-2003 08:44									#1
	Anybody here play those dancing games at the arcade? Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

You know, the ones with the four arrows and the center step?

Laura bought me $20 worth of tokens for fathers day, and guess what?

I can't dance!

Quickly and with much embarrassment, I gave the machine up to a bunch of smirking, smart-ass punks.

Otoh, I really like the new boxing game - the one with the gloves and the ability to track your head and body movements in order to avoid the opponents blows. I can usually make it to the third opponent before I have to put another token in.

	22-06-2003 08:45									#2
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"Dance Dance Revolution" is the name of one of them, though there are a couple of others.

	22-06-2003 08:47									#3
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Nah man, I just play the driving and shooting games and that's it...

	22-06-2003 08:49									#4
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Here's a pic.

The newer one has a center step as well.

I suck at both equally.

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	22-06-2003 08:51									#5
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I really like that boxing game... it counts the calories you expend, and after a few rounds you feel as if you've gotten quite a workout.

	22-06-2003 08:52									#6
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dance dance revolution and pump it up are the big ones.

i can't do either really well, but i like to play them.

i usually only play in korea, however. pump it up is more common there, so i'm more used to it. and i feel a lot less goofy doing it, because there are more people there to watch.

	22-06-2003 08:57									#7
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT I really like that boxing game... it counts the calories you expend, and after a few rounds you feel as if you've gotten quite a workout.

Say, that's really a great idea. Suppose someone were to franchise a chain of arcades exclusively featuring video games that provide a physical workout? It could be a big hit, a big moneymaker, and just what this country needs!

So there is video dancing and boxing already. It should be possible to design video fencing, video jogging, and video cycling, maybe even video triathelon, video obstacle course and who knows what else?

	22-06-2003 09:05									#8
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Here's what Mocap Boxing looks like:

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	22-06-2003 09:06									#9
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I just noticed that it's made by the same company that does DDR. Konami's been making great games since the Golden Age (79-82), including a game that I played to death when I was younger (and still MAMEplay today), Scramble.

	22-06-2003 10:02									#10
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Dance Dance Revolution: That sh*t's hard.

Every once-in-a-while I'll find myself in or near an arcade with my friends and we'll try it. Not hooked on it, but don't dislike it.

	22-06-2003 10:28									#11
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DDR is wicked hard. I am mediocre at it - although I think I could improve. It's not that I'm a bad dancer, I just have a hard time keeping track of what I need to do.

I'd pay good money for a virtual fencing game. Hell yeah.

mleonard is wicked awesome at DDR, by the way.

	22-06-2003 10:33									#12
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I am awesome at DDR - I can regularly pass standard songs, and heavy ones about 50% of the time. It really helps that I have a pad at home that I can practice on - just hook it up to my computer and play Dance With Intensity for free. While I was in San Diego, I played the arcade version for the first time, and while it was different at first I adapted pretty quickly.

edit: ixnay dancing in his dorm room:

	22-06-2003 10:40									#13
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Is that the Electric Slide?

	22-06-2003 10:48									#14
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Im pretty good, i started playing the challenge songs and many of the songs on heavy setting. Oh and i look really funny playing because im six foot five inches tall.

never stand in the center....

	22-06-2003 11:11									#15
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I can't dance,

Don't ask me.

	22-06-2003 11:17									#16
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One of my friends is a freak at DDR. I've got buddies that work at Gala Lanes Arcade in Naperville, so I get free key tokens. Instead of coins, they give you these electronic keys that you put money into. I've got like 4 keys with about a grand each.

	22-06-2003 11:39									#17
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the problem with games like that is they really arent an indicator of dancing ability because dancing is not all lower body work. look at some of the best poppers and lockers. although they do have amazing footwork, they also have amazing upper body ability.

	22-06-2003 12:07									#18
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Real men don't dance

	22-06-2003 12:10									#19
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No, they just sit there and sulk while the women folk scorn them complaining, "We never go dancing anymore."

	22-06-2003 12:26									#20
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Arcades are boring these days. There are always those lousy fighting games, dancing games, and first person shooters. Where are the Gaunlet's and Tempest's?

	22-06-2003 12:29									#21
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I only used to play Mortal Kombat at arcades. Now I have it on the Nintendo.

	22-06-2003 12:34									#22
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I totally suck at it, but my BF is incredible at it. He's a DDR addict.

Even built his own real DDR pad with steel, etc. for home. And practices with weighted ankles.

He spent over an hour today alone playing DDR Extreme, drew quite a crowd. Even passed the extra stages.

	22-06-2003 12:43									#23
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I played one of these games at the local Dave & Busters.

I went after these two girls who were kicka**. My friends bought me a shot of Bacardi 151 for my (miserable) efforts.

Ixnay-My friend has the pad at home. How much does it cost? I have Bust a Groove 1 and 2.......

	22-06-2003 12:50									#24
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I opted for the cheapo pad which is now falling apart. Still works, but I wouldn't give it much more time before I have to find another one. I got it for $15, plus a Playstation -> USB adapter for 15 more. Depending on how solid you want to get it, you can spend up to 300 on one.

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	22-06-2003 13:13									#25
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The closest I've come to DDR is watching Bobby on "King of the Hill" use a similar gaming machine while visiting Japan with his dad, who was meeting with a long-lost half-brother.

Gatekeeper

	22-06-2003 13:17									#26
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that was a great episode of King of the Hill

	22-06-2003 17:11									#27
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Wow Asher, you must be so proud...

	22-06-2003 17:18									#28
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We have a DDR pad at home, along with pretty much every version of DDR that came out in Europe. My brother's girlfriend brought hers around to our house once and my mum got so hooked on it she went out and bought a Playstation just so she could play DDR. She's barking.

	22-06-2003 17:45									#29
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I would guess the main reason for the rise in dance games, racers, and FPSs lies in the fact that consoles are growing increasingly powerful. You can play the latest incarnation of gauntlet at more or less the same image quality at home for free, so there's no point in bothering with the arcade version, is there? Whereas it's still pretty hard to get the "in-the-zone" feeling, or whatever you hep cats are calling it of actually driving in a racing game or holding the gun for an FPS. Yes, there are light-gun accessories and wheels for consoles, but it's not the same. As for fighting games, I'm inclined to blame the lack of friends who will consistently take a beatdown at the hands of a guy who's mastered Tekken. Arcades are still necessary in that case, just to supply fresh blood.
Never even seen a dance game firsthand. I'm told they're great fun to play when you're drunk.

	22-06-2003 18:05									#30
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Don't really play those myself, but I did want to bring up this link:

http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=172

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