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Grew up on DDR back in the early 2000s as part of my workouts. Loved it immensely but when ITG came out, switched over immediately. I understand why Konami di

Grew up on DDR back in the early 2000s as part of my workouts. Loved it immensely but when ITG came out, switched over immediately. I understand why Konami did what they did although I wished they didn't, because it killed the genre. ITG had better UI/UX, better tracks, better graphics, and equally important - better content. I was good enough that 10-footers like Max300 and Legend of MaxX were not cutting it, so when ITG came out and tracks like Vertex and Vertex^2 had a 12 foot rating, the game was really challenging. What wasn't to like? Still have a version of the old StepMania running on a Mac I bought in like 2002, with the ITG patch and probably 500+ songs. I bust that out from time to time. Still great fun. Honestly I miss that whole scene, my local arcade had 10 or so guys that were really good and the online community was great too. Wish rhythm games made a comeback.

kmeisthax 3y ago
I would highly recommend checking out Zenius-i-vanisher's arcade search[0], you might have a local operator with something worth playing. Even if it's just StepManiaX. Actually, SMX is pretty cool on its own, I shouldn't talk about it like it's the red-headed stepchild of dance games. Speaking of UI/UX... that's actually the reason why I prefer Pump It Up to DDR right now. DDR A has this extremely irritating menu noise. If I want to switch from level 7 to 8, I have to BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZT up, close the level 7 folder, open the level 8 folder, BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZT down through the song list, etc. Pump's UI noises are far more tolerable, you can pick songs from the dance pad, and you can quickly get in and out of different level folders. StepManiaX actually takes this one step further and just makes the monitor a touch screen so you can swipe through songs. DDR actually rebalanced their level curve a while back, so MAX 300 is now a level 15 instead of a 10-footer, and the scale goes up to 20. So there's harder stuff now, but top-level players still want stuff harder than that, and complain that DDR isn't giving it to them. I don't know about SMX but Pump has some pretty insane high-level charts[1] that I will probably never be good enough to clear. [0] https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8DPAD2zCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8DPAD2zCs

kmeisthax 3y ago

I would highly recommend checking out Zenius-i-vanisher's arcade search[0], you might have a local operator with something worth playing. Even if it's just StepManiaX. Actually, SMX is pretty cool on its own, I shouldn't talk about it like it's the red-headed stepchild of dance games. Speaking of UI/UX... that's actually the reason why I prefer Pump It Up to DDR right now. DDR A has this extremely irritating menu noise. If I want to switch from level 7 to 8, I have to BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZT up, close the level 7 folder, open the level 8 folder, BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZ-BZZT down through the song list, etc. Pump's UI noises are far more tolerable, you can pick songs from the dance pad, and you can quickly get in and out of different level folders. StepManiaX actually takes this one step further and just makes the monitor a touch screen so you can swipe through songs. DDR actually rebalanced their level curve a while back, so MAX 300 is now a level 15 instead of a 10-footer, and the scale goes up to 20. So there's harder stuff now, but top-level players still want stuff harder than that, and complain that DDR isn't giving it to them. I don't know about SMX but Pump has some pretty insane high-level charts[1] that I will probably never be good enough to clear. [0] https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8DPAD2zCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8DPAD2zCs