Dance Dance Revolution Pad -- available in America yet?

[kbm5]

I was wondering if the dance pad for Dance Dance Revolution(PSX) is available yet in the states. Anybody know?

I've played the arcade version of DDR only once, but I absolutely loved it. I'm personally hoping to become pretty good at it, but I don't want to go to an arcade to do so... I'll go to the arcade only once I am good.

Have you played it? What are your thoughts?

 

[cchen]

DDR is tight man... they don't sell the pads retail but you can try egay or yahoo auctions... they sell them... or go to asia and buy them for a dollar a piece

 

[kbm5]

<< DDR is tight man... they don't sell the pads retail but you can try egay or yahoo auctions... they sell them... or go to asia and buy them for a dollar a piece >>



Well, if I went to Asia, the ticket alone would cost waaayyy too much!

 

[ghostman]

There are PC versions...two of my friends have them. Connects to the joystick port. It seems fun, but I didn't want to make a fool out of myself. Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen though...

EDIT: I might be interpreting your thread all wrong though. The first time I heard about ddr from one of my friends, I thought she was talking about ram.

 

[VinY]

I was at a LanParty this weekend and they had 2 of these connected. Looked like lots of fun

 

[kbm5]

<< EDIT: I might be interpreting your thread all wrong though. The first time I heard about ddr from one of my friends, I thought she was talking about ram. >>



No, I'm talking about Dance Dance Revolution. Stupid Anandtech lingo confusing everybody...

 

[AgentEL]

I've seen them all over the place at the malls. I'm in Bay Area, CA by the way. They're not at the big stores like KB Toys or Toys R Us, but I see them at those small kiosks all the time. No need to go to asia or anything ;-)

 

[vash]

The dancing pad is definitely available in America (I have it for PSX and DC). Check out some import retailers and they'll sell it to you.

http://www.ncsx.com
http://www.tronixweb.com
http://www.buyrite.net (go here last)

You can try to find an import place locally (lots in southern cali, dunno about your area), they usually have it.

vash

 

[ghostman]

Oh...I was talking about Dance Dance Revolution. The edit was just noting that I'm not familiar with the game, so I might be misunderstanding your original post. There is DDR (the game) for PC's. I don't know about PSX in the US.

 

[kassy]

IIRC Fry's usually has it in stock.

 

[frizzlefry]

Yup I have it. I know I can get it at the computer shows and stuff. Or if there are asian markets around. They sell for about $15-$20 at the shows. Its kinda fun, But living in an apartment, my downstairs neighbors don't like it too much.

 

[amnesiac]

I have some hard DDR pads (one piece) that I need to get rid of. I will sell them at wholesale prices. $65 each plus shipping.

 

[flot]

This is that killer game for the PSX right? With the guy with the fro dancing?

I saw something *similar* at http://www.compgeeks.com but I couldn't decide if it was relabeled or a clone or what... oh, here it is - Dance Performance II ... anyone know what's up with this??

 

[flot]

Wow, ok, apparently dance dance revolution has a pretty big following -

http://www.ddrfreak.com/

 

[kbm5]

Hehe -- that's funny. I haven't seen DP2 before, but it is DEFINITELY a clone. In fact, the pad that comes with it is a LOT like the PSX pad.