AlexMax
07-20-2002, 12:43 AM
I just got back from Celebration Station. Why is this so fun? Aren't I 17?
You forget one thing. They had the holy grail...two DDR USA machines, one standing right next to the other. It was the first time that I had ever played DDR in the arcade.
Let me procrlaim this. It was one of the most furfilling experiences I have EVER had. The metal pad was safe with shoes, and allowed me to "Stomp to my beat" instead of tip toeing on my soft pad in the dorm room. It also allowed me to repeatibly tap a square by shifting weight as opposed to having to step every time. The game ran at a blistering 60 frames per second as opposed to around 30 for the PSX version. The subwoofer was loud. And Huge.
One nice thing about the machine is that it included a 1 foor 'beginer' difficulty for EVERY song in addition to the basic, trick and maniac songs. The basic difficulty also included 3D representation of the step patterns so it was eiser to figure out what the hell one was supposed to do (well, at least for beginers) What I could not find out about was how to play doubles (that is, one guy with two pads)
And whats more, I heard that DDR USA isn't even the best mix. I thoght it was pretty decent, as it had several of my favorites (End of the Century, Brilliant2U). I played Afronova Re-Venge one time and it gathered enough of a crowd around me that I got an ovation at the end of my run! (even though I foyed it...failed on the last step...it was so damn fast that I could hardly keep up...)
Whats more, even the people who used to just watch me play DDR Konamix started to play. They seemed to enjoy themselves quite a bit, and maybe one or two saw what I saw in it.
Anyway, I had an absolute blast. I pumped five dollars into the machine and probably would have pumped more had I the oppertunity.
EDIT: I played it at this location...
http://www.ddrfreak.com/locations/locations.php?action=displayLocation&locationID=298
I gave it a 9 out of 10 (one of the lights on top left of one of the machines was burned out)
You forget one thing. They had the holy grail...two DDR USA machines, one standing right next to the other. It was the first time that I had ever played DDR in the arcade.
Let me procrlaim this. It was one of the most furfilling experiences I have EVER had. The metal pad was safe with shoes, and allowed me to "Stomp to my beat" instead of tip toeing on my soft pad in the dorm room. It also allowed me to repeatibly tap a square by shifting weight as opposed to having to step every time. The game ran at a blistering 60 frames per second as opposed to around 30 for the PSX version. The subwoofer was loud. And Huge.
One nice thing about the machine is that it included a 1 foor 'beginer' difficulty for EVERY song in addition to the basic, trick and maniac songs. The basic difficulty also included 3D representation of the step patterns so it was eiser to figure out what the hell one was supposed to do (well, at least for beginers) What I could not find out about was how to play doubles (that is, one guy with two pads)
And whats more, I heard that DDR USA isn't even the best mix. I thoght it was pretty decent, as it had several of my favorites (End of the Century, Brilliant2U). I played Afronova Re-Venge one time and it gathered enough of a crowd around me that I got an ovation at the end of my run! (even though I foyed it...failed on the last step...it was so damn fast that I could hardly keep up...)
Whats more, even the people who used to just watch me play DDR Konamix started to play. They seemed to enjoy themselves quite a bit, and maybe one or two saw what I saw in it.
Anyway, I had an absolute blast. I pumped five dollars into the machine and probably would have pumped more had I the oppertunity.
EDIT: I played it at this location...
http://www.ddrfreak.com/locations/locations.php?action=displayLocation&locationID=298
I gave it a 9 out of 10 (one of the lights on top left of one of the machines was burned out)