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[andrewducker]

Having spent an hour at an introductory DDR session at the convention (and doing very badly in places) I was interested to see this piece on its history.

If it wasn't so expensive I'd be tempted to pick one up.

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Doesn't have to be *too* expensive ...

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

... you can get dance mats for the PC, so if you've got a PC at home, you just buy the mat and the software ...

... I had a PS2 already, so I bought a dance mat and a dance game from www.play.com for 30 quid including delivery.
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=promo&r=PS2&id=186

If you can start from a clean start, it's not a bad deal. PS2 for 140 pounds, multiregion hack and DVD remote for 12 quid, dance mat and game for 30 quid, 8Mb memory 10 quid, extra hand controller 8 quid. Add a surround sound amp and speakers (200 quid?) and you've got a multiregion home cinema setup, a games console, game and dance mat for under 400 pounds.

If you've already got a console, or buy one second hand on ebay, even cheaper!

Re: Doesn't have to be *too* expensive ...

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd recommend to someone starting out, who doesn't already have a PS2, to get a PSOne, a mat, and a game. PSOnes go for about £20 on Ebay, and you should be able to get Dancing Stage Fever (the one I played on Sunday, but the PS version rather than the PS2 version) and a mat for about another £20. You may also need some non-slip backing to put on the back of the soft mat. Total cost under £50. (I shelled out £90 for a similar setup when I started, but still reckoned it was only as much as a couple of months of gym membership). Most of the videogame shops have a starter set for dancing games for around £50. (DanceUK uses different mats from DDR, irritatingly).

The games available for the PC have drawbacks (notably that the only ones that are like DDR/dancing stage are open source, and you have to go trawling round the net for steps and the matching mp3 files).