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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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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).