Stepmania

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Hi

I have only just discovered "Stepmania" (a clone of the DDR dancing style arcade games): http://www.stepmania.com. I have also found that there is an XBOX port.

Now admittedly I am new to this, but am a big fan.

Does anyone else here use it? I'm thinking of getting some metal pads - always fun for drunken parties.

Ta

[Lingwo]

I used to really like the original DDR, I used to go down my local arcade and play it, The song Butterfly is so good :)

I did try Stepmania awhile back but on a keyboard but i didn't enjoy it as much. I play Beat2x on my GP2X too.

I'm liking Guitar Hero at the moment... good party game.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

That Guitar Hero does look kinda funky for a laugh! Am really just collecting as many "party games" as I can for my XBOX.

[CY:G]

i've using stepmania for a long time now, its really fun and in my opinion its even better than the original DDR (mainly cuz you have all the machines in your computer at the same time, i have about 5 gigs of songs)

and BTW, you can also get an online version and play against people on the internet, it has rankings too so its pretty fun...

Ranks:

http://stepmaniaonline.com/index.php?mod=S...e&player=CY%3AG

Download:

http://stepmaniaonline.com/index.php?mod=Downloads

Have fun

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

5 gigs of songs? WOW

[Azusa]

no its the free PC ver i offten play it

for great fan-mixes

[NiceCarpet]

I have it on my pc for when im bord... and I suck soo bad ><; anyone what to recomend me some keys? I'v been using "wasd" and arrows up down left right... and its not working out for me ><

It looks like a fun game when you know what your doing.

[hidahune]

anyone what to recomend me some keys?

if your like me, just use the arrow keys and play WAY TO MUCH. I lost several months of my life playing this game or similar titles (dance with intensity, etc.) obsessively. Eventually your fingers will get faster and you'll learn to simply "react" to the arrows rather than reading there order.

I'm a big fan of DDR and any of its clones, even built my own metal dance pad for use with my playstation (well, sort of built, it's been sitting in my ex-girlfriends pole barn for about 6 months now waiting for me to solder the final connections on...) For an extra bit of fun, bust stepmania out at a lan party during one of the downtimes between games. Myself and a friend managed to get about 15 guys hooked on it, found out later that one of them put it on his laptop and never left his hotel room when he went on vacation a week later :D

[Xerus]

For an extra bit of fun, bust stepmania out at a lan party during one of the downtimes between games.

Aww yeah, nothing like hopping off the computer after 2 hours of Counter Strike and breaking into some Max 300. ;D I think for a time, DDR was the most popular game at some of my LAN parties...

As for stepmania, I just use the PC version with a Playstation2 -> USB converter with a foam pad.

When I'm playing on the keyboard, I usually use my left hand on WASD and my right hand on the arrow keys. It seems to work out the best, it makes me think about which foot would be hitting which arrow when I'm playing, and it also takes away the part where my hands get tangled up when I try to do both hands on the arrow keys.

[former1]

Haha man I wonder if you can use this with a PS2 dance mat, and a PS2 -> usb thing.. i may actually have to try it :p

LOL IT WORKS :D Awesome :p will def. be using this @ get togethers :p

Edited May 1, 2006 by Milk

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Anyone here with a big collection of songs/steps - can you please PM me?

[Hankyone]

Haha man I wonder if you can use this with a PS2 dance mat, and a PS2 -> usb thing.. i may actually have to try it :p

LOL IT WORKS :D Awesome :p will def. be using this @ get togethers :p

tried it at my friend's, so awesome! we make the whole house vibrate!

[Starcom826]

SM is actually better than DDR haha. It's skinnable, free (no more wasted cash), and you can hook it up to a huge tv and surround sound if you really wanted to. Metal pads would be nice but they are very expensive (unless you make them yourself).

[PL_ Veteran]

SM is actually better than DDR haha. It's skinnable, free (no more wasted cash), and you can hook it up to a huge tv and surround sound if you really wanted to. Metal pads would be nice but they are very expensive (unless you make them yourself).

Make them yourself?

[Fighter-X]

This game looks awesome, I haven't played DDR that much, but I like it, just need to get a metal/foam pad and ill be playing this everyday. :D