Dance Dance Revolution documentary

[rockmanblues]

So awesome! This little segment on Extended Play got me into DDR when I first saw it on TechTV back in 2001. Changed my life. I became a much more sociable person after discovering DDR thanks to this vid.

[KamikaziNinjaStriker]

I feel so old it's not even funny

[maxninja09]

Wow....10 years man....

Look at that crowd, i bet you won't find a crowd like this in most arcades now :(

[IsThatTheDude]

what's the song at 1:14?

[llmelvisofrtfll]

@IsThatTheDude "Boom Boom Dollar" by King Kong & D. Jungle Girls

[nibelung34343]

the greatest game ever invented

[coil311]

Wow, what a bunch of losers listening to lame music and playing uninteresting games, feeding corporate lifestyles with their need to buy games, consoles, television sets, and video game accessories, whilst conforming to societal trends about fashion and what is cool.

"Video games help me lose weight!" That is just sad.

Ever heard of hiking? Eating healthy? Sports ? Sex ? "No. 'Dancing' at home to video game screens. That is the solution! Now if I can just find a girl lame enough to have sex."

[jdivergh22]

@coil311 better than sitting on your ass trolling videos on YouTube, ironically not hiking:)

[Czirro]

130 pounds 130 pounds

[pm41224]

Freestyling on DDR takes a lot of effort.

[pm41224]

:(

So sad I can't go to the DDR PS3 launch party...

[RedWitheredRose]

Now why is it that I've seen Dynamite Rave in competitions, with so many different people, and the performance uses the same moves where they dip down and hit the arrows with their knees or hands? I noticed that from this video, and in a few others.

[sigmahunter06]

adam sessler LMAO

[omgScrub]

Freestyle fags.

Get coverage on the good players out there.

[AeronPrometheus]

"It's not like Tekken, where you get a lot of smug-faced, very competitive, very condescending people. DDR is all about having fun."

That guy has probably not been to a DDR message board ever.

[borninthe90sdecade]

@AeronPrometheus hahahahahaha yeah i found that funny as well when he said that tekken stuff.

[PowerlineWC]

@AeronPrometheus That's damn near each and every community built around a game franchise anymore though. LOL

Not to mention this was made when it first started, so even the "pros" hadn't played for very long.

[starfoxseattle]

where do you find the competitions?

[thekenichi26]

supernova!!!! heheheh

[brunoboy650]

ddr usa is garbage all about 4th mix plus

[Impostorzim]

5th Mix ftw.

[Netherfist]

2:50

[FinancialProdigy202]

oh man, those guys from 2001 are making my group look like noobs sheesh..

[MucClips89]

that guy running around the ddr machine is fucking awesome!!! also when he is doing the spins. i thought it was hilarious!!!!!!! lol

[gutchman84]

is the guy saying "we state" at :35?

[RockLobsta23]

"we stink"

[riceboks]

Tournarochi 2k1. I was all the way in the back. :P

[jitzai]

I miss this. ):

[DDRsensation]

THAT'S ADAM SESSLER!?

lol. he looks different.

[IceSick88]

I like DDR but ITG is deffinety more of a chalenge. Ive never played Pump It Up though :[

[drrfreak]

but you must consider PUI is better for freestyling and those "bombs things" make you better at the game.

[dandyPANDYpanda]

rofl he said music twice... I ♥ DDR its better than any other game...i agree with phreg25, i hate having to move my feet in places unnessisary

[SoraRoxasKHII]

hell yeah it does dude

[ArVSBo]

Lol, you've never played Pump It Up. I've played DDR, PIU, and ITG, and I like DDR a lot, but Pump is just better.

People who haven't played ITG or PIU just assume it's some cheap copy of DDR. How would you know? You have to play the game first!

[Kurashina]

me love ddr ^^

[audreyd27645]

Who the hell is that red head, that's not meg...ew.

[Aladdin7796]

definitely not morgan webb

[xRachieLuvzMcFLYx]

Afronova, End Of The Century and Dynamite Rave are well the best. (Y)

[Anime10100]

DDR is not a game. It's a sport :D

[littlegothikpunk]

ddr is kinda hard for me to do i dont know why

[quittergod3]

gayest crap ever

[ArVSBo]

That's a very good, and accurate description of yourself, quittergod3. Might I recommend you to add "fucking idiot" and "biased faggot" to your comment to increase the accuracy of your self-description?

[quittergod3]

ok.

[AubrynVonStrange]

Helllllllllll yesss!! DDR FUCKING RULES!!!!!

[theramenbuddha]

X-Play is like a newly revamped version of every video game review show he's hosted since...well, a while. I remember watching this with her on it when I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL, and I'm about to turn 21 now. So yeah. This guy has been hosting for a loooong time.

[d4rkj3st3r]

oh god, tech tv, adam sesslar without morgan web, THE GOOD TIMES!!

i remember watching this air, was back when everyone was getting into it, and it wasn't just us and the little aisian kidsat the market. righteous

[RawrNaruto]

HELL YEAH! Free style! xDDDDD I fucking love DDR! Woot woot!

[imanerd115]

I fucking LOVE DDR.

[MeanBob]

I actually have this episode of Extended Play recorded on a tape. God I miss TechTV..

[quakerp3]

130 pounds....130 pounds.

Holy jesus.

i need more practice....these people mmorize these songs so fast....gao....i need to practice. BY the WAY i hate the song BOOM BOOM DOLLAR >=[

[oceanbreeze2012]

im a solo ddr player and ive been playing ddr sence I was in the 2nd grade and now im 13 and i do solo ddr and i do competing the last i went to I gor 3rd place in ddr solo on heavy!

[oswaldi916]

DDR use to be cool before Pump It Up Extend the new genoration of dancing came along.Pump It Up super awsome couse better songs better grapiks and not gay shit.

[shinigamijoker]

holy shit its ADAM SESSLER!!!

[FlameRoseAlchemist]

They're right. DDR isn't just a game. It's an obsession. XD

[Chihuahuii]

I think the Metreon arcade is closed now. -_-

[Palxim]

ADAM SESSLER!!!

[jthorne32]

HAHAHAHAHAHA... ya'll are great entertainment

[tony609]

jajaja pump it up is suck dance dance revolution was the first fuck pump it up is 4 lossers its all about dance dance revolution mother fuckas

[Ripster1990]

fregnissimo!

[rubietheone3]

i tried it one time and it was really really difficult even if you're skilled in dancing , "dance dance revolution" is the hardest thing i have ever tried ! para para pradise is very simple compared to this !

[GalactusPBN]

pump it up SUCKS.

[spriteman]

You suck

[kelb89]

I Agree

[ArVSBo]

Pump it Up owns DDR in many ways.

[drrfreak]

Yeah but ITG owns PIU in many ways.

[ArVSBo]

True, true...

[SithLord07PL]

ITG is way more a challenge to me. I mean, sure it might take slightly more coordination to play PIU, but some of the songs are just outrageously stepped.

I'll stick to my Uber Rave, One More Lovely, and Strangeprogram(which I have yet to pass...damnit).

I miss TechTV.

[glitchboyadvance]

Yeah. It's now G4, after It joined forces with TechTV.

[Gotmilk0112]

jesus christ...can we all stop bashing dance games we dont like? i mean, saying "eww pump it up blows" isnt going to make people hate it. i dont say crap like "DDR sucks" just because i like PIU more. i play all three of them, and i say each has its ups and downs, and are all good.

[gemini4lyfe3001]

Pump It Up iz alwayz better

[mequetrefe413]

Ask the developer of PIU on why it's not heavily available on arcades, and why their sales figures on the home systems are patheic, compared to DDR Supernova and even ITG!

[gamer7845]

whats the name of the song at 3:24???

[llmelvisofrtfll]

Dam Dariram by Joga

[bcweyman]

FAGS!!!

[mayene]

Ohhh the embarassment... big glasses, braces... "it helps me run the mile at school, I've definitely gotten more stamina from it." *slaps forehead* D'oh! >_<';

[LazyYu20]

mang, goooood times...... Those were the good ol' days. You member? You member?? You member!

[euphoniumsattack08]

Is this where x-play comes from...?

[sweetpinoy85]

That was my first DDR tournament. My, from whence we've come. =P

[ste7en]

you guys are stupid. this was a freestyle tournament a long ass time ago. there are legends in this vid.

[ghibli99]

2000/2001 was the best time for DDR... still friends with some of the peeps I used to play with back then. Culture-wise, I don't think there was ever anything quite like it before or after its reign.

[mequetrefe413]

the Reign is still there for DDR. They have become the "Pac-Man" of the 21st Century.

[xxjunkyxx]

notices alot of these people are fat...

keep up the good work! burn them calories!

[xxjunkyxx]

... shutup

[release182]

im getting a 360 and DDR now. holy crap it looks funner that i thought.

I thought it was cool to begin with..but wow.

[SeizureKidStudios]

funner? XD

[release182]

lol more fun*

their happy?

[Palamneus]

there happy*

[ingreat888]

ddr is awsome....and itg is awsome too......

butt it has things that ddr doesent....butt it doesent beat it by alot alot...like how some ppl say

some ppl are al like

"omg...ddr sucks compared to itg..."

well itg you cant edit steps...i dont think it has a workout mode...i had itg...butt it broke...so i just have like 5 ddr games...lol

[mequetrefe413]

ITG has it good points, but on the algorhythms used to create the game are completely similar to the ones patentized for DDR by Konami

[moepickles]

You beat me to making a DDR Doc... :(

[llmelvisofrtfll]

And... where's Roxor now?

[luffy346]

It's in konami' stomach being digested cause of a freaking lawsuit. And I think that the lawsuit wasnt for copyrights but because ITG was getting bigger and bigger and making games way faster

[llmelvisofrtfll]

Too bad it's not 5 years ago when people cared.

(BTW, DDR had only been in America 1 year when that video happened. Of COURSE they were n00bs, silly.)

[ch00bishfilms]

This video is great! It shows the all the good old times of ddr. I miss those

[ddrpros]

very nice moves

[heavyddrgirl13]

HEY!3:22 is in my DDR idiots video!

[tatuyugipiulover]

ddr is the best thing in the world

[beyond9001]

love those moves

[pipilarshka]

PIU freestylers kick DDR freestylers asses!

[a1231212]

DDR is sweet...my favorite is watching like insane-duo's freestyling. Although freestyle kinda died, its still my favorite.

[TragicKingdom15]

I think DDR has hypnotic effects, ever since I got it for

Christmas I can't resist not playing it's like I wake up at 3 in the morning and have urges to dance...

[gutchman84]

like a "hypnotic crisis"?

[unlucky911]

OMG! DDR is still so hot in my city! And they're showed Dam Dariram on the 4th MIX which was the mix I really got hook on three years ago. Hope I get my hands (err, feet) on SuperNOVA. LET'S DDR! Hey kapamilyaDDR1, Pinoy ka rin no? Ü Hehehe.

[kapamilyaddr1]

DDR Rules

[Nightix]

Falling in luu uu uuu uuu uuuuu uuuuvv! Dari ri ram dadi dam dadi dam dadi dadi dadi dam dadi da da daaa...

Hmmm 6-9 years ago DDR was really popular. when i was like 6 but over here para para dance floor became more popular and ddr isnt played anymore...but i luv the dari ri ram song!

[MarzGurl]

I think the news report should have shown that you could get in on the beginner's level and not just compete, but it's old, I can't complain. It's some pretty awesome freestyle footage. Other than that, what happened to this Extended (X) Play? They used to actually talk to people about why they liked the game so much, and didn't sit there mocking everybody's fandom. Now that G4 took it, X-Play is offensive, insulting, and often times don't even get their facts right. I miss the old Tech TV.

[AuroraKaganshiko]

DDR actually is a very good weight loss program. especially for people like me who can not do running [asthma] and can't lift weights. i've actually lost alot of weight playing this since i started.

its very addicting too.. me and my friends go to the casino arcade thats open 24 hours a day and play for about 13 hours a day

[DJTyrant]

Thanks for posting this playa :)

I didn't even know this vid had existed.

I really need to catch up on all my old DDR FS vids :P

[japaneboy]

DDR IS AWESOME!!!!!!!

[ordinarynslow]

pshhhh ..."I've lost a 130lbs" yeah right... DDR is great excerise but that's that unbelievable as Jared lost weight from eating subway.

[llmelvisofrtfll]

Actually, I was Eric's roomate and he's speaking the truth.  Funny enough, he was a big Subway eater around that time too. But homeboy played about $10-20 worth of DDR 4-5 times a week. He walked 3 miles to the nearest arcade to play (6 miles of walking per time he played DDR), so after about 18 months, he -did- drop all that weight he claimed!

[PrinceLandon]

I remember around that time when DDR used to be all about fun. Now it honestly has became something too competitive and the arcade etiquette has went down the drain. Thank goodness for home versions!

[llmelvisofrtfll]

Back then, people almost HAD to come together and be united as DDR fans to give the game exposure and credibility. Now that it's able to stand on its own reputation, factions are formed, lines are drawn... and then the drama ensues. *sigh*

[mequetrefe413]

The etiquette is still there. It all depends on where and where you play. I can attest to that because of the people that had given me pointers to improve and finally play on standard level

[boredstudent]

DDR!!! I'm getting Universe for it. I have an xbox 360 so I can

[CharismaticEdge]

DDR is up there with Golden Tee on the most ridiculously taken serious games.

[FoundINSound]

ROFL "Allowed me to lose weight"

[Zashera]

the promoter is a dumbass