Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
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| Developer(s) | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
| Publisher(s) | KCET |
| Distributor(s) | KCET |
| Designer(s) | KCET |
| License | Propietary |
| Series | Dance Dance Revolution & Bemani |
| Engine | Solo 2000 |
| Aspect ratio | NTSC-J, horizontal |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date | JP December 16, 1999 Asia December 16, 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Music & Exercise |
| Mode(s) | Single-player & 4x Multiplayer |
| Media | CD-ROM |
| Input methods | Pressure sensitive panels (feet) & Buttons (hands) |
| Cabinet | Custom |
| Arcade system | Bemani System 573 Solo |
| CPU | R3000A 32 bit RISC processor |
| Sound | PlayStation SPU |
| Display | 29" CRT (Raster, 256x224 & 740x480) |
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 is the second special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on December 15, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR Solo 2000 features 36 songs, 20 of which are new to Dance Dance Revolution.
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[edit] Gameplay
- See also: Gameplay of Dance Dance Revolution
The core gameplay of DDR Solo 2000 is the same as the previous Dance Dance Revolution games but with the addition of two extra arrows on the top corners of the pad. The game can be played with only 3 panels, the traditional 4 panel, or 6 panel. Although it is normally played solo, up to 4 machines can be linked together. In addition, new "Nonstop Megamixes" were added, featuring a club style "truly" nonstop mix of several songs. As with long versions in Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, they cost 2 "chips" to play (stages remaining are represented by gold poker chips).
Scoring is completely score based as typical for 4th Mix era games, with 500 points earned per Perfect, 300 per Great, and 100 per Good, with jumps counting as double. Bonuses are also added for the longest combo made (length x 300 points) and the longest chain of Perfects (length x 100 points).
[edit] Music
Notable songs from this version include:
- DROP OUT: the first DDR song to have a consistent BPM over 200. The steps run at 260 BPM, twice the speed of the actual music. The main problem areas on Heavy difficulty are the two sets of 1/4th jumps near the beginning of the song, and the long stream of 1/8th notes near the end. The low framerate of pre-5th Mix games made this song especially difficult to sight-read.
- Nonstop Megamixes: Solo 2000 featured the first instance of Nonstop Megamixes on DDR games, containing several songs mixed together into one long mix. The concept did not carry over to other arcade versions, but similarly formatted mixes known as "Power Mixes" are found on the American console release Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2.
If Let the beat hit 'em is chosen as a song with the Random function, it plays the version of the song from Beatmania IIDX instead of the regular version, the steps however are identical.
[edit] Soundtrack
A combined soundtrack for both solo versions of DDR was released by Toshiba-EMI under their Dancemania dance music brand. It contains 35 tracks from the game and all 9 megamixes.
[edit] Background movie controversy
In San Diego, California, a local arcade in 2002 removed a DDR Solo 2000 machine after Jennifer Stoefen and several members of the "Youth Advocacy Coalition" complained that the background movies of selected songs (a specific example involves images of pills and a scantily clad nurse in the video for I'm Alive) contained images that could promote drug and alcohol abuse. [1]
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[edit] External links
- Konami (US Home Page)
- Konami (Japanese Home Page) (Japanese)
- Official DDR Solo 2000 website (Japanese)
- Dancemania (Japanese)
[edit] References
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- ^ Teens get mad over video; it's removed. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
