Dance Dance Revolution invented almost every element of modern videogames. (Namely huge unwieldy peripherals, licensed games music and imprecise gameplay that involves moving around like a fool) Unfortunately Konami are useless and were unable to capitalise on this because they were too busy recording the many hours of cut scenes for Metal Gear Solid.
However in those days of ‘millennium dome’ I was not the jaded cynic I am today and I embraced DDR with open arms. Here are ten anecdotes about DDR. Please note that they are not interesting anecdotes but they are things that happened in real life rather than in my mind. (Which is why they are so boring)
Anecdote 1 – The first time I played DDR was actually inside the millennium dome. I forget what the song was but a woman was stood watching me and Uncle Pete said “You can have an autograph after”. But I don’t think she wanted an autograph. Actually I have no idea what she wanted but I think it is an odd thing to just watch a stranger playing DDR. Especially when that Stranger is only 16! I think that woman should probably be locked up.
Later on we went to see a show about a man hanging on some curtains but I don’t know what it had to do with the millennium.
Anecdote 2 – One time I saw a man in the arcade doing TWO Dance Dance Revolutions at once using his hands and feet. A lot of people were stood watching him and it was nearly as exciting as the time I saw a man playing House of The Dead 2 with both guns. (Although that actually makes the game easier but it costs more money)
Anecdote 3 – Once Jonas Bruner’s friend went on a trip with us to Skegness and he played DDR while wearing a fes he had bought from a joke shop. H emay not have managed to get a good score but he certainly managed to keep the fes on his head!
Anecdote 4 – I forced Uncle Pete to buy me Dance Dance revolution Euro Mix otherwise I wouldn’t go to my school prize giving. He didn’t realise that he would also have to buy the dancing mat and I made several punds out of him that day. It’s a good job I did go to the prize giving as I was awarded a £10 WH Smith voucher for high intelligence. I promptly spent it on Breath of Fire IV for the PSONE. An intelligent move? Certainly as it’s the only good Breath of Fire game!
Anecdote 5- I once had such a ‘vigorous’ session of dancing that the floor started shaking and things started falling off shelves. It was a bit like being in an earthquake but instead of big cracks opening up in the floor you have to listen to Boyzone.
Anecdote 6- Dance Dance Revolution features a song called ‘Silent Hill’ which has nothing to do with Konami game silent hill. It is however the world’s greatest Christmas song.
“Lights on the avenue
All seem so far away.
I should be drinking a toast to you.
From my Christmas Tray.
Tonight is the night for
I love you
Johnny Rawlings
Equipped with a spear
Rainbow Summon
CHRISTMAS IS HERE”
The other good thing about that song is that it stole the tune from the SNES version of Sim City.
Anecdote 7 – The Japanese version of Dance Dance Revolution mysteriously features famous songs with slightly changed lyrics in an attempt to avoid copyright law. The best of these is the version of “Celebration” which says “Lets get down tonight.”
Surely having the exact same song with slightly different lyrics is not enough to confuse the music industry?
Anecdote 8 – Jonas Bruner said that DDR song “Gotta Keep Rushing” was one of his favourite songs for a piece of school work. In reality all his favourite songs are tunes from F-Zero GX. (But they don’t have lyrics) This was probably better than what I said when they asked me what my favourite songs were as I never actually heard any music until I was 22. I say probably because I can’t remember exactly what I said, I suspect I just hissed “Soooooooonnnnngggg” and then floated into the sky.
Anecdote 9 – The Disney version of Dance Dance Revolution features many Disney songs, but it also features a song from car racing anime ‘Initial D’. It is easily the best song on the game but I have no idea what it is doing there.
Anecdote 10 – I spent a lot of time playing emulated versions of the game boy colour dance dance revolution games. This was probably the most pointless thing anyone has ever done.
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