FAQ about Arcade DDR

BobZ · Basic Member Joined: 24 Feb 2003

I'm considering buying a machine and thinking about where to place it. Is there any problem with putting one on carpet? Am I better off putting some plywood or something underneath it?

Ho-Man · Contributor Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Location: Noblesville, IN

There shouldn't really be any problem with putting it on carpet except that you will probably smash the pile of the carpet underneath the feet of the machine. However, if you're thinking about putting it in your house, I wouldn't recommend putting on a second floor or even a first floor that over a crawlspace or basement.

Remember, this is a 950 lb. machine that you jump on...I'd guess that most residential floor joists simply aren't meant to take that kind of a beating. It's ok if there's carpet under the machine, but there had better be concrete under that carpet or your machine may end up one floor lower in a quick and violent fashion. So a basement or a first floor that's built on a slab is probably your best bet.

BobZ · Basic Member Joined: 24 Feb 2003

Oh yes, bottom floor of course. I'm quite sure there's cement under the carpet as I had to tear it up after a pipe froze and burst. (Such fun!)

lildrchris25 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX

ok a question. i figured it could go here, since it is about arcades.

as i have read, the ddr monitor is supposed to be 29'. i have an arcade that needs a new monitor for their ddr machine, since the old one has pretty much went kaput. anyway, i checked on betson imperial, but they only have 27' monitors. my guess is that it would be acceptable to put in a ddr machine, would it work? (pretty stupid question, but i figured i'd ask it anyway)
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Yeehaw McKickass · Contributor Joined: 06 Oct 2002 Location: Chicago Area

you should be able to use the 27 incher, it's just gonna be a bit on the small side.

You may also have to create some sort of extra bracing for the monitor.
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sfetaz · Vivid Member Joined: 02 May 2002

I just got a brand new monitor in my machine, its a 29 incher, I had to make some adjustments to the brackets to get it to fit, but it works fine. 27 should be no problem, probably fit better. Just expect bracket adjustments.

~Sakura~ · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 8:36 am Post subject:

Ok. This might seem like a -very- dumb question but I am confused and have to get help. Alright my question is:

In the arcade version of Extreme, is there more songlists than the ones they give you. I mean like songs from the previous DR games and ect?

Yeehaw McKickass · Contributor Joined: 06 Oct 2002 Location: Chicago Area

That's the third question in the faq, the list sort change.
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lildrchris25 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX

another monitor question :

could just a standard arcade monitor be put into a ddr machine? (despite the cabinet being non us, though i was thinking wasn't all ddr machines basically the same regardless if it was us or jp or korean)
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sfetaz · Vivid Member Joined: 02 May 2002

So long as the monitor you want to use has Red, Green, Blue, Sync and Ground as its inputs, it will work as long as you know how to hook it up correctly.

Bemani Dog · Trick Member Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, FL

To the FAQ guy:

DisneyQuest in Orlando got a DDR Extreme, but shortly after was forced by Disney's legal team to remove it for two reasons:

1) The song "Little B!tch"

2) It's licensed for use in Japan only.

About the second one: is a legit machine alright to operate in the United States, even though it's licensed for use in Japan only?
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Tomo_kun · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Location: SE-WI.

Yeehaw McKickass · Contributor Joined: 06 Oct 2002 Location: Chicago Area

Actually, Konami probably does "care" but it's more of an "oh, they have the Extremes over there. So what."

Yes, actually it is "illegal" but it's not a law that's enforced... largely because enforcing it would be pointless.
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LouieT · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:51 am Post subject:

Behind some (not all) DDR cabinets, there is a little panel in the lower right corner with what looks like a VGA port and some RCA audio jacks. Are they really audio/video outputs or are they for something else?
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lildrchris25 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX

ok back again, with a little update.

i talked with the arcade owner about the monitor. unfournately the cabinet is korean (was originally a korean v2), and so the monitor's wiring is set for korea, not us/japan monitors. however he did say it may be possible to rewire a us/japan monitor to fit it. i am asking if anyone has had to do this for a korean ddr cabinet. if they do, how do you do it??
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Ho-Man · Contributor Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Location: Noblesville, IN

My machine has both audio output AND input jacks. I've hooked up a Discman to the input jacks and have been able to play CDs through the speakers. Of course the game's audio still comes through as well. So if you don't turn off attract mode sound or attempt to actually play a game you get both sound sources mixed--sonic soup!

As for the monitor out jack. Yes, it does look like a VGA port, but the signal is not VGA. The refresh rate is well below VGA specs. It's an RGB signal and you could hook up an external arcade monitor to it, if you were so inclined.

RiffRaff54 · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Location: Northern Ohio

Question: What are the dimensions for the pads?

Sorry if this has been answered in another thread. Thanks.
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royconejo · Basic Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

Another question about the monitor...

It's a low or medium resolution monitor (15k or 25k)? it's exactly 29"? the newer mixes (max, max2, extreme) uses an interlaced 720x480 mode as I suspect? and, does anybody knows the resolution and vertical refresh of the older and newer mixes? O_o

Maybe too technical.. but I'd like to know those things =P

pd: about the matrix walk and the risk to break up the monitor.. well I don't think it could be broken with that, the CRT has vacuum inside.. so I suspect that it needs to be very hard to support atomspheric pressure.. if it (for some reason) breaks.. well I think It'll explode the same as a light tube, but having in mind the dimensions, it'll be a lot more explosion (or implosion??) I just don't think it could happen just by walking over it.. by the time that you (in the worst case) break the acrilic, most of the impact will be absorbed =P

but on the other hand, as I said the acrilic above could be "easily" broken by a hit; the same way as an arrow I think

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