Uses for DDR Products besides DDR

DDRguyKAOS · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Location: Next up

Has anyone else found uses for DDR products other than for DDR?

You wont belive how good of an insulater a soft pad is, ive used them quite a few times as blankets during winter when I crashed at my friends' houses
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Stadsport · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ

I used to have this old NES game with a soft pad that had like 16 points on it. It was a "running" simulator that was incredibly boring, and apparently there were also some dancing games for it. If they were similar to DDR, I dunno. I should look into it, though. I still have the pad.

Skullreaver6969 · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Location: Chula Vista, CA

I used it as a mattress once and i also use it to watch DVD's on the PS2

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Ken.(Period) · Trick Member Joined: 19 May 2004 Location: EP,NJ

I use my the games box as a coaster. Works pretty good.

Pwnd · Basic Member Joined: 24 Jul 2004

I heard (though i never tried) that you can use ddr pads for any PS1 or PS2 game as long as it doesnt need the analog(I am also unsure cause my metal pads do not have Square and triangle buttons)... Im not sure if this works but give it a try =P

Footstep · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject:

Sharpen's my cat's claws,is a good back rest(too many years fishing),and Im gonna use it was a cover tonight
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terence · Trick Member Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Location: Orlando, FL

a friend of mine keeps a ps2 soft pad in his car's trunk at all times... just in case...

and it used to crack me the hell up...

until i started doing it too... no joke.

though my excuse is that I spend alot of time driving around, and I mean, well, just in case, right?

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Neemo · Trick Member Joined: 25 Dec 2003 Location: Houston

Once when i was trapped in the jungle, i used my redoctane for catching food, as shelter,shaving, tearing meat, entertainment and all other survival essentials.

what? Oh... you wanted real answers.... okay.

I used it to play DDR

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Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X

Pwnd- You can indeed use a DDR pad for any PS1 or PS2 game so long as it doesn't require analog control. Your control options can be limited, though. Along with your metal pad, many pads don't have Square and Triangle buttons on them. Or R1, L1, R2, and R2. Some 3rd party ones do, cramming the L and R buttons onto the top of the mat along with Select and Start. I tried playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 with my pad. Kinda hard when all you have is weak punch and weak kick!

Stadsport- I think that's the Power Pad you're talking about, not totally sure as I think there may have been more than one. I once saw someone on the internet modify one of those to make it into a DDR pad, though. o_O

RadMooseKiller · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio

i just use game cases as coasters some times.
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_the_legend_of_bag_ · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2004

I occasionally use my pad to play Final Fantasy 7- kind of a challenge, but fun none the less. Aaaand that's about it.
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Vater5B · Trick Member Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Location: Moore, OK

Tekked · Trick Member Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Location: Enigma 100%

clubbinguy · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Location: USA

Stadsport: you sound like you think youre the only one who ever had, or heard of the old NES Track & Field, and the "Power Pad". That's some serious old skool junk. Haha I was so fat back then I couldn't beat anyone except Turtle. Makes me want to break it out now and beat the crap out of Cheetah.

Dang, other ppl keep a pad in their trunks too, "just in case". lol I always wonder if I'm going to end up at a party or something and need to bust out some DDR and recruit new addicts. One of those console-less pads with the songs built-in would be ideal for that, except they suck a$$ and newbies would get a bastardized version of the DDR experience.

Anyway, I tried using my pad for Space Channel 5, which you'd think would be perfect since it's a music-based game that uses the 4 directions, X and O. But it's not. Since you're not allowed to touch any direction unless it's time to hit it, you cant leave your feet on arrows, and you look like a pogo stick. It's just plain not fun.

Tekked: Tetris sounds like a fun idea.

BandGeekGirl · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004

well.. a home gym!!! i've just started DDR, but I have lost weight doing it.. YAY!!!

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Neemo · Trick Member Joined: 25 Dec 2003 Location: Houston

HI... I'M NEEMO.

I will like to point out that the reason this post got no more replies is because once the people who would reply got here... they were distracted and clicked on the site on the profile above me.
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Atomsk255 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2004

Well, I never used it for anything else but i DID hear these stories

1. My cousin used it as a blanket like others.

2. Some guys used some metal pads, stacked on top of eachother to give a speech for a club president. (maybe a ddr club I dunno)

3. Someone tried to use it as a card table.

4. Pump it up

5. With two soft pads, one person used them as bulletin boards. (those horrible 10/20 dollar ones)

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2,

Some people also play that using a ddr pad, they tried, it didn't work though....wouldve been interesting...

as for the game boxes, I also use them as coasters, once a while...
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Aku Soku Zan · Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:51 pm Post subject:

The DDR pad serves as a good mattress. Sometimes after I play I'm so tired I just take a nap right on the pad.

I once used my Max2 disc as a mirror because I couldn't find one.

I've tried Final Fantasy 8 and EA Sports Hockey with the pad. That was an interesting experience...I got killed in hockey by my brother who was playing controller.
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Redwngs13 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: Hockeytown

How about using a soft pad as a door mat? lol, i've never done it, and dont know anyone else that has either.... I just kind of thought of the idea...

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