Pad quality in different mixes?

Para · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 11:12 am Post subject: Pad quality in different mixes?

I am planning on buying a DDR machine and one of the key factors influencing my decision is:

As the mixes get better, do the pads improve with them? Or have they been using the same pad since 1st mix?
If I bought a 1st mix machine and Upgrated it to extreme, would the pad be much worse then if I had bought the actual 8th mix machine?

If any of you know much about this, your information is appreciated.

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PBoy227 · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 11:27 am Post subject:

my guess would be that the 1st mix pads wern't made to handle freeze arrows. but like i said its just a guess
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AquaWater · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Location: Here.

I'm not sure if there are any difference in pads for the mixes, but earlier pads will handle freeze arrows. Our arcade machine was a 3rd mix, and it got upgraded to Extreme, and the freeze arrows work fine.. (except when people beat up the pads...

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PBoy227 · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 11:34 am Post subject:

cool, learn somthin new everyday
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GuyMonkey · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject:

Yeah, at the Playdium here, we used our 1st Mix pads on Extreme, and they work fine.
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Tenaciousmonk · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject:

There is no difference in pads, konami still manufactures the same one you saw in 1st mix. Just when you buy it brand new they sometimes have different logos or stickers on them.
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Rychan · Contributor Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Castle Rock, CO

I've heard that some of them have a very slight size difference.... I haven't shopped around for my machine yet... it's still just a dream of mine.
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Jon-O · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 7:58 pm Post subject: a bit off topic

A bit off-topic, but I've noticed in console versions of the game 1st Mix didn't have that great of a response with any other pad, but Konamix and DDRMAX do fine, just an observation

dj-Luminus · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA

Well too bad they're not talking about the console versions are they?

Anyway, since Konami stopped making DDR 1st through about 6th Mix, 7th and EXTREME probably are more updated and use better material. Or are just newer and haven't been waiting around in a warehouse for a long time.
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mistereff · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 2:12 am Post subject:

i thought that only the cabinets changed and the pads stayed the same. because when my arcade changed mixes, from 5th to 7th, the entire machine changed except for the pads, which were exactly the same. i think you can buy cabinets and pads separately.

btw, if youre buying from an arcade, dont buy from a namco arcade. they have new arrows that suck buttocks. try to buy from anywhere but them.

Trance Of Sorrow · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003

I think the pads are the same from each mix DDR has come out with, I can't tell the difference.