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Dancing Stage EuroMix is a music video game, developed by Konami, released to European arcades in August 2000. In North America, the game was released as Dance Dance Revolution USA in October 2000. Dancing Stage EuroMix was also released for the PlayStation on June 1, 2001.
| Dancing Stage EuroMix | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Series | Dancing Stage |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation |
| Release | ArcadePlayStation
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| Genre(s) | Music, Exercise |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Gameplay
editThe core gameplay involves the player stepping their feet to correspond with the arrows that appear on screen and the beat. During normal gameplay, arrows scroll upwards from the bottom of the screen and pass over a set of stationary arrows near the top (referred to as the "guide arrows" or "receptors", officially known as the Step Zone). When the scrolling arrows overlap the stationary ones, the player must step on the corresponding arrows on the dance platform, and the player is given a judgement for their accuracy of every streaked note.
Music
editInternational variants include Dancing Stage EuroMix and Dance Dance Revolution USA. EuroMix was released in European arcades in August 2000. It has a reduced song list of 28 songs, or 34 songs with the Internet Ranking feature enabled. half which are Konami Originals and half which are licenses. Of the licenses, eight are from Universal Music Group and are only available in this arcade release. Six Konami Originals can be added by activating Internet Ranking, for a total of 34 songs. USA was released in North American arcades in October 2000. It has a reduced song list of 26 songs: six licenses and 20 Konami Originals. EuroMix with Internet Ranking and USA share four licenses and 15 Konami Originals in common, including two 3rdMix Plus tracks: "Love This Feelin'" and "TRIP MACHINE ～luv mix～".
The arcade release of Dancing Stage EuroMix features a total of 34 songs, including 18 licensed songs and 16 Konami original songs. Six of the original songs require the Internet Ranking feature to be enabled, which can be done with a code by an arcade operator. Among the licenses, eight are from Universal Music Group, and this is the only appearance of these songs in a Konami arcade game. The ten other licenses are from Dancemania, which made their arcade debut in the Dance Dance Revolution series. "Dam Dariram" and "Do It All Night" also appear in StepManiaX by Step Revolution.
The PlayStation release of Dancing Stage EuroMix features a total of 24 songs. The ten Dancemania licenses and five of the Internet Ranking songs are unavailable, with five other Konami original songs taking their place. "Let The Move" is the sole Internet Ranking song to return on the PlayStation game, and it is available without an unlock code.
Dancing Stage EuroMix 2 and Dancing Stage SuperNova for arcades feature the 16 original songs from EuroMix without the need for an unlock code.
| Song | Artist | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Music licenses (arcade and console versions) | ||
| "(Mucho Mambo) Sway" | Shaft | |
| "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | from the album Love Tracks |
| "Magic Alec Presents Resonance" | Magic Alec | |
| "More Than This '99" | Emmie | |
| "Rushing" | Loni Clark | |
| "So Good" | Boyzone | from the album Said and Done |
| "Video Killed The Radio Star" | The Buggles | from the album The Age of Plastic |
| "Word Up" | Cameo | from the album of the same name |
| Dancemania licenses (arcade only) | ||
| "CAPTAIN JACK (GRANDALE REMIX)" | CAPTAIN JACK | from Dancemania SPEED 2 |
| "DAM DARIRAM" | JOGA | from Dancemania X3 |
| "DO IT ALL NIGHT" | E-ROTIC | from Dancemania X4 |
| "DUB-I-DUB" | ME&MY | from Dancemania 1 |
| "EL RITMO TROPICAL" | DIXIE'S GANG | from Dancemania SUMMERS 2 |
| "HOLIDAY" | WHO'S THAT GIRL! | from ZIPmania II |
| "KUNG FU FIGHTING" | BUS STOP featuring CARL DOUGLAS | from Dancemania EXTRA |
| "SO MANY MEN" | ME & MY | from ZIPmania II |
| "Stomp to my beat" | JS16 | from Dancemania WINTERS |
| "TUBTHUMPING" | CHUMBAWAMBA | from Dancemania EXTRA |
| Konami Original songs (arcade and console versions) | ||
| "AFRONOVA" | RE-VENGE | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "DEAD END" | N&S | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "DYNAMITE RAVE" | NAOKI | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "END OF THE CENTURY" | NO.9 | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "KEEP ON MOVIN'" | N.M.R | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix |
| "La Senorita" | CAPTAIN.T | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "LUV TO ME (AMD MIX)" | DJ KAZU feat. tiger YAMATO | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "MAKE A JAM!" | U1 | from Dance Dance Revolution (JP PS) |
| "PARANOiA Rebirth" | 190' | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "Silent Hill" | THOMAS HOWARD | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| Internet Ranking songs | ||
| "20, NOVEMBER (D.D.R. VERSION)" | N.M.R feat. DJ nagureo | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix |
| "Jam Jam Reggae (AMD SWING MIX)" | RICE.C feat. jam master '73 | from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix |
| "LET THEM MOVE" | N.M.R | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix |
| "LOVE THIS FEELIN'" | Chang Ma | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix (JP PS) |
| "PARANOiA KCET (clean mix)" | 2MB | from Dance Dance Revolution (JP PS) |
| "TRIP MACHINE (luv mix)" | 2MB | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix (JP PS) |
| Konami Original songs (console only) | ||
| "BRILLIANT 2U" | NAOKI | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix |
| "MAKE IT BETTER" | mitsu-O! | from Dance Dance Revolution |
| "PARANOiA" | 180 | from Dance Dance Revolution |
| "PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME" | UZI-LAY | from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix |
| "TRIP MACHINE" | DE-SIRE | from Dance Dance Revolution |
Reception
edit| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| The Sydney Morning Herald | 2.5/5[1] |
The Sydney Morning Herald gave the PlayStation version of the game a score of 2.5 out of 5, stating: "An arcade formula that barely works at home. The original content has also been commercialised, which will please some but disappoint the purists."[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cheung, Kevin (June 9, 2001). "Yes sir, you can boggie". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 230. Retrieved September 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.