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This is a comparison of dancing video game series in which players must step on panels on a dance pad in time with music. Step placement and timing is indicated by rising arrows overlapping fixed targets.
Developer[nb 1] | First release[nb 2] | Latest release[nb 3] | Panels/pad[nb 4] | Modifiers[nb 5] | Courses[nb 6] | Bombs[nb 7] | USB Card[nb 8] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dance Aerobics TM | Human Entertainment | 1987 (Dance Aerobics)[1] | N/A | 10 | No | Yes | No | No |
Dance Dance Revolution | Konami | 1998 (Dance Dance Revolution) | 2024 (Dance Dance Revolution World) | 4[nb 9][nb 10][nb 11] | Yes | Yes[nb 12] | Partial [nb 13] | Yes (X to X3) |
Pump It Up | Andamiro | 1999 (Pump It Up) [2] | 2023 (Pump It Up 2023 Phoenix) | 5 for single, 10 for double[nb 14] | Yes | Yes (Fiesta to XX) |
Yes | Yes (NX2 to XX) |
Dance Maniax | Konami | 1999 (Dance Maniax) | 2001 (Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append JPARADISE) | 0 (4 hand sensors) |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
3DDX | NGG Entertainment | 2000 (3DDX) | N/A | 4 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
EZ2Dancer | AmuseWorld | 2000 (EZ2Dancer) | 2004 (EZ2Dancer SuperChina) | 3 (2 hand sensors) |
? | ? | ? | ? |
ParaParaParadise | Konami | 2000 (ParaParaParadise) | 2001 (ParaParaParadise 2nd MIX) | 0 (8 hand sensors) |
? | ? | ? | ? |
TechnoMotion | F2 Systems | 2000 (TechnoMotion) | (TechnoMotion The 2nd Dance Floor!) | 8 | Yes | No | No | No |
Dance: UK | Broadsword Interactive Limited | 2003 (Dance:UK) | N/A | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
EyeToy: Groove | London Studio | 2003 (EyeToy: Groove) | N/A | 0 (6 virtual hand sensors) |
No | No | No | No |
In The Groove | Roxor | 2004 (In The Groove) | 2006 (In The Groove 3) | 4[nb 9][nb 10] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MC Groovz Dance Craze | Mad Catz | 2004 (MC Groovz Dance Craze) | N/A | 8 | ? | ? | ? | No |
Dance Praise | Digital Praise | 2005 (Original Dance Praise) | 2007 (Dance Praise 2: The ReMix) | 4[nb 9] | No | Partial[nb 15] | Yes | No |
StepMania | MIT License | 1998 (StepMania) | 2021 (Project Outfox & Serenity Edition) | 3-10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Performous | GPL License | 2009 | 2010 | 8 | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Dance 86.4 Funky Radio Station | Konami | 2005 (Dance 86.4 Funky Radio Station) | N/A | 3 | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Mungyodance | Emphatic Games (MGD/MGD2); Monakai (MGD3) |
2006 (Mungyodance) | 2008 (Mungyodance 3: The Third Rave) | 4 | Yes (limited) |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cyber Coach | Quick Controls Ltd | 2007 (Cyber Coach) | N/A | 8 [3] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pump It Up Pro | Fun in Motion | 2007 (Pump It Up Pro) | 2013 (Pump It Up Infinity) | 5[nb 14] | Yes | Yes[nb 16] | Yes | Yes |
StepManiaX | Step Revolution | 2017 (StepManiaX) | N/A (ongoing updates) | 3 (Beginner) 5 (Easy, Hard, and Wild) 6 (Dual) 10 (Full and Team) |
Yes | No | Yes | No Uses QR Code |
Some games have 3 or more simultaneous presses. This is supposed to be accomplished via pressing two arrows with the feet and the extra arrows with the player's hands, hence the name "hands". Using carefully positioned feet to hit multiple arrows at once (also known as bracketing) is also another method and is the most common method for much harder songs as time goes by.