So in the never ending insanity that is this hobby, this is the newest acquisition   The fiancee was really interested in getting one so I put out some feelers here and it panned out.  She is happy as hell right now with this thing and I'm sure she'll be rushing home tonight to play it as well.  

Anyway, I'm not overly familiar with vids even less so familiar with DDR.  So does anyone else have one, or does anyone know of any good resources to tap to find out some information on them?  The thing works just fine but right now all the text is in Japanese, I'm curious to figure out if I can change that.  Also want to know what it takes to update songs, and things like that.

Any info is much appreciated, pics are below and yes that is my living room   

Also wanted to say thanks to Jamie23 here on MAACA, stand up guy easy to deal with, didn't even require a deposit or anything and help me load this monster into the cube van I had.  Was even willing to lend a hand and help out when I got it home and it wasn't working.  Seems the trip broke the CD-Rom drive in the machine, replaced it and everything was good to go.  He even offered a replacement drive but I've got so many I didn't need it.  So thanks again Jamie!

Wow... with all your pins, the 10-foot Optimus Prime statue, and now the DDR, you REALLY need a new house!

Quoted from Sparky

Wow... with all your pins, the 10-foot Optimus Prime statue, and now the DDR, you REALLY need a new house!

Yep, we do, what's going to be even funnier is seeing what the moving company is going to think when they come to move our house   

Good exercise.  I tried to get my boys hooked on DDR for the Wii, but the interest faded fast.  

Quoted from websherpa

Good exercise.  I tried to get my boys hooked on DDR for the Wii, but the interest faded fast.  

Denise found the console versions were never the same (pretty standard for any arcade port) the pads are flimsy pieces of paper compared to the 200lb piece of steel that the arcade pad is.  It really makes a difference to have the right equipment.  

Quoted from Vengeance

Yep, we do, what's going to be even funnier is seeing what the moving company is going to think when they come to move our house   

Be careful with that.. don't assume they'll move it, be sure to ask around.  A lot of them refuse to move arcade machines (just like they won't move pianos)

Quoted from machine.slave

Be careful with that.. don't assume they'll move it, be sure to ask around.  A lot of them refuse to move arcade machines (just like they won't move pianos)

It would obviously be a requirement, company that moved us in moved 3 pins and a vid.  No way I'm wanting to move 16 pins, 1 show case cab and a DDR in one day while dealing with moving the rest of the house as well.  

enjoy it - its a fun game - although I dont bother with it myself....I got mya DDRX through Jamie as well - great dealing with him

Im looking for a marquee and some light bulb starters - apart from that its a great unit

Dont know how to get the text to english though....

So just out of curiousity...  How much does a beast like that go for these days?

Mike

Quoted from MrMikeman

So just out of curiousity...  How much does a beast like that go for these days?

Mike

Brand new they retail for 10K or more

We picked ours up for 3.8K

Quoted from donnie

enjoy it - its a fun game - although I dont bother with it myself....I got mya DDRX through Jamie as well - great dealing with him

Im looking for a marquee and some light bulb starters - apart from that its a great unit

Dont know how to get the text to english though....

Yea I haven't played it yet, one of the marquee tubes works in mine not sure bout the other and allt he flashing lights work so I'm good to go there.  

Quoted from Vengeance

Denise found the console versions were never the same (pretty standard for any arcade port) the pads are flimsy pieces of paper compared to the 200lb piece of steel that the arcade pad is.  It really makes a difference to have the right equipment.  

My friend just bought a proper pad that connects to his PS2. Lots of fun and doesn't take up a whole room.

This is similar to the one he got.

I would've gone for an xbox and PC compatible one so I could use the game Stepmania (it's an open-source DDR with thousands of available songs). Maybe there's a way to hook up a PC to your new cab and run stepmania

Quoted from jonny_eh

My friend just bought a proper pad that connects to his PS2. Lots of fun and doesn't take up a whole room.

This is similar to the one he got.

I would've gone for an xbox and PC compatible one so I could use the game Stepmania (it's an open-source DDR with thousands of available songs). Maybe there's a way to hook up a PC to your new cab and run stepmania

I saw those and pointed Denise to those, but she still wanted a full size cab.  

*edit*

One feature I think you lose by using those pads on the console that you get on the full size arcade is the ability to dance across both pads as one player.  Don't quote me on that as I'm not 100% sure, but I don't see how it would work on a console pad where it works like a charm on the arcade version.