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Author Topic: DDR in mame or stepmania?  (Read 5747 times)

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DDR in mame or stepmania?
« on: May 13, 2008, 02:49:01 pm »
I am picking up a cobalt flux pad later today, found it local and reasonably priced.
Is the DDR emulation in mame any good or should I just install stepmania?
I have mame 114. I checked maws and looks like all the ddr stuff was added prior to 114.
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Re: DDR in mame or stepmania?
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2008, 04:00:00 pm »
It certainly looks playable in this video:


Not sure what hardware is required for full speed though.

I don't want to hijack your thread, but does anyone know if PS2 DDR pads work well on the PC with one of those PSX to USB converters?
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Re: DDR in mame or stepmania?
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2008, 08:37:37 pm »
Stepmania.com is the place to go for adapter info. They have a whole section of reviews/comments. I have a Super Joy Box 3 and it's greats.

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Re: DDR in mame or stepmania?
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2008, 11:05:06 pm »
I use generic DDR pads designed for the PS2 through a PS2 converter, which I play stepmania with on my mame cabinet. It works perfectly.

I also use those PS2>USB converters for my guitar hero guitars to play Frets On Fire.

I'm running a 2+ghz P4 in my mame cabinet and I still can't run DDR fast enough in MAME, but Stepmania works great.

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Re: DDR in mame or stepmania?
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2008, 11:07:38 pm »
Definitely go the stepmania route. Ive bout killed my RedOctanes, but its still easily customizable (mine has the Jap EXTREME theme goin for it.) I actually freaked a couple friends out with it by making them think I spent the time and money to convert a JAMMA cab to DDR without arcade pads...good times...
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