Tips and Guides

Articles written by DDR Freaks to help out other DDRers.

• Dictionary - Your guide to the jargon of DDR.
• DDR Freak Dictionary


• Game-specific - Individual FAQs concerning specific game versions.
• Arcade Versions
  DDR US 1st MixDDR USADDR 1.5 MixDDR 2nd MixDDR 2nd Mix Link VerDDR 2nd Mix with BM IIDX Substream Club Version 2DDR 3rd MixDDR 3rd Mix verKorea1DDR 3rd Mix verKorea2DDR 3rd Mix AsianDDR 3rd Mix PlusDDR 4th MixDDR 4th Mix PlusDDR 5th MixDDR Solo Bass MixDDR Solo 2000DDR Solo 4th MixDDR Solo 4th Mix PlusDancing Stage feat. Disney's RaveDancing StageDancing Stage EuroMIXDancing Stage feat. True Kiss DestinationDancing Stage feat. Dreams Come TrueDDR 6th mix (DDR MAX)DDR 7th Mix (DDR MAX2)Dancing Stage EuroMIX 2DDR EXTREMEDancing Stage 1.5 MixDDR Karaoke MixDDR Karaoke Mix 2ndDDR KidsIn The GrooveIn The Groove 2Dancing Stage FusionDDR 4th Mix AsianDDR Solo 4th Mix AsianDDR SuperNOVADancing Stage SuperNOVADDR SuperNOVA 2DDR X
• Home Versions
  ---------------------------------------------Dreamcast (Japan)---------------------------------------------DDR 2nd ReMixDDR CLUB VERSION---------------------------------------------Game Boy Color (Japan)---------------------------------------------Dance Dance Revolution GBDance Dance Revolution GB Disney MixDance Dance Revolution GB Oha Sta!Dance Dance Revolution GB2Dance Dance Revolution GB3---------------------------------------------GameCube (EU)---------------------------------------------Dancing Stage Mario Mix---------------------------------------------GameCube (Japan)---------------------------------------------Dance Dance Revolution with MARIO---------------------------------------------GameCube (US)---------------------------------------------Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix---------------------------------------------i-mode---------------------------------------------DDR EXTREME---------------------------------------------Nintendo 64 (Japan)---------------------------------------------DDR Disney Dancing Museum---------------------------------------------PC (US)---------------------------------------------Dance Dance Revolution---------------------------------------------Playstation (EU)---------------------------------------------Dancing Stage Disney MixDancing Stage EuromixDancing Stage FeverDancing Stage FusionDancing Stage Party Edition---------------------------------------------Playstation (Japan)---------------------------------------------Dancing Stage feat. True Kiss DestinationDancing Stage featuring Dreams Come TrueDDR 1st MixDDR 2nd ReMixDDR 2nd ReMix Append Club version vol. 1DDR 2nd ReMix Append Club version vol. 2DDR 3rd MixDDR 4th MixDDR 5th MixDDR BEST HITSDDR Disney's RaveDDR Extra MixDDR Oha Sta!---------------------------------------------Playstation (USA)---------------------------------------------Dance Dance RevolutionDDR Disney MixDDR Konamix---------------------------------------------Playstation2 (EU)---------------------------------------------Dancing Stage FeverDancing Stage FusionDancing Stage MaxDancing Stage Megamix---------------------------------------------Playstation2 (Japan)---------------------------------------------DDR EXTREME (JP)DDR FestivalDDR MAX (6th mix)DDR MAX2DDR Party Collection---------------------------------------------Playstation2 (US)---------------------------------------------DDR EXTREMEDDR Extreme 2DDR MAXDDR MAX2DDR SuperNOVAIn The Groove---------------------------------------------Xbox (EU)---------------------------------------------Dancing Stage UnleashedDancing Stage Unleashed 2Dancing Stage Unleashed 3---------------------------------------------Xbox (US)---------------------------------------------DDR UltramixDDR Ultramix 2DDR Ultramix 3


• Beginners - How to start beating those difficult songs
• FAQ: Beginners Tips/Improvement Methods - Eckostyle, 30 April 04
• Getting Started - PitterPanda, 3 February 02


• Scoring - How to improve your gameplay
• Get those perfects and combos higher - NOR, 3 February 02


• Performance - Start stylin' and looking good (disclaimer)
• Tournament performance and strategy - dj 8-ball, 3 February 02
• What to do and what NOT to do in a routine - HyperBroken, 3 February 02
• God of Cookery's Performance Guide - step to my lou // RTF, 6 December 00
• Sweetpinoy's Performance Guide - A-Jay, 1 December 00
• Pakwan Kenobi's Performance Guide - Pakwan Kenobi, 18 October 00
• Mel B's Performance Guide - Melvis at the Disco!, 18 October 00
• J Dogg's Performance Guide - J Dogg, 18 October 00
• Hikari's Performance Guide - Hikari, 18 October 00


• Technical - The science of DDR
• Modifying Foam Pads for Doubles - SilasX, 23 March 07
• FAQ about DDR Solo Arcade Machines - RyogAkari, 8 February 05
• Keeping your monitor in top shape - Yeehaw McKickass, 14 February 05
• Inside a DDR Stage: The Naked Truth Revealed! - Ho-Man, 20 December 04
• Ignition Pad Modification FAQ - Rychan, 1 December 04
• Arcade Machine FAQ - Yeehaw McKickass, 14 November 06
• Modchips and Imports - Larrikin, 4 December 04
• DDR Arcade Memory Card FAQ - Cutriss, 11 July 05
• DDR Ultramix and Dialup FAQ - Cutriss, 14 October 04
• Console Modding - rampage, 16 October 02
• Softpad Modding - PitterPanda, 3 February 02


• General - Everything else
• The Case Against Roxor, Part 2: The Fur Has Started to Fly - Lost_Sage, 18 August 05
• The Case Against Roxor: A Brief Overview of Civil Litigation - Lost_Sage, 1 June 05
• How to Start a DDR Organization - xequar, 13 October 04
• Guide to Arcade Activism -- Get Things Fixed - Black Lab, 29 April 04
• Choosing a DDR Machine - Animenathan, 16 October 02
• How to play doubles - Quarkboy, 16 October 02
• How to run a tournament (.ZIP) - NOR, 3 February 02
• Physiology of DDR - A-Jay, 3 February 02
• Methods of keeping your place in line - A-Jay, 3 February 02
• The Basics - Pakwan Kenobi, 3 February 02