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If the name reminds you of Dance Dance Revolution, it should. The concept is the same. You choose a song; arrows come up or down the screen; you match the arrows at the right time. Unlike DDR where you play with your feet, in this game you play with your fingers. Since most people have more nimble fingers than feet, once you get to a higher level you can even see 3 key combos.

Don't be scared of playing though. The game has a big enough inventory for players of all levels.

You can choose songs from 5 genres of music: Dance (and Dance 2), Hip Hop, Rock, Funk, and Arcade. Most songs will be listed in order of skill
levels.

When you beat a song, you get credits. Sometimes you even get tokens, or skill access, or secret songs. Tokens allow you to play in the Token section. Skill access are songs you unlock after beating certain skill levels of songs. Secret songs are song that are really hard to get and the path to unlocking them is uncertain. Credits allow you to buy songs in the FFR shop.

If you have a bad connection, you can even choose to play on low resolution. The screen will be smaller and you'll have to squint a little, but it will go faster.

Don't forget multiplayer! You can fight against opponents. You can even challenge a specific player and bid for credits.

I'm sure you noticed that I wrote 2 more FFR games on the list.

Game rating: Amazing

FFR R2 is a game still in-progress that is even more linked to its DDR relative. The menu uses the same setup and everything from the arrows to the life bar resembles it more. However, this game has its ups and downs. While the feel is more authentic, the controls are not as responsive. When you come in slightly late or early, you're still supposed to be credited (you just don't get a perfect. You get good or OK). In this game, you're supposed to get that, but more oft than not the game won't recognized a late/early entry at all and will count it as a miss.

This wouldn't be that much of a problem if you didn't lose so much from misses. You lose far more of your life points from missing on this game, and gain far less from good entries, than on the regular FFR.

Also! While you do get to choose a skill level prior to playing, it doesn't actually filter out songs of a different skill range. This makes it very easy for someone to pick a song outside of their regular skill level. That means advanced players can accidentally pick songs that are too easy (and therefore boring) and newer players can pick songs that are absolutely unbeatable for them.

This makes this version of the game unplayable for people who aren't always right on time.

Game rating: pain in the butt

FFR Resonance isn't its own game. Users (like you and I) can submit their own Sim Files. That means people actually pick songs and create their own moves for them and then submit them for all to see. Usually they will make 4 versions for all 4 skill levels available.

This is still in beta but a lot nicer playing-wise than FFR R2. It's too bad you have to reload the web page in order to get to a new song (instead of being redirected to the menu)

Game rating: Great

This is nothing to do with DDR (finally!). This is its own game. It doesn't even use arrows, it uses a mouse. What you do is you have this circle and you have these lines that will occasionally come out from the center into the actual contour of the circle. You have to try to rotate your mouse to be there when the line and the circle meet. Unfortunately the learning curve for the game is rather high, and easier levels are far too boring. However, if you're willing to spend a lot of time practicing, this can be a fun game. This isn't recommended to play on a badly responsive mouse or touch pad.

There is also multi-player

Game rating: Good (Great if you manage to get past the learning curve)

This is the last game featured on the site. However, it actually isn't on the site itself. It goes to another domain called metrivia.com. As you can guess, this isn't a rhythm based game; it's a trivia game.

Think "Who wants to be a millionaire" mixed with "Family Feud".

Game rating: Great (if you like quiz games)

If you own a smartphone or PDA with windows mobile 5.0 or windows mobile 6.0, there are DDR games available for purchase on Handango.com for $14.99.
While there are links to them below, they may not work with your system.

To ensure compatibility, you should "select your device". This will automatically refresh the page and tell you if your device is compatible.

If not, there may still be a compatible version elsewhere on the site. Search for "Dance Dance Revolution". The search will ask you for the device you want to put the game on (if you haven't already picked one), and will see if there's a compatible version.

If there isn't, you may still try to install the game, provided you have Windows Mobile 5.0 or 6.0, at your own risk.

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