Dance Dance Revolution Extra Mix
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Dance Dance Revolution EXTRA MIX is a music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...

 that is part of the Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

 and Bemani
Bemani
is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G.M.D., it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, Beatmania, and expanded into other music-based games.-Bemani video games:...

 series. It was developed and produced by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

, and released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 on June 7, 2001 for the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

 video game console
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

. It does not have an arcade
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 counterpart.

Many of the songs in the game are from the DDR Solo games, Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix, or 4thMix, is the 4th game in the main Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. 4thMix features 136 songs, 42 of which are new...

, and preview songs from Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, or DDR 5th Mix, is the 5th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released to the arcades by Konami on March 27, 2001. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR 5th Mix contains a total of 124 songs, nine of...

, including music by BeForU
BeForU
BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...

.

Gameplay

As with other games in the series
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

, EXTRA MIX has players moving their feet in a set pattern to the beat
Beat (music)
The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level . In popular use, the beat can refer to a variety of related concepts including: tempo, meter, rhythm and groove...

 of a song. EXTRA MIX is known for its notoriously strict timing, which narrows the timing window necessary for Greats and Perfects.

Interfaces

EXTRA MIX uses the "CD wheel banner" (in all Music Mode) and "Genre sorting" song selection interface of 4thMIX, although with different colors. The male announcer was changed to a female voice. The frame rate
Frame rate
Frame rate is the frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. The term applies equally well to computer graphics, video cameras, film cameras, and motion capture systems...

 during gameplay hovers around 30, characteristic of pre-5thMIX DDR games. This console game has an Arcade Link feature into a Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX Arcade.

Music

Some songs in the game are from the DDR Solo games, Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix, or 4thMix, is the 4th game in the main Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. 4thMix features 136 songs, 42 of which are new...

, and preview songs from Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, or DDR 5th Mix, is the 5th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released to the arcades by Konami on March 27, 2001. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR 5th Mix contains a total of 124 songs, nine of...

—such as "DIVE" by BeForU
BeForU
BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...

. EXTRA MIX features the sneak peek video of the J-pop group BeForU seen only in the ending credits of the console.
Song Artist Note
New Dancemania License (24 total)
"CAFE" D.D.SOUND from Dancemania Super Classics 3
"CAT'S EYE (Ventura Mix)" E-ROTIC from Dancemania EURO☆MIX
"CLUB TROPICANA" CYDNEY-D from Dancemania BASS#4
"CONGA FEELING" VIVIAN from Dancemania SUMMERS 3
"DON'T CLOCK ME" POPULA DEMAND feat. THE GET FRESH GIRLS from Dancemania BASS#2
"DREAM A DREAM (Miami Booty Mix)" CAPTAIN JACK from Dancemania BASS#4
"DRILL INSTRUCTOR (C-Jah Happy Mix)" CAPTAIN JACK from Dancemania SPEED 3
"FREAKY" DE LITE & MC YOUNG from Dancemania BASS#3
"GET OFF" WIZZZARD from Dancemania BASS#0
"GET UP'N MOVE" S&K from Dancemania BASS#2
"HIGH ENERGY (John'00'Fleming Remix)" SLIP & SHUFFLE featuring LEONI from Dancemania X3
"I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING (Planet Lution Mix)" DEJA VU featuring TASMIN from Dancemania SPEED 3
"I'M ALIVE" CUT'N'MOVE from Dancemania DELUX
"I'M ALIVE" UNCLE 36 SEC feat. MC TAIWAN from Dancemania BASS#1
"KISS ME (KCP REMIX)" E-ROTIC from Dancemania SPEED 3
"KUNG FU FIGHTING (MIAMI BOOTY MIX)" BUS STOP featuring CARL DOUGLAS from Dancemania BASS#3
"LOVE MACHINE" PONY TOWN BOYZ from Dancemania BASS#4
"Lupin the 3rd '78" VENTURA from Dancemania J-PARADISE
"MY BABY MAMA" ANQUETTE from Dancemania BASS#3
"NA-NA" BUS☆STOP from ZIPmania III
"RHYTHM AND POLICE (K.O.G G3 MIX)" CJ CREW feat. CHRISTIAN D. from Dancemania SPEED 5
"SAMBA DE JANEIRO" BASS FIST! feat. BOOGIE GIRL from Dancemania BASS#1
"SKY HIGH" DJ MIKO from Dancemania X3
"SKY HIGH" LUCYFER from Dancemania EURO☆MIX
"STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF" DIAMOND from Dancemania BASS#5
"SYNCHRONIZED LOVE (Red Monster Hyper Mix)" JOE RINOIE from Dancemania EURO☆MIX
"TEMPLE OF LOVE" E-ROTIC from Dancemania X3
"THAT'S THE WAY '98" DJ BASS feat. MC DIXIE from Dancemania BASS#1
"TOGETHER & FOREVER" CAPTAIN JACK from Dancemania DELUX 2
"TOGETHER & FOREVER" NINEBALL feat. ATOMIC GUN & JULIA from Dancemania BASS#1
"Typical Tropical" BAMBEE from Dancemania X3
"WONDA (SPEED K MIX)" MM from Dancemania SPEED BEST 2001
Console-Konami Original
"Groove 2001" Sho-T feat. Brenda New Konami Original
"Let the beat hit em! (CLASSIC R&B STYLE)" Stone Bros. New Konami Original
Konami Original from previous versions
"CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE" NAOKI from Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 is the second special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on December 15, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

"CELEBRATE NITE" N.M.R. from Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination
Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination
On July 27, 1999, Konami released the first "Dancing Stage" title of the Dance Dance Revolution series in Japan called Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination. While the Dancing Stage moniker has been the alternative name for the Dance Dance Revolution series in the European region, a handful...

"DO ME (H.I.G.E.O. MIX)" MUSTACHE MEN from Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Plus
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix, or 4thMix, is the 4th game in the main Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. 4thMix features 136 songs, 42 of which are new...

"DROP OUT" NW260 from Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 is the second special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on December 15, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

"HYSTERIA" NAOKI 190 from Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix is the first special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR Solo Bass Mix features 16...

"Let the beat hit 'em!" Stone Bros. from Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix is the first special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR Solo Bass Mix features 16...

"PARANOIA EVOLUTION" 200 from Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix is the first special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR Solo Bass Mix features 16...

"SEXY PLANET" Crystal Aliens from Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination
Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination
On July 27, 1999, Konami released the first "Dancing Stage" title of the Dance Dance Revolution series in Japan called Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination. While the Dancing Stage moniker has been the alternative name for the Dance Dance Revolution series in the European region, a handful...

"SUPER STAR" D.J. RICH feat. TAILBROS. from Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix is the first special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR Solo Bass Mix features 16...

"THEME FROM ENTER THE DRAGON (Revival 2001 Mix)" B3-Project from Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Plus
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix, or 4thMix, is the 4th game in the main Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. 4thMix features 136 songs, 42 of which are new...


remix of the theme song of Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...

"WILD RUSH" FACTOR-X from Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 is the second special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on December 15, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

BEMANI crossover
"Let the beat hit 'em! (BM IIDX VERSION)" Stone Bros. from Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style
Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style
beatmania IIDX 2nd Style saw the introduction of Battle Mode, Double mode, and Hi-Speed settings....


remix of the original song Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix is the first special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR Solo Bass Mix features 16...

Preview songs
"AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL" 8 bit from Dance Maniax
Dance Maniax
Dance Maniax is a game from the Bemani series of rhythm games, published by Konami, with songs mostly from the Dancemania series of music, and shares many songs with Dance Dance Revolution...

"BROKEN MY HEART" NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY
"DIVE" BeForU
BeForU
BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...

from Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, or DDR 5th Mix, is the 5th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released to the arcades by Konami on March 27, 2001. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR 5th Mix contains a total of 124 songs, nine of...

"Remember You" NM feat. Julie from Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, or DDR 5th Mix, is the 5th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released to the arcades by Konami on March 27, 2001. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide. DDR 5th Mix contains a total of 124 songs, nine of...

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