Dancing Stage EuroMIX
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Dancing Stage EuroMIX is the 2nd release of the Dancing Stage series, the European version of Dance Dance Revolution
series of music video game
s by Konami
. The arcade version was released in 1999, followed by the Sony PlayStation
version in 2001. An updated "Internet Ranking" version of the arcade machine was released later on, containing 6 new tracks (as advertised by a sticker on the game's name banner).
To date, Dancing Stage EuroMIX is one of only two Europe
an home versions of the Dancing Stage franchise to coincide with an arcade game, the 2nd one being Dancing Stage SuperNOVA
.
The Internet Ranking version of the game added an extra option to the song selection wheel which had similar functionality to the built-in nonstop mode, except the player must play a selection of songs which have already been chosen. The selection of songs on an Internet Ranking machine changes depending on the current month.
Upon completing an Internet Ranking nonstop course, the machine would display the player's final score along with a code consisting of numbers and letters, which could be submitted to Konami's website as part of a Europe-wide ranking chart. The overall highest ranking players were awarded prizes by Konami for their achievements.
, except with a songlist that is a cut-down hybrid of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
and Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
's songlists, with the addition of 8 European-exclusive songs. Unlike Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
, the home version of Dancing Stage EuroMIX does not feature "Edit Mode", a feature in which the player can create their own custom routines to songs featured in the game. This also means that the arcade version does not feature PlayStation
-compatible memory card slots.
There is however the hidden feature of Double Mode, in which the user must perform a routine spanning both player's dance pads. This is selectable by holding the O or X buttons on the home version, or by holding down both yellow arrow buttons before pressing the green decide button after inserting a credit on the arcade version.
. These songs are signified by having similar graphics in the song selection wheel and by displaying the Universal logo at the bottom of the screen.
In the arcade version of the game, there are also 10 tracks licensed from EMI Group plc, which previously appeared in Japanese versions of the game. All of these songs can be found on CDs belonging to Toshiba-EMI
's (the Japanese division, a joint venture with Toshiba) compilation series Dancemania
. Despite some of these licenses (most notably songs such as "Captain Jack (Grandale Mix)") being very popular with players of the arcade game, they did not appear in the home version of the game. It is likely that the songs were omitted from the home version of the game because they would have been too expensive to license for this format additionally.
The remainder of the songlists of each version consist of songs composed and produced by Konami's inhouse music composers - primarily Naoki Maeda and Yuuichi Asami though under the guise of several different pseudonyms.
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...
series of 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...
s 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...
. The arcade version was released in 1999, followed by the Sony 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...
version in 2001. An updated "Internet Ranking" version of the arcade machine was released later on, containing 6 new tracks (as advertised by a sticker on the game's name banner).
To date, Dancing Stage EuroMIX is one of only two Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an home versions of the Dancing Stage franchise to coincide with an arcade game, the 2nd one being Dancing Stage SuperNOVA
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova is an arcade game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was produced by Konami and released through Betson Enterprises. The game was released in Europe on April 28, 2006, followed shortly by the North American release on May 15...
.
Gameplay
The core gameplay of Euromix is the same as the previous Dancing Stage games. Euromix featured a brand new scoring system, instead of being heavily combo-based like the last two mixes, combos are of virtually no importance. The maximum score for each song is 10,000,000 (all Perfects). Perfects are worth twice as many points as Greats, and steps toward the end are worth progressively higher points than steps toward the beginning. In nonstop mode, a 2x, 3x and 4x multiplier apply to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th songs respectively, making a perfect nonstop worth 100,000,000 points.Internet Ranking
Konami released an upgrade to the Dancing Stage EuroMIX arcade cabinet known as the "Internet Ranking" version, though the name is slightly ambiguous since the machine itself does not possess the ability to connect to the internet. An interesting feature of this machine is that it contained 6 more songs than the original arcade version, as advertised by a sticker on the arcade machine's marquee. The 6 additional songs were all production's by Konami's own music composers.The Internet Ranking version of the game added an extra option to the song selection wheel which had similar functionality to the built-in nonstop mode, except the player must play a selection of songs which have already been chosen. The selection of songs on an Internet Ranking machine changes depending on the current month.
Upon completing an Internet Ranking nonstop course, the machine would display the player's final score along with a code consisting of numbers and letters, which could be submitted to Konami's website as part of a Europe-wide ranking chart. The overall highest ranking players were awarded prizes by Konami for their achievements.
Home version
The home version of this game contains a number of additional features that maybe were not plausible features for a game in an arcade environment. These include:- Training mode - This mode allows the player to play through only certain sections of a song, with various options to change the speed at which the song plays, and how the on-screen arrows are displayed.
- Lesson mode - Not to be confused with Training mode, this mode features a number of simple lessons to assist new players in learning the correct technique to playing the game.
- Workout mode - With this mode selected the player can keep a count of how many calories they have burned while playing songs in Dancing Stage, which could encourage people to use the game as part as a fitness/keep-fit regime.
- Records - The home version of the game keeps track of the highest grades, scores and combos attained for each song and saves them to this screen.
- Options - This allows the player to customise the game play in a number of ways, such as the brightness of background videos and the volume level of sound effects during the game.
- Character select - In the arcade version of Dancing Stage EuroMIX characters are chosen randomly, but the ability to choose a character before playing the game can be enabled from the Options menu.
Similarities to equivalent Japanese versions
The game is based on the same interface as the Japanese game Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMixDance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, or 3rdMix, is the 3rd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released in the arcades by Konami on October 30, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...
, except with a songlist that is a cut-down hybrid of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...
and Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, or 3rdMix, is the 3rd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released in the arcades by Konami on October 30, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...
's songlists, with the addition of 8 European-exclusive songs. Unlike Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, or 3rdMix, is the 3rd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released in the arcades by Konami on October 30, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...
, the home version of Dancing Stage EuroMIX does not feature "Edit Mode", a feature in which the player can create their own custom routines to songs featured in the game. This also means that the arcade version does not feature 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...
-compatible memory card slots.
Unlockable content
One of the downsides of the home version of this game is that it has no unlockable features. For some video game players this dramatically reduced the lifespan of the game, since there is no incentive to play the game for long periods of time except for the player's possible desire to improve their own scores.There is however the hidden feature of Double Mode, in which the user must perform a routine spanning both player's dance pads. This is selectable by holding the O or X buttons on the home version, or by holding down both yellow arrow buttons before pressing the green decide button after inserting a credit on the arcade version.
Music
The music in the different versions of these games come from three different sources. All versions of the game contain 8 specially licensed tracks from Universal Music GroupUniversal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. These songs are signified by having similar graphics in the song selection wheel and by displaying the Universal logo at the bottom of the screen.
In the arcade version of the game, there are also 10 tracks licensed from EMI Group plc, which previously appeared in Japanese versions of the game. All of these songs can be found on CDs belonging to Toshiba-EMI
Toshiba-EMI
(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...
's (the Japanese division, a joint venture with Toshiba) compilation series Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
. Despite some of these licenses (most notably songs such as "Captain Jack (Grandale Mix)") being very popular with players of the arcade game, they did not appear in the home version of the game. It is likely that the songs were omitted from the home version of the game because they would have been too expensive to license for this format additionally.
The remainder of the songlists of each version consist of songs composed and produced by Konami's inhouse music composers - primarily Naoki Maeda and Yuuichi Asami though under the guise of several different pseudonyms.
| No. | Song | Artist | Originally by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Will Survive I Will Survive "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris... |
Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul... |
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| 2 | Magic Alec Presents Resonance | Magic Alec | |
| 3 | More than this '99 | Emmie | |
| 4 | (Mucho Mambo) Sway | Shaft | |
| 5 | Rushing | Loni Clark | |
| 6 | So Good So Good (Boyzone song) So Good is the fourth single from Irish Boyband Boyzone. The single was taken from the band's debut album, Said and Done. The song entered the UK charts at #3 and Ireland at #1.-Tracklisting:UK CD1# "So Good" - 3:03... |
Boyzone Boyzone Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12... |
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| 7 | Word Up Word Up! (song) "Word Up!" is a funk/hip hop song written and originally recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American dance and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV , the single became the band's most well-known hit.From the album of the same name, "Word Up!" was Nick's first US Top 40... |
Cameo Cameo (band) Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several... |
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| 8 | Video Killed the Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star "Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by... |
The Buggles The Buggles The Buggles were an English New Wave band consisting of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes . They are remembered chiefly for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star" that was #1 on the singles chart in 16 countries. Its music video was the first to be shown on MTV in the U.S... |
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| 9 | Afronova | Re-Venge | |
| 10 | Brilliant 2 U | Naoki | |
| 11 | Dead End | N&S | |
| 12 | Dynamite Rave | Naoki | |
| 13 | End of the Century | No 9 | |
| 14 | Keep on Movin' | N.M.R. | |
| 15 | La Senorita | Captain T | |
| 16 | Let them Move | N.M.R. | |
| 17 | Luv to me (AMD Mix) | DJ Kazu ft. Tiger Yamato | |
| 18 | Make a Jam | U1 | |
| 19 | Make it Better | Mitsu-O! | |
| 20 | Paranoia | 180 | |
| 21 | Paranoia Rebirth | 190' | |
| 22 | Put Your Faith in Me | Uzi-Lay | |
| 23 | Silent Hill | Thomas Howard | |
| 23 | Trip Machine | De-Sire | |
| No. | Song | Artist | Originally by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain Jack (Grandale Remix) | Captain Jack Captain Jack (band) Captain Jack is a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany.- History :Its members were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez , and Sunny... |
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| 2 | Dam Dariram | Joga Joga Joga is an Italian Europop act produced by Nick Ferrando with Nathalie Aarts featured on vocals. Aarts had released four singles commercially in Europe: Dam Dariram, Bye Bye Baby Balloon, No Nobody's Love, and White Christmas. Joga is claimed to be quite popular among listeners of Toshiba-EMI's... |
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| 3 | Do it All Night | E-Rotic E-Rotic E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:... |
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| 4 | Dub-I-Dub Dub-I-Dub (song) "Dub-I-Dub" is a 1995 song recorded by Eurodance act Me & My. It was the second single from the eponymous album and was released in 1995. The song was successful in many European countries, being a top ten hit in Denmark , Sweden where it peaked at #2, and Belgium... |
Me & My | |
| 5 | El Ritmo Tropical | Dixie's Gang | |
| 6 | Holiday | Who's That Girl! | Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983... |
| 7 | I Will Survive I Will Survive "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris... |
Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul... |
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| 8 | Kung Fu Fighting | Bus Stop Bus Stop (band) Bus Stop were a British dance act best known for their single "Kung Fu Fighting", which reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1998. The song sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas, the original being a UK #1 hit in 1974, with added rap verses. The group then released three further... featuring Carl Douglas |
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| 9 | Magic Alec Presents Resonance | Magic Alec | |
| 10 | More than this '99 | Emmie | |
| 11 | (Mucho Mambo) Sway | Shaft | |
| 12 | Rushing | Loni Clark | |
| 13 | So Good So Good (Boyzone song) So Good is the fourth single from Irish Boyband Boyzone. The single was taken from the band's debut album, Said and Done. The song entered the UK charts at #3 and Ireland at #1.-Tracklisting:UK CD1# "So Good" - 3:03... |
Boyzone Boyzone Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12... |
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| 14 | So Many Men | Me & My | |
| 15 | Stomp to My Beat | JS16 | |
| 16 | Tubthumping Tubthumping "Tubthumping", informally known by its prominent lyric "I Get Knocked Down", is the title of a song released by the Anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on 11 August 1997 through Universal Records and EMI Electrola. It was their most successful single, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart... |
Chumbawamba Chumbawamba Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music... |
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| 17 | Video Killed the Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star "Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by... |
The Buggles The Buggles The Buggles were an English New Wave band consisting of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes . They are remembered chiefly for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star" that was #1 on the singles chart in 16 countries. Its music video was the first to be shown on MTV in the U.S... |
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| 18 | Word Up Word Up! (song) "Word Up!" is a funk/hip hop song written and originally recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American dance and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV , the single became the band's most well-known hit.From the album of the same name, "Word Up!" was Nick's first US Top 40... |
Cameo Cameo (band) Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several... |
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| 19 | Afronova | Re-Venge | |
| 20 | Dead End | N&S | |
| 21 | Dynamite Rave | Naoki | |
| 22 | End of the Century | No 9 | |
| 23 | Keep on Movin' | N.M.R. | |
| 24 | La Senorita | Captain T | |
| 25 | Luv to Me (AMD Mix) | DJ Kazu ft. Tiger Yamato | |
| 26 | Make a Jam! | U1 | |
| 27 | Paranoia Rebirth | 190' | |
| 28 | Silent Hill | Thomas Howard | |