ALMOST a relic of the past, dance (and rhythm games) were all the rage in the early 2000s. Its success was largely thanks to Konami and its Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) games, which propelled the subgenre’s popularity.
The turn of the century was a weird one for video games. There were a lot of consoles but it was not in the huge numbers that are currently in circulation and ownership. Due to that, most people – mainly kids and teenagers – were still going to arcade centres. These places were cheaper, more accessible and had a great variety of games, and in poorer countries, they were a blessing.
Circling back to DDR, the version that popularised the franchise and dancing as a means of gameplay were the huge arcade machines for the game. Players would get on the machine, start the game and begin vigorously dancing on the dance pad.
