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, abbreviated DDR and also known as Dancing Stage in earlier games in ___MASK64___ and Australasia , and some other games in ___MASK80___ , is a music video game series produced by ___MASK44___ . Introduced in ___MASK80___ in 1998 as part of the Bemani series , and released in North America and ___MASK64___ in 1999 , " Dance Dance Revolution " is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance genre in video games . Players stand on a " dance platform " or stage and hit colored arrows laid out in a cross with their feet to musical and visual cues . Players are judged by how well they time their dance to the patterns presented to them and are allowed to choose more music to play to if they receive a passing score . Dance Revolution is a television series from ___MASK60___ and DIC Entertainment , in association with ___MASK44___ Digital Entertainment , Inc , produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and ___MASK60___ Television ) ( Sean McNamara & David Brookwell ), and based on the video game series " Dance Dance Revolution ". ___MASK44___ is famous for popular video game series such as " Castlevania ", " Contra ", " Dance Dance Revolution ", " Gradius ", " Frogger ", " Suikoden ", " Ganbare Goemon ", " Metal Gear ", " Mirmo ", " Beatmania IIDX ", " Pro Evolution Soccer ", " Boktai ", " Silent Hill ", " Yu - Gi - Oh !", and " Sound Voltex ". The 2012 purchase and absorption of Hudson Soft resulted in the addition of several other popular franchises , including " Adventure Island ", " Bonk ", " Bloody Roar ", " Bomberman ", " Far East of Eden " and " Star Soldier ". ___MASK44___ is the twentieth - largest game company in the world by revenue . ___MASK80___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK80___ ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . beatmania IIDX substream had a different songlist and could be linked to a Dance Dance Revolution machine for simultaneous play . If either the Dance Dance Revolution player or IIDX player made mistakes , the other game became more difficult . Song List : BRILLIANT 2U - NAOKI / From DDR 2ndMIX deep in you - dj nagureo / From DDR 2ndMIX Club Version Gentle stress - DJ Swan / From DDR 2ndMIX Club Version GENOM SCREAMS ( IIDX Edit ) - L . E . D . LIGHT / From DDR EXTREME & DDR 2ndMIX Club Version Macho Gang - ANAL SPYDER / From DDR 2ndMIX Club Version NaHaNaHa vs . Gattchoon Battle - DJ Senda & Tiny - K PARANOiA MAX ~ DIRTY MIX ~ - 190 / From DDR 2ndMIX RUGGED ASH - SYMPHONIC DEFOGGERS ( Yasushi Kurobane ) / From DDR 2ndMIX Club Version THE EARTH LIGHT - L . E . D . LIGHT / From DDR 2ndMIX Club Version Chotto Kiitena ( ZANSHIN - NA MIX ) - Laugh & Peace / From DDR 2ndMIX Club Version