Dance Dance Revolution,
also known as Dancing Stage and
abbreviated DDR and DS, is a
long-standing
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 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.

