Honestly bizarre to me that so many people have seen this machine now, but I put a ton of work into saving it from e-cycling by replacing about a dozen faulty capacitors and sourcing parts it was missing (HDD, Power supply, etc) so I’m super happy with all the love it’s gotten!
The CRT market is just insane to me. You’d be hard pressed to find any tech of the same era that is both somehow more valuable than when it was new, and yet gets thrown away and recycled by the truck-load every day. Such a bizarre phenomenon..
its sad that modern GPU's require such a massive amount of active cooling because we'll probably never see 3D renders plastered on heat sink/fan shrouds like this ever again. Such a cool era
when i was a kid i was so obsessed with old tech i’d try and make my own arcade machines/retro computers using cardboard. I remember my parents actually giving me tape and cardboard as a birthday gift at one point
my favorite official DDR hardware is the Python 2 because it was literally a fucking PS2 hidden inside in a big metal case. this is literally what runs Sn and Sn2 LOL
Hidden in the files of earlier Beatmania IIDX versions, (1st-4th style); there's a fully animated unused ghost-like BGA generic referred to as “scripulous_fingore". When asked about the files in an interview, Yuichiro Sagawa disregarded the question, seeming unusually upset.
4 hours later, I can now say I’ve installed windows entirely via 1.44mb floppy diskette. What a wonderfully absurd accomplishment. And i now have a working Thinkpad to show for it!
Finally got all the necessary pieces to get windows back on my thinkpad 760EL. unfortunately this machine doesn’t support booting from CD, so this will be my first attempt at an OS install entirely via diskette. say a prayer for me lol
pop’n seriously has one of the most interesting and diverse soundtracks amongst any of the mainline bemani series. it is an absolute shame that so many people write it off and don’t bother trying it. please play pop’n music!
the year is 2033, konami just announced that they will finally be releasing Beatmania IVDX after the release of Beatmania IIDX 41: Galastic Burst. Every song in this first style will be by Snails house. All notes are now charge notes. All R1’s that arent in California have closed
hibiki accomplished the worlds second ever 19 pfc:
-in yeezy’s
-on a gold cab
-on his birthday
if you don’t think that’s the hypest shit ever done just get out of here
i find it incredible that even after all these years, if you type in “Dance Dance Revolution” in the youtube search bar the very first result is still a video of someone playing Pump
my dad has started recognizing songs on DDR since i got my cab, but he only recognizes them slightly from the muffled sound of them through the garage walls. yesterday he was singing “eeny meeny miney moe” to the tune of daikenkai and i couldn’t stop laughing when i realized
that’s it!!! my 6th level 14 PFC!! I’m officially a graduate of
@BlackFlag_ACDMY
! i cant believe i accomplished this before my 1 year anniversery of picking up DDR. Thank you to everyone for all the support and encouragement. this is only the beginning!!!
DDR players be like “omg theres so many bad 15’s” like… quit playing them then? Kouen get some bitches instead? god you mf’s are Unreal like just step off the pad NGO outside
🥳today is my 1 year anniversery of playing DDR for the very first time!!🥳
my proudest achievements are:
-195 PFC’s
-8 SDP’s
-17 lamp (i got it last night!)
-six 14 PFC’s
-one 15 Flag
-two 999,990 MFC flags
Thank you to everyone! I’m going to keep pushing!!!
ddr has a pretty interesting community because there are some people who are just absurdly good that don’t really acknowledge it or talk about it anywhere and it’s just kind of a side thing, but then there’s people that like make it a part of their identity that play like 6’s
everybody be like “put disco back in ddr” and “ddr lost its identity” like bro the game just got harder and the music had to evolve with that. can you imagine a CSP 18 of Let’s Groove
honestly i’m dreading arcades opening again because i know it will most likely form a rift in the community between those who choose put themselves at risk and those who deem it morally reprehensible.
sometimes you’re browsing FB marketplace and just stumble across something you can’t… NOT own. I now have a 5 foot tall recreation of a 2006 Sony MEX-5DI CD player
viral dance game video comment thread:
-“me when i see a cockroach”
-“imagine if he spent all this time getting good at ___”
-*something racist about asian parents*
-“his feet are so fast omg wow”
-*obligatory comparison to tapdancing*
-“holding the back railing is cheating”