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Once the game is started, the first order of business is inserting/tapping the player's [[e-amusement]] pass if the machine supports e-amusement. After that, or otherwise, (s)he will be taken to the Select [[#Selecting a Style|Style]] screen. After that, (s)he will be taken to the Select Difficulty or Select [[#Selecting a Mode|Mode]], and from there to Select Music or Select Course. In [[AC DDRMAX|DDRMAX]] or later, (s)he can hold Start when (s)he selects a song to enter [[#Selecting Options|modifiers]]. In earlier versions, (s)he must use codes. After play, his/her score will be evaluated, and (s)he will be returned to Select Music if not playing a course. When the game is done, a final evaluation is performed, and in earlier versions and under certain circumstances (s)he can enter his/her name.

: Two players, each with one side of the dance floor. This requires two credits unless Joint Premium is set.

; Double Play (ダブルプレー) [[Image:AC DDR VERSUS PLAY.png|32px]]

: One player uses both sides of the dance floor (8 foot panels). The BEGINNER difficulty and the LEFT, RIGHT, and SHUFFLE options are not available in this style. This requires two credits unless Double Premium or Joint Premium is set.

: Only available in [[AC DDR 3rd|3rdMIX]] and earlier. Two players each have one side of the dance floor, but each has different steps for the same difficulty. This requires two credits. This style is still available to use in EDIT DATA songs only as of DanceDanceRevolution (2014).

'''PASELI''' ('''Pa'''y '''S'''mart '''E'''njoy '''Li'''fe) is a digital currency service that can be linked with an e-amusement account. Depending on the titles, the exclusive features vary from game to game. Currently as of [[AC DDR A20|DanceDanceRevolution A20]], by selecting PREMIUM MODE, you obtain:

* All STAGE's are guaranteed. Even if the DANCE GAUGE is depleted, the song will continue until the end.

* Enables LIFE4 and SPEED in 0.25x increments, from 0.25x to 4x (1x to 8x still use 0.5x increments).

* Enables STAR SYSTEM to access EXTRA STAGE.

* Enables Courses.

: ''Modes that appeared only in a single mix are not included.''

A variant of NORMAL mode available in selected games. It features a BATTLE lifebar (which starts at the center and moves to the player side that has an advantage) and no choice of modifiers to select. If the BATTLE lifebar is at the center at the end of a song, it results in a draw. On SINGLE play, the opposite side is replaced by a CPU.

Instead of picking individual songs, the player can select a course. A course is a group of at least four songs with each course having 2 difficulty levels. There are two lifebar types: the Normal lifebar, which similar to the standard lifebar; and the Challenge lifebar, where the player is given 4 or 8 lives (depending on the difficulty level chosen) that deplete on each Good, Boo, Miss, or N.G. When the player runs out of lives, they fail the course. Successfully clearing each song will regenerate a life or two. Before DanceDanceRevolution X, the COURSE MODE was split into two parts: NONSTOP MODE and CHALLENGE MODE. In DanceDanceRevolution A20, Courses are split into two parts: NONSTOP and 段位認定.

As of DanceDanceRevolution A, 14 modifiers are available in the game (during the Select Options screen) with a few choice options being exclusive to Premium Play (PASELI only in Japan, in yellow in the table). When using Versus Play, each user can have their own settings which have to be set before playing a song. During special events such as an EXTRA STAGE, the number of modifiers available is limited and some are set to ON to increase the difficulty.

Prior to DDRMAX, the modifiers had codes that had to be entered one by one. It was replaced in DDRMAX with an options menu. From DDRMAX until SuperNOVA, an option category named "OTHER" included ARROW, CUT, and DARK together. Selecting them would turn them ON. They were divided each into a category in SuperNOVA. For the first time in DanceDanceRevolution (2014), the modifiers' names were translated into Japanese instead of English.

Allows to change the speed of the arrow flow from 0.25 to 8 times faster than normal (x1) with matching spacing of arrows. During [[AC DDR X2|DanceDanceRevolution X2]] to DanceDanceRevolution (2013), the x0.25 and the x0.5 speeds were removed. In DanceDanceRevolution (2014), x0.25 and x0.5 were added back. A total of 24 speed modifiers currently exist with 9 of them being Premium Play exclusives.

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" colspan="3"|SPEED (矢印の速度, Speed of the Arrows)

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" colspan="3"|ARROW MOVE (矢印の動き方, Movement of the arrows)

|Similar to beatmania IIDX, a lane cover is placed at the top (or bottom if using REVERSE) of the player's side. This can be adjusted by using the Up and Down navigational buttons.

| style="background:#ffaaaa;"|The step chart is in a normal position.

|Steps are flipped by 180 degrees.

|Steps are rotated 90 degrees to the left.

|Steps are rotated 90 degrees to the right.

|Columns of steps are randomly arranged.

By default in DanceDanceRevolution to 2ndMIX, the arrow color was set to FLAT. The default was changed to VIVID in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX with FLAT being an option activated using a code, and to RAINBOW in DanceDanceRevolution (2014). In DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA, ARROW became a new option category with VIVID, NOTE, FLAT and RAINBOW as options. Also in SuperNOVA, the color scheme SOLO was renamed RAINBOW. The category name changed in DanceDanceRevolution (2013) to ARROW COLOR.

| VIVID

|The default arrow color until DDR (2013). The arrows emit a rainbow gradient cycle which varies in starting colors depending on how on-beat the arrows are.

|[[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX]]

|Arrows are color-coded according to note value. Unlike RAINBOW, this uses simple color schemes.

| style="background:#ffaaaa;"|Step chart is unchanged.

|Only shows the 1/4-beat steps.

|Only shows the 1/4 and 1/8-beat steps.

| style="background:#ffaaaa;"|The step chart will include the freeze arrows.

|The step chart will only include the steps at the start of the freeze arrows (i.e. no holds).

| style="background:#ffaaaa;"|Includes simultaneous steps.

|Removes the simulatenous steps from the chart.

|The song ends on 4 Misses and/or NG's. This is an option for advanced players.

|[[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]]

| Getting a single MISS or NG will fail the song.

|[[AC DDR X2|DanceDanceRevolution X2]]

|[[Image:AC DDR SPECIAL ARROW X.png|24px]] Uses the arrow design seen on the step panels of a DDR X cabinet.

In DanceDanceRevolution X, OFF was known as NONE. The default changed from OFF to DARK in DanceDanceRevolution (2014).

|[[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]]

Usually, the EXTRA / ENCORE STAGE system changes from title to title. For more details on how the EXTRA STAGE and ENCORE EXTRA STAGE systems work, see the individual pages below.