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DanceDanceRevolution arcade releases
Main series
1st (Internet Ranking Version / Asia/North America) 2nd (CLUB VER.1 / CLUB VER.2) 3rd (VER.KOREA / Ver.KOREA2 / PLUS) 4th (PLUS) - 5th - MAX - MAX2 - EXTREME SuperNOVA - SuperNOVA2 - X - X2 - X3 VS 2ndMIX 2013 - 2014 - A - A20 (PLUS) - A3 - WORLD
Spin-offs
Solo BASS - Solo 2000 Karaoke - Karaoke 2nd - KIDS - USA TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON - DREAMS COME TRUE Disney's RAVE
Dancing Stage European exclusive releases
1st / 1.5 - EuroMIX - EuroMIX2 - Fusion

DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-

DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-'s folder cover.

Release Information

Release Date: October 19th, 2001
Soundtrack release date:
- DDRMAX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: November 21st, 2001.
Slogan: 僕は踊るために生まれてきた。 DDRMAXはそんな君のために生まれた。 (Boku wa odoru tame ni umaretekita. DDRMAX wa sonna kimi no tame ni umareta., I was born to dance. DDRMAX was born for you.)

General Information / Changes

DDRMAX introduced/changed a lot of things in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series, including:
- An in-game options menu, which you can choose before any stage by holding down the Start button before a song.
- Introduction of Freeze Arrows, long, green arrows you must hold for the duration of its appearance; failure to do so will not dock Dance Points or break combo, but will result in a significant loss of the Dance Meter.
  - A screen demonstrating the usage of Freeze Arrows is shown if LIGHT or STANDARD difficulty is selected.
- A new announcer, Londell "Taz" Hicks, who would be used until SuperNOVA2.
- Scores now having a fixed maximum amount of points, regardless of step count: 50,000,000 points. Points increase as a song nears its end.
- Jumps now adding two to your combo (but count as only one step for all other purposes). Jumps would go back to counting as one step in SuperNOVA.
- The return of EXTRA STAGE, this time with exclusive songs playable through it.
- BASIC, TRICK, and MANIAC difficulties being renamed to LIGHT, STANDARD, and HEAVY, respectively.
- Difficulty ratings being removed, making DDRMAX the only DanceDanceRevolution arcade game in any region without difficulty ratings. Ratings would return in the next game.
  - FOLLOW ME and FLASH IN THE NIGHT have never received difficulty ratings, as they never appeared on any other DanceDanceRevolution games.
- Introduction of the GROOVE RADAR, which shows five attributes for a song: STREAM, VOLTAGE, CHAOS, AIR, and FREEZE.
  - Unlike subsequent DanceDanceRevolution titles, it has numbers next to the attributes, but only when pressing down the Start button before the GROOVE RADAR is displayed. The number listing wouldn't appear again until DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
All songs that were present in 5thMIX were removed.
The KONAMI original REMIX CD Title has been renamed to just KONAMI original.
The default arrow design has been slightly modified, with a rounded tip rather than a V-shaped cut on the tail end, known as NORMAL in the special arrow options. The original arrow design would be revived in DanceDanceRevolution X as the CLASSIC arrow option.
In-game options menu introduces eight new modifiers to the mainline arcade series:
- Speed modifiers of x1.5, x2, x3, x5, and x8, in which the speed of arrows scrolling and spacing of arrows match.
- REVERSE, in which the scroll direction of the arrows is reversed, descending towards the target arrows at the bottom of the screen.
- SOLO, which replicates the arrow color scheme used in the Solo sub-series. It was renamed to RAINBOW in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
  - Until SuperNOVA, this modifier was forced to both sides, even if only one player selected it.
- BOOST, in which each arrow increases its speed as it reaches the stepping zone.
Unlike 5thMIX, the sort order can now be changed by simply pressing both the left and right selection buttons without having to press the start button afterwards.
First DanceDanceRevolution game with Premium Mode.
- Double Premium allows you to play either Single or Double mode for only one credit, while Joint Premium lets you play any mode for one credit.
First DanceDanceRevolution game to show a screen indicating the current stage (e.g., 1st STAGE, FINAL STAGE) before the song starts.
Although NORI NORI NORI and The Centre Of The Heart (STONEBRIDGE CLUBMIX) received new LIGHT charts, their old BASIC charts from DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS are still playable as EDIT DATA.
- These edits were not kept in DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-.
- As a result, DDRMAX is the last game in the series to feature pre-installed EDIT DATA.
Color labeling on the songwheel has changed:
- Green for normal songs.
- Red for EXTRA STAGE and ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs.
- Purple for hidden song true...(Trance Sunrise Mix).
Licenses are used as name entry music after getting a high score:
- 1st: WWW.BLONDE GIRL (MOMO MIX)
- 2nd: FLASH IN THE NIGHT
- 3rd: WITCH DOCTOR (GIANTS TOONS VERSION)
- 4th: BYE BYE BABY BALLOON
- 5th: HIGHS OFF U(Scorccio XY Mix)
Total songs: 42

Staff Information

Song List

All songs have Single/Double LIGHT/STANDARD/HEAVY charts. DDRMAX doesn't use difficulty levels. Songs are listed in in-game order, instead of being sorted alphabetically.

Song	Artist	BPM
LOVIN' YOU (ROB SEARLE CLUB MIX)	VINYL BABY	139
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW	COSMIC GATE	35-140
HIGHS OFF U(Scorccio XY Mix)	4 REEEL	130
true... (radio edit) from true...	小坂りゆ	125
WWW.BLONDE GIRL (MOMO MIX)	JENNY ROM	170
ORDINARY WORLD	AURORA featuring NAMIEE COLEMAN	139
BYE BYE BABY BALLOON	JOGA	145
ON THE JAZZ from DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	Jonny Dynamite!	130
COW GIRL	BAMBEE	138
GHOSTS (VINCENT DE MOOR REMIX)	TENTH PLANET	138
MIRACLE	ST.JANNARO	128
Firefly	Be For U	150
WITCH DOCTOR (GIANTS TOONS VERSION)	CARTOONS	150
DIVE(more deep & deeper style) from DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	Be For U	155
Groove from DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	Sho-T feat. Brenda	130
Do It Right from DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	SOTA feat. Ebony Fay	135
Share My Love from DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	Julie Frost	125
DO YOU REMEMBER ME	JENNY	150
Look To The Sky from DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	System S.F. feat. ANNA	140
TELEPHONE OPERATOR (Club MIX)	SHELLEY PETER	146
JUSTIFY MY LOVE	TESS	140
The Centre Of The Heart (STONEBRIDGE CLUBMIX)	Roxette	128
夜空ノムコウ	EUROBEAT LOVERS	156
I'M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING	SHARON	150
NORI NORI NORI	JUDY CRYSTAL	160
LET'S GROOVE	TIPS & TRICKS VS WISDOME	65-130
TWILIGHT ZONE (R-C Extended Club MIX)	2 UNLIMITED	138
そばかす	TIGGY	150
FLASH IN THE NIGHT	FLASHMAN	158
MY SWEET DARLIN'	WILDSIDE	157
Let the beat hit em! (CLASSIC R&B STYLE) from DanceDanceRevolution EXTRA MIX	STONE BROS.	102
SO DEEP (PERFECT SPHERE REMIX)	SILVERTEAR	140
exotic ethnic	RevenG	190
FOLLOW ME	LADY BABY	158
FANTASY	MELISSA	160
Midnite Blaze from DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	U1 Jewel Style	150
Healing Vision (Angelic mix) from DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	2MB	46-196
Groove 2001 from DanceDanceRevolution EXTRA MIX	Sho-T feat. Brenda	140
ORION.78(civilization mix) from DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	2MB	200

FINAL/EXTRA/ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE

All these songs are unlocked automatically on 1st PASS.

To play true...(Trance Sunrise Mix), clear any two songs by either BeForU or Riyu Kosaka (小坂りゆ). The song will be available for play as the FINAL STAGE. It can also appear in ROULETTE on any stage, and is also playable if EVENT MODE is active.

Song	Artist	BPM
true...(Trance Sunrise Mix) from true...	小坂りゆ	140

To play MAX 300 on EXTRA STAGE, you must clear a HEAVY chart with a AA or higher on your last stage. MAX 300's HEAVY chart will become available as your EXTRA STAGE, with no way to change the difficulty or the song. You will start with a full dance gauge, but it will not recover as you play. You will be put onto the REVERSE mod and a SPEED modifier of 1.5.

MAX 300 also appears in the ROULETTE at any stage. When selected with this method, all difficulties will be available.

Song	Artist	BPM
MAX 300	Ω	300

To play CANDY☆ on ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE, you must AA MAX 300's HEAVY chart on EXTRA STAGE. CANDY☆'s HEAVY chart will then appear as your ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE. Like with the EXTRA STAGE, you cannot change the song or chart.

The ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE is on a RISKY life gauge; breaking your combo or getting an N.G. on a Freeze Arrow instantly fails the stage. As with MAX 300, 1.5 SPEED and REVERSE modifiers are on.

Song	Artist	BPM
CANDY☆	Luv UNLIMITED	192

Unlock Information

Like 5thMIX, DDRMAX has only one unlock code available. When used, true...(Trance Sunrise Mix) and the EXTRA/ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs are automatically unlocked.

Press Test button to enter the Service Menu.
Highlight "Game Options".
Hold 1P down panel and Service button, and then press 1P start button. The "secret" menu will be revealed.
Select "Append".
Input the password in order as shown below. Use 1P left and right selection buttons to select spaces, and 1P start button to change characters.
After entering the password, hold 1P left and right selection buttons, and then press 1P start button to confirm the password.
Select "Exit" to game options menu. Do not select "Initialize".

1st PASS: PGEKMMN-INGLOMI

New Charts

The following songs from previous DanceDanceRevolution titles have received new charts since their last appearances:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
Song	Game	Light	Standard	Heavy	Light	Standard	Heavy
Healing Vision (Angelic mix)	DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	-	-	-	-	-	N/A
NORI NORI NORI	DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-
The Centre Of The Heart (STONEBRIDGE CLUBMIX)	DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	N/A	-	-	N/A	-	-

Removed Songs

Every song that was present in DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX was removed.

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 ** Introduction of Freeze Arrows, long, green arrows you must hold for the duration of its appearance; failure to do so will not dock Dance Points or break combo, but will result in a significant loss of the Dance Meter.
 *** A screen demonstrating the usage of Freeze Arrows is shown if LIGHT or STANDARD difficulty is selected.
-** A new announcer, Londell "Taz" Hicks, who would be used for the next four arcade games, up to [[AC DDR SuperNOVA2|SuperNOVA2]].
+** A new announcer, Londell "Taz" Hicks, who would be used until [[AC DDR SuperNOVA2|SuperNOVA2]].
 ** Scores now having a fixed maximum amount of points, regardless of step count: 50,000,000 points. Points increase as a song nears its end.
 ** Jumps now adding two to your combo (but count as only one step for all other purposes). Jumps would go back to counting as one step in [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|SuperNOVA]].
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 ** Difficulty ratings being removed, making DDRMAX the only DanceDanceRevolution arcade game in ''any'' region without difficulty ratings. Ratings would return in [[AC DDRMAX2|the next game]].
 *** [[FOLLOW ME]] and [[FLASH IN THE NIGHT]] have never received difficulty ratings, as they never appeared on any other DanceDanceRevolution games.
-** Introduction of the GROOVE RADAR, which shows five attributes for a song: STREAM, VOLTAGE, CHAOS, AIR, and FREEZE.
+** Introduction of the [[GROOVE RADAR]], which shows five attributes for a song: STREAM, VOLTAGE, CHAOS, AIR, and FREEZE.
-*** Unlike subsequent DanceDanceRevolution titles, it has numbers next to the attributes, but only when pressing down the Start button before the Groove Radar is displayed. The number listing wouldn't appear again until [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]].
+*** Unlike subsequent DanceDanceRevolution titles, it has numbers next to the attributes, but only when pressing down the Start button before the GROOVE RADAR is displayed. The number listing wouldn't appear again until [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]].
 * All songs that were present in [[AC DDR 5th|5thMIX]] were removed.
-** As such, this is the only mainline DanceDanceRevolution arcade game in any region to not feature a PARANOiA series song.
-** That said, there is an early mockup screenshot of the select music screen which still features songs from 5thMIX.
 * The KONAMI original REMIX CD Title has been renamed to just KONAMI original.
 * The default arrow design has been slightly modified, with a rounded tip rather than a V-shaped cut on the tail end, known as NORMAL in the special arrow options. The original arrow design would be revived in [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution X]] as the CLASSIC arrow option.
@@ Line 36: / Line 34: @@
 *** Until SuperNOVA, this modifier was forced to ''both'' sides, even if only one player selected it.
 ** BOOST, in which each arrow increases its speed as it reaches the stepping zone.
-* Unlike the previous game, the sort order can now be changed by simply pressing both the left and right selection buttons without having to press the start button afterwards.
+* Unlike 5thMIX, the sort order can now be changed by simply pressing both the left and right selection buttons without having to press the start button afterwards.
 * First DanceDanceRevolution game with Premium Mode.
 ** Double Premium allows you to play either Single or Double mode for only one credit, while Joint Premium lets you play any mode for one credit.
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 All these songs are unlocked automatically on 1st PASS.
-To play [[true...(Trance Sunrise Mix)]], clear any two songs by either BeForU or Riyu Kosaka (小坂りゆ). The song will be available for play as the FINAL STAGE. The possible songs are:
+To play [[true...(Trance Sunrise Mix)]], clear any two songs by either BeForU or Riyu Kosaka (小坂りゆ). The song will be available for play as the FINAL STAGE. It can also appear in ROULETTE on any stage, and is also playable if EVENT MODE is active.
-* Firefly by BeForU.
-* DIVE(more deep & deeper style) by BeForU.
-* true... (radio edit) by 小坂りゆ.
-The song also appears in the ROULETTE at any stage, and it is also playable if EVENT MODE is active. Regardless of method, all difficulties will be available.
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 = Unlock Information =
-Like [[AC DDR 5th|5thMIX]], DDRMAX has only one unlock code available. When used, the one hidden song and both boss songs are automatically unlocked.
+Like [[AC DDR 5th|5thMIX]], DDRMAX has only one unlock code available. When used, true...(Trance Sunrise Mix) and the EXTRA/ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs are automatically unlocked.
 # Press Test button to enter the Service Menu.

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