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Once the game is started, the first order of business is inserting/tapping the player's [[eAMUSEMENT]] card if the machine supports eAMUSEMENT. After that, or otherwise, (s)he will be taken to the Select [[#Styles|Style]] screen. After that, (s)he will be taken to the Select Difficulty or Select [[#Modes|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 [[#Modifiers|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 under certain circumstances (s)he can enter his/her name.

The first screen that appears when starting a game with an eAMUSEMENT card is the Entry Screen. If the player doesn't have an eAMUSEMENT card, the next screen will be the Play Style selection screen instead.

=== eAMUSEMENT ===

[[eAMUSEMENT]] is KONAMI's online service used to keep all the players play data such as the scores, rivals and unlock achievements between all of their games. It was introduced in [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA]] and is now found in every title since. In DanceDanceRevolution, eAMUSEMENT has the following features in game:

** My GROOVE RADAR (マイグルーヴレーダー): From [[AC DDR SuperNOVA2|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2]] to [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]], keeps track of the player stats for Single and Double Play using a GROOVE RADAR. Removed in [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]].

On the official website of DanceDanceRevolution, eAMUSEMEMT members can access a more detailed view of their play data, view their Rivals and change their settings.

: 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).

Once selecting a Play Style, the game will require a valid mode of payment. For Normal Play (ノーマルプレー), credits or coins can be used while Premium Play (プレミアムプレー) is exclusive to PASELI members in Japan or can be selected for players outside Japan by adding more credits.

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

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

* Additional modifier options (such as more SPEED mods and DANCE GAUGEs).

* Unlocking songs with ''EXTRA ATTACK'' (''EXTRA SAVIOR'' in DanceDanceRevolution A).

This only applies from 1st STAGE to FINAL STAGE and does not include EXTRA STAGE and ENCORE EXTRA STAGE. A minimum of one stage and a maximum of five stages are allowed.

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

This is the default mode available in every mix. It allows the user to select the individual songs to play and to select the difficulty levels (after 2ndMIX only) one at a time. Depending on how the operator set the machine, the user can play 1 to 5 songs per game, plus an [[#EXTRA STAGE|EXTRA STAGE]] if earned. In [[AC DDR 1st|DanceDanceRevolution]], [[AC DDR 2nd|2ndMIX]], [[AC DDR 5th|5thMIX]], [[AC DDRMAX|DDRMAX]], and from [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]] onwards, this is the only mode available.

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.

; NONSTOP MODE

: First appeared in 3rdMIX and was removed in 5thMIX, and CHALLENGE MODE first appeared in [[AC DDRMAX2|DDRMAX2]]. [[AC DDR EXTREME|EXTREME]] was the first mix to have both. NONSTOP MODE included courses with a selectable difficulty level and the standard lifebar.

: Features only songs available at the CHALLENGE difficulty level, a lifebar set to LIFE4 and no choice of modifiers to select.

COURSE MODE has been removed altogether since DanceDanceRevolution (2013).

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 (Screen Filter) 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.

Introduced in SuperNOVA2 during gameplay, a maximum of 11 modifiers square icons can be shown on the screen on top of the score box for each player. The modifiers icons are shown only when they are set to a value different than the defaults. The only exception is for SPEED which even "x1" is shown, and for SPECIAL ARROW, SCREEN FILTER, and GUIDELINE, they simply don't have any icon.

'''Note:''' ARROW MOVE, APPEARANCE, TURN, STEP ZONE, ARROW COLOR, SPECIAL ARROW, SCREEN FILTER, and LIFE GAUGE require an eAMUSEMENT account since DanceDanceRevolution (2014).

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:#ffaaaa;"|[[AC DDRMAX|DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-]]

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

As of DDR A, HIDDEN+/SUDDEN+ replace the old HIDDEN/SUDDEN options, even on upgraded old cabinets.

|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.

|The steps' orientation is shuffled throughout.

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 color 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.

|[[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)]]

| Display guidelines along the edges of the arrows. This display is similar to the EDIT mode found in the CS releases of DanceDanceRevolution.

| style="background:#ffaaaa;"|Display guidelines to fit the center of the arrows.

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.

| [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]] || style="background:#00FF7F;"| ✔ || style="background:#ffffaa;"| *✘

* ENCORE EXTRA STAGE was briefly available in DanceDanceRevolution (2013) due to a bug.

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