Err ... How much do u play to play DDR at arcade ?

[Seraphim]

well let's see depending where I go it's usually .50 to a buck. Best deal I've ever seen was at the West Covina mall where they had a crappy DDR Megamix machine with .50 for 5 songs Joint Premium. The pads were functional...for a while anyway, nowadays you have to stomp the crap out of the pads to get it to register.

The most common setup I see is the 3 for .75, but I still favor another place that has decent pads and 5 songs for .50

The most screwed up setup I saw was at Universal Studios Hollywood several years back. I think it was a DDR USA mix machine but they charging $1.50 for a two song round. Sad thing is though...people were still lining up to dump their quarters in it.

[BBH]

Originally Posted by EdBoy

One song? For 50 cents? That's sad...

In some places it's three songs for 75 cents. At a song a quarter, that's good...

But that's too bad. Gotta get $1.50 just to play a full round.

on the bright side, even if an ITG2 machine is set to 1 song, you can still play Marathon/Survival courses instead.

[sylcmyk+]

Logical idea, but most likely we'd get kicked out of the arcade and then would have to go to a different place, which has mucho mucho malo reputation.

[Xavious]

I pay £1 for both the Euromix and Euromix 2 machines near me. £2 if two of us want to play together.

Seeing as £1 equals whatever the current £ to $ conversion is which is about 1.7 at the moment, I'm paying the equivalent of about $1.70 per go.
And remember thats for 4+ year old machines.

One good thing is that the Euromix machine has this weird setting where if you put in £2 you get an extra credit for free for some reason. Still a rip off though.

Next time I go I'm definatly pointing out to them that Dancing Stage SuperNOVA is out and they should either upgrade or lower their current price. Not that they would listen though.

EDIT: Could someone maybe fix the title of the thread? Wouldn't How much do you pay to play on your DDR/DS machines? suit better?

[areyougame]

At the theatre closest to me:$1 for 3 songs
At the arcade I frequent:$.50 for 3 songs (and this machine is in very good shape)

[Kuhazan]

The only machine here costs 50 cents per play... I don't bother though because I never liked Extreme much. Maybe I'll play when Supernova is here... maybe...

[Victamone]

where im from theres two machines and both cost .50. One is loud but the pad is in crappy condition, the other is in decent condition but isnt as loud. I usually play at the better conditioned one.

[EdBoy]

Wow. You're all so lucky...

Only 50 cents. I can wish. :/

[RTP9999]

4 tokens = 1 darrar

I pay 4 tokens. Machine is in bad shape and is never cleaned so i'd much rather go play Tekken or CvS2. Maybe when Supernova comes out.

[DJLC]

My local arcade used to be fair when it had $.50 for 3 songs.

How it pulls the bitch move and sets $.50 for 1 song. I never complained because its their way of pricing games and I know I'm not going to change it by asking for a price lower.

The next arcade over has $.75 for 4 songs in DDR Extreme and $.75 for 3 songs in In The Groove 2. Its a great price for all because Joint Premium is also on.

Most of my arcades have resonable priceing near me so I don't complain.

[Fireflake]

it's 1€ for 3 stages here in austria (1€ is currently about 1.25USD)

[Pij]

Originally Posted by [Aphex Star]

In Dudley, near Birmingham, only like 40 minutes away on a bus. :3

doh, im in Sedgley right next to dudley and never knew.

Its in the bowling alley? or somewhere else?

[[Aphex Star]]

doh, im in Sedgley right next to dudley and never knew.

Its in the bowling alley? or somewhere else?

Yep, in Dudley Bowlplex. <3 Doubles premium as well. =D

[Lvng]

I hate places that rip you off with tokens. Somewhere kinda near me its 2bucks =6 tokens, and 4 tokens for a game of 3 songs.

On the other hand, there is a place where you get credits. 20 bucks=60 credits, 3 credits for 4 songs. Woot.

[Amp Divorax]

I used to pay about $10 a week overall to play DDR. Then we lost our arcade so now I've just been playing at home.