Tips and Guides

Articles written by DDR Freaks to help out other DDRers.

• Dictionary - Your guide to the jargon of DDR.
• DDR Freak Dictionary


• Game-specific - Individual FAQs concerning specific game versions.
• Arcade Versions
• Home Versions


• Beginners - How to start beating those difficult songs
• FAQ: Beginners Tips/Improvement Methods - Eckostyle, 30 April 04
• Getting Started - PitterPanda, 3 February 02


• Scoring - How to improve your gameplay
• Get those perfects and combos higher - NOR, 3 February 02


• Performance - Start stylin' and looking good (disclaimer)
• Tournament performance and strategy - dj 8-ball, 3 February 02
• What to do and what NOT to do in a routine - HyperBroken, 3 February 02
• God of Cookery's Performance Guide - step to my lou // RTF, 6 December 00
• Sweetpinoy's Performance Guide - A-Jay, 1 December 00
• Pakwan Kenobi's Performance Guide - Pakwan Kenobi, 18 October 00
• Mel B's Performance Guide - Melvis at the Disco!, 18 October 00
• J Dogg's Performance Guide - J Dogg, 18 October 00
• Hikari's Performance Guide - Hikari, 18 October 00


• Technical - The science of DDR
• Modifying Foam Pads for Doubles - SilasX, 23 March 07
• FAQ about DDR Solo Arcade Machines - RyogAkari, 8 February 05
• Keeping your monitor in top shape - Yeehaw McKickass, 14 February 05
• Inside a DDR Stage: The Naked Truth Revealed! - Ho-Man, 20 December 04
• Ignition Pad Modification FAQ - Rychan, 1 December 04
• Arcade Machine FAQ - Yeehaw McKickass, 14 November 06
• Modchips and Imports - Larrikin, 4 December 04
• DDR Arcade Memory Card FAQ - Cutriss, 11 July 05
• DDR Ultramix and Dialup FAQ - Cutriss, 14 October 04
• Console Modding - rampage, 16 October 02
• Softpad Modding - PitterPanda, 3 February 02


• General - Everything else
• The Case Against Roxor, Part 2: The Fur Has Started to Fly - Lost_Sage, 18 August 05
• The Case Against Roxor: A Brief Overview of Civil Litigation - Lost_Sage, 1 June 05
• How to Start a DDR Organization - xequar, 13 October 04
• Guide to Arcade Activism -- Get Things Fixed - Black Lab, 29 April 04
• Choosing a DDR Machine - Animenathan, 16 October 02
• How to play doubles - Quarkboy, 16 October 02
• How to run a tournament (.ZIP) - NOR, 3 February 02
• Physiology of DDR - A-Jay, 3 February 02
• Methods of keeping your place in line - A-Jay, 3 February 02
• The Basics - Pakwan Kenobi, 3 February 02