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Which is fine, as DDR, which is Stepmania's contemporary, likewise catered to that, so alas. I think it's topical to assume that Stepmania (and most sandbox rhythm games [Osu, Etterna, Frets on Fire, Lunatic Rave etc.,) mostly consists of hardcore electronic/happy hardcore/techno/rave and also cutesy anime OSTs or Jpop or Japanese sounding rock songs. Okay, I wanted to talk about sort of a brushed off topic, and that's centered around the music style and music choice in the Stepmania culture. I am going to neglect keyboard gameplay, as I don't feel it's relevant to this post/discussion.) (I'm also referring to dance pad gameplay. I know this may seem like a long post, but please understand what I'm pointing out.) Keep in mind your mileage may vary depending on many factors, including your target resolution.(I've been in the Stepmania circuit for about sixteen years now, (I also played on several Stepmania ITG cabinets at arcades back in the day, before they got shut down.) so I just wanted to put this disclaimer first of all. In fact, the Argon’s built in fan hasn’t even needed to kick on during gameplay.

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Since I’m only outputting to a 720p Television, I’m getting near 60 FPS with amazing performance and sound.

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As a baseline on my Pi 4B, I used the default overclock scripts provided in the install instructions. Putting it all togetherĪfter you’ve installed RaspberryPi OS and built out the Argon case, it’s a quick sprint to the end by following the installation instructions from Matthias’s script above.

Not only does his script automatically configure things like auto-start StepMania at boot and configure safe overclock levels (among tons of other great things), it also helps configure the default audio device to USB Audio. Matthias Rozensztok put together a nifty script (linked above) for dramatically simplifying the configuration of StepMania on RaspberryPi.

Graceful-shutdown option with the built in power button (No keyboard and mouse needed for power operations).

Passive and Active cooling built in (needed for our overlocked RPi).

Re-routed ports to the back of the unit (helps create some serious eye candy on your media center).

The reason for going with the Argon1 Pi 4 case wasn’t just because it’s one of the best looking RaspberryPi cases available, but it has several features making it an extremely user-friendly case:

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StepMania Arcade on RaspberryPi software.If I didn’t already have these, I would have purchased from this link. Dance pads - NOTE: the pads I have were originally bought around 2007 and use a PS2 to USB adapter.

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3.5mm male-to-male Audio Cable - NOTE: this goes FROM the Pi TO your Audio system, whether that’s directly into your TV or something else.

RaspberryPi 4B 8GB running RaspberryPi OS (I’m using the 32bit version for now).

Also, I’m not an Amazon affiliate so I get no sort of kickback for using these links: Keep in mind you could change any or all of these components based on your needs. Here’s everything I purchased in order to get this built out on an RPi to be used on a Television. I chose to build StepMania on an RPi 4B 8GB for several reasons, but the primary reasons are: small physical footprint and simplicity of installation.

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It even works for building a full on arcade cabinet! It works on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is fully customizable. StepMania is an independent, cross-platform open source project that’s not affiliated with the original makers of DDR. Luckily, there’s an open source solution that with just a little bit of elbow grease, starts as a fun project and ends with a fully functional home based DDR! Enter StepMania Unless you have legacy systems like the XBOX 360, you’ll be hard pressed to find a current DDR game with functional DDR Dance Pads for a plug and play setup in the home. With all of us looking for additional activities to do in the home, especially with Winter fast approaching, a home DDR system is a fun and active game that the whole family can get in on. They were so popular, you could even buy DDR with pads for systems like the XBOX 360. You probably remember seeing these Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) machines at the arcade back in the early 2000s. Sadly, they’re also nesting grounds for germs, grime, and bratty kids. Remember Arcades? They were these massive buildings filled with mystery and wonder where games, lights, and sounds would expand as far as the eye could see.

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