Dancing Stage EuroMix

Lore & Background

The arcade release of Dancing Stage EuroMix features a total of 34 songs, including 18 licensed songs and 16 Konami original songs. Six of the original songs require the Internet Ranking feature to be enabled, which can be done with a code by an arcade operator. Among the licenses, eight are from Universal Music Group, and this is the only appearance of these songs in a Konami arcade game. The ten other licenses are from Dancemania, which made their arcade debut in the Dance Dance Revolution series. "Dam Dariram" and "Do It All Night" also appear in StepManiaX by Step Revolution. The PlayStation release of Dancing Stage EuroMix features a total of 24 songs. The ten Dancemania licenses and five of the Internet Ranking songs are unavailable, with five other Konami original songs taking their place. "Let The Move" is the sole Internet Ranking song to return on the PlayStation game, and it is available without an unlock code.

Reader's Guide

The core gameplay involves the player stepping their feet to correspond with the arrows that appear on screen and the beat. During normal gameplay, arrows scroll upwards from the bottom of the screen and pass over a set of stationary arrows near the top (referred to as the "guide arrows" or "receptors", officially known as the Step Zone). When the scrolling arrows overlap the stationary ones, the player must step on the corresponding arrows on the dance platform, and the player is given a judgement for their accuracy of every streaked note.

Did You Know?

• EuroMix was released in European arcades in August 2000.
• It has a reduced song list of 28 songs, or 34 songs with the Internet Ranking feature enabled.
• EuroMix with Internet Ranking and USA share four licenses and 15 Konami Originals in common, including two 3rdMix Plus tracks: "Love This Feelin'" and "TRIP MACHINE ～luv mix～".
• Dancing Stage EuroMix 2 and Dancing Stage SuperNova for arcades feature the 16 original songs from EuroMix without the need for an unlock code.
• The PlayStation release of Dancing Stage EuroMix received mixed reviews.