Getting DDR, ITG2, Beatmania or other such machines are REALLY REALLY exspensive. I found one place last year that was willing to rent one at the tune of about $3000+ for the weekend. The only other option I found was one that wanted it set up as a pay machine and I am not willing to charge attendies to pay for games at a convention that they paid to get in to. As always we have been looking for a machine, but never found one that was reasonable. We have a plan for next year but we will have to see how it pans out.
**EDIT** Also, we have tried wonderland and they will not even consider renting for any cost. I will get a hold of Helsap that has the pics and get them posted here as well as the results. **EDIT**
$3000 for the weekend?!
You could BUY a Cab for 3 grand!
[insert many people screaming in anger]
Seriously, that's some serious crap.
((I typed this before reading CaoCao's post. xP
So yeah, pretty much what he said))
Is it okay if I bring my setup to K-con 2007 though?
I could probably see if I could get all the DDRSuperNova songs for Stepmania and bring that. (or ITG3, or just put all my favourite songs on it and hope people like the same songs as I do. xD)
Just a good screen and a couple adaptors and you'd have a really nice SM -- SuperNova machine to use.
And I'm building a couple arcade-style custom pads.
I'm attaching fold-in bars too, once I finish the base.
SM is god of all floor-panel dance games because you can MAKE your own songs for it.
And it works 4-panel, 5-panel, 6-panel, 8-panel, and 10-panel.
Which is pretty much awesome.
Although. . . no 9-panel or 12-panel, I don't think.
Hooking up 2 CF's and playing 9-panel doubles (18-panel) would be amazing.
But you could plug up to 8 into a PS2 with 2 multitaps)
So. . . 72-panel time? xD
DDRUSA = one of the worse things ever created.
I think they should all be upgraded to SuperNova IMMEDIATELY or dj TAKA will eat the owners' spleens.[/quote]