Basically your best bet is to either buy a used cobalt flux or build your own out of 2x4s and some plexiglass.

flat soft pad, plywood, vinyl covering (think office chair wheel carpet mat), 2-3 cardboard squares taped to plywood under pad for each arrow, staple gun and duct tape the shit of it to wrap it up good

flat soft pad: 2nd player tier
foam soft pad with raised buttons: good enough tier.
hard pads: asian girl tier.

>>3015945
nothing

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>>3015945
this pad is pretty dank, feels good. doesn't slip around. can feel where the arrow squares are. been using it for years. DDR energy pad. has PS2, xbox orig, and usb plug

>>3016019
kek, soft pad: 2nd player tier

>>3015945
Play Pump It Up instead. Better music.

RedOctane has some acceptable midgrade mats. I have a couple I picked up but never used.

>>3016073
DDRGame is cheap as shit quality.
>>3016329
Can't buy these new anymore. Only second hand.

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>>3016190

Cobalt Flux

I had 2 of these (for 2 players not because one broke) and they lasted for about 5 years before I tossed em since I stopped using them. Really regret it but the quality was great. Foam pad btw.http://m.ebay.com/itm/Brand-new-Playstation-2-PS2-DDR-Dance-Dance-Revolution-Non-Slip-pad-NEW-/181857768362?nav=SEARCH

>>3015945
All soft mats are shit. Don't even bother with all that DIY shit, it will never work as well as hard pads unless you're some 350 pound lardass.

>>3016190
mah nigga

I was up on k-music as early as 2000 thanks to PIU

years before everyone else jumped the bandwagon

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>>3016535
not true. official soft mat stapled to plywood and covered with plastic floor covering. AAAs everywhere

>>3016547
wat korean music sucks man nothing can touch the early bemani sound

>>3015945
Hard pad is your best choice. RedOctane or Cobalt Flux, not something from China.

If you don't feel like shelling out for a hard pad the soft pads with the foam inserts like >>3016073 are decent, but once you start playing on Standard and Heavy you're going to wanna upgrade.

>>3016520
>brand: Konami
The fuck? Are they still producing them or what?

Also which ps2 to usb converter is best?

>>3015945
no pad is best pad for practice
it's not like those huge numbers in your hiscore mean anything anyway

>>3016553
Spoken like a true poorfag.

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>>3015945
Tech Deck it

>>3018227
This is a surprisingly good game

>>3018236
I'd love to get my hands on it, literally