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Dance Aerobics

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Dance Aerobics takes aerobics exercise and turns it into a music game. Some consider it to be the progenitor of the rhythm game genre.

Regional Differences#

In Japan, the game was published as part of Bandai's Family Trainer series. In the US, it was published by Nintendo as part of their Power Pad series.

Title Screen#

Japan

US

Aside from the logo change, the copyright info was updated and the Side B graphics on the bottom-right were changed.

Audio Samples#

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The audio samples from the Japanese version are currently not emulated. Find a way to record them without background music.

The Japanese version sends audio samples directly from the Famicom cartridge's sound IC to its audio input. The US version uses DPCM audio.

Audio Sample

Japan

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