Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX (Arcade)

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Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX introduced many new features and quality-of-life changes to the main games: Double Maniac charts (which were exclusive to the new songs), the Vivid noteskin, which separates arrows by rhythm placement, and nonstop courses of four songs each.

While the main gameplay mode only features the new songs in the Basic and Another difficulties, the older songs, as well as the Maniac difficulty for the new ones, can each be accessed with separate title screen codes.

NOTE: All of the downloadable step data has been converted in order for it to be readable by programs like Stepmania and ArrowVortex.

Unused Song#

The game's filesystem contains referenced files for an unused song: CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU (70's Remix) by BEAT BOX, from the album Dancemania X2. This applies to all of the game's releases.

Upon the filesystem extraction, they can be found in the folder data\mdb\cant, and contains graphics, steps, background animation data, and lyrics.

cant_ta.cmt	cant_bk.cmt	cant_cd.cmt

Lyrics (from cant.per)

B.Crewe/B.Guedio
I love you baby
and if it's quite all right
I need you baby
to warm a lonely night
trust in me when I say
Oh, pretty baby
don't bring me down, I pray
now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby
let me love you
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you
You'd be like heaven to touch
Oh, I want to hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be ture
I can't take my eyes off of you

Steps (from cant.cms)
Since no music data is available, a custom cut is used.

Download CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU (70's Remix) (step data) File: DDR3rd-cant.zip (3.96 MB) (info)

Placeholder Graphics#

Notably placeholder graphics. The text reads "Under construction". The banner and larger CD can be found in the folder data\mdb\rand, while the smaller CD is found within the used ones, located in the folder data\tim\allcd.

rand_ta.cmt	rand_cd.cmt

Overdump Data#

The original Japanese release's CARD.DAT contains many unreferenced song files within its data; they're leftovers from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2 and Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix. While the former seems to match the final data, the latter likely come from a prototype version, as the six available songs have some level of differences between the overdump and the final game.

FREAKY#

Starting offset: 0x8D6000
Graphics: Same as final
Steps:

• Solo Basic: Same as final
• Solo Trick: Same as final
• Solo Maniac: Different (can also be found unused within the final game as the failsafe chart)
• MultiPlay Basic: Different
• MultiPlay Trick: Different
• Failsafe: Same as Solo Maniac

Sync: Different offset
{|class="wikitable" style="border: none; background: none; text-align: center;" !Overdump !Final |- |-1.548 |-1.535 |} Metadata: Same as final

Download FREAKY (overdump chart data) File: DDR3rd-SOLOBASS-frky.zip (2,05 KB) (info)

KUNG FU FIGHTING (MIAMI BOOTY MIX)#

Starting offset: 0x9F2800
Graphics: Different banner
{| !width=196px|Overdump !width=196px|Final |- | | |} Steps:

• Solo Basic: Same as final
• Solo Trick: Different
• Solo Maniac: Different (can also be found unused within the final game as the failsafe chart)
• MultiPlay Basic: Different
• MultiPlay Trick: Different
• Failsafe: Same as Solo Maniac

Sync: Same as final
Metadata: Different

Download KUNG FU FIGHTING (MIAMI BOOTY MIX) (overdump chart data) File: DDR3rd-SOLOBASS-miam.zip (1,51 KB) (info)

MY BABY MAMA#

Starting offset: 0x910800
Graphics: Same as final
Steps:

• Solo Basic: Same as final
• Solo Trick: Same as final
• Solo Maniac: Different
• MultiPlay Basic: Different
• MultiPlay Trick: Different
• Failsafe: Same as Solo Maniac

Sync: Same as final
Metadata: Same as final

Download MY BABY MAMA (overdump chart data) File: DDR3rd-SOLOBASS-mama.zip (1,43 KB) (info)

CLUB TROPICANA#

Starting offset: 0x92C000
Graphics: Same as final
Steps:

• Solo Basic: Different
• Solo Trick: Different
• Solo Maniac: Different (can also be found unused within the final game as the failsafe chart)
• MultiPlay Basic: Different
• MultiPlay Trick: Different
• Failsafe: Same as Solo Maniac

Sync: Same as final
Metadata: Different

Download CLUB TROPICANA (overdump chart data) File: DDR3rd-SOLOBASS-club.zip (1,40 KB) (info)

LOVE MACHINE#

Starting offset: 0x94C800
Graphics: Different banner
{| !width=196px|Overdump !width=196px|Final |- | | |} Steps:

• Solo Basic: Different
• Solo Trick: Different
• Solo Maniac: Different
• MultiPlay Basic: Different
• MultiPlay Trick: Different
• Failsafe: Different from Solo Maniac (can still be found unused in the final game)

Sync: Different
{|class="wikitable" style="border: none; background: none; text-align: center;" !style="border: none; background: none;"| !Overdump !Final |- !Offset |-0.016 |-0.003 |- !colspan=3|BPM Values |- !b0 |160.137 |160.146 |- !b159 | |155.172 |- !b160 | |160.387 |- !b195 | |160.714 |- !b196 | |160 |} Metadata: Same as final

Download LOVE MACHINE (overdump chart data) File: DDR3rd-SOLOBASS-lmac.zip (1,83 KB) (info)

Let the beat hit em!#

Starting offset: 0x96C000
Graphics: Different banner
{| !width=196px|Overdump !width=196px|Final |- | | |} Steps:

• Solo Basic: Same as final
• Solo Trick: Same as final
• Solo Maniac: Different (can also be found unused within the final game as the failsafe chart)
• MultiPlay Basic: Different
• MultiPlay Trick: Same as final
• Failsafe: Same as Solo Maniac

Sync: Different
{|class="wikitable" style="border: none; background: none; text-align: center;" !style="border: none; background: none;"| !Overdump !Final |- !Offset |-0.028 |-0.012 |- !colspan=3|BPM Values |- !b0 |110.134 |110.054 |} Metadata: Same as final

Download Let the beat hit em! (overdump chart data) File: DDR3rd-SOLOBASS-letb.zip (1,47 KB) (info)

Regional Differences#

Not counting the 3rdMIX PLUS update, Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX has a grand total of four known different versions, labeled on MAME as follows:

• ddr3mj - The game's original Japanese release.
• ddr3ma - A version of the game released for the Asian market.
• ddr3mka - The game's first South Korean release, labeled as VER.KOREA.
• ddr3mk - The game's second South Korean release, labeled as Ver.KOREA2.

The differences between them are as follows:

Overall#

• The "Another" difficulty was renamed to "Trick" in all of the game's Asian releases.
• The Konami Original/Dancemania labels in the song selection screen are missing from all of the Asian releases.
• The "Shuffle" modifier cannot be turned off directly in the Asían releases. The player must imput the "Left", "Right" or "Mirror" modifier, and then imput the same modifier again to turn it off.

Japan	Asia

Characters#

• The character Charmy was given tights in the Asian releases of the game. Notably, this modesty change actually stuck with her for her official design for the 4thMIX games, which gave her a matching metallic top.

Japan	Asia

• The character Devil-Zukin was renamed to Black-Zukin in the Asian releases.

Japan	Asia

Songlist#

The songlist was slightly altered between the four versions of the game.

• The Asian releases lack the following songs:
  • Stomp to my beat / JS16
  • LOVE / SONIC DREAM
  • TUBTHUMPING / CHUMBAWAMBA
  • GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) / TECHNOTRONIC feat.YA KID K
  • GET UP AND DANCE / FREEDOM
  • IF YOU CAN SAY GOODBYE / KATE PROJECT
  • XANADU / THE OLIVIA PROJECT
• The VER.KOREA release adds 7 Korean licenses:
  • BA KKWO / LEE JUNG HYUN
  • BU DAM / BACK JI YOUNG
  • BYUL / TEAM
  • FACE / N.R.G
  • SUNG SUK / SPACE A
  • TELL ME TELL ME / s#arp
  • WA / LEE JUNG HYUN
• The Ver.KOREA2 release kept the aforementioned Korean licenses, and added 9 more:
  • AROMDAON 21C / 2000 Daehanmingug
  • GAGGAI / s#arp
  • GAMYEONUI SIGAN / FIN.K.L
  • GIMME GIMME / Country Kko Kko
  • GYOUNG GO / Tashannie
  • HOGISIM / Hans Band
  • ROSE / FIN.K.L
  • SHOCK / GOOFY
  • Starian / DUKE

Due to these changes, the default songs in each version are different:

• Japan: XANADU
• Asia: UPSIDE DOWN
• VER.KOREA: BA KKWO
• Ver.KOREA2: SHOCK

Courses#

• The CLASSICS course was slightly altered between the original Japanese and regular Asian versions of the game, with the songs UPSIDE DOWN being moved as the first in the course, IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE(Extended Remix) also deslocated to being the second in the order, and I believe in miracles replacing GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER).
  • The VER.KOREA release, however, replaced this course with two: KOREAN MUSICS 1'' and KOREAN MUSICS 2, both featuring songs exclusive from this version of the game.
• The Ver.KOREA2 release replaced the SMiLE.dk and CAPTAIN courses with two more KOREAN MUSICS courses, which are now labeled from A to D.
  • The first two aforementioned KOREAN MUSICS courses were also slightly altered to fit the inclusion of the release's 9 new songs.

Graphics#

• In the original Japanese release, the song OPERATOR was erroneously labeled as OPERATOR (Two Gees Mix). This was fixed in all of the Asian releases, and later in 3rdMIX PLUS.

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Japan Asia

• The CD and background graphics for the song OH NICK PLEASE NOT SO QUICK were censored in the Asian releases, giving the people more layers of clothing (in this case, jeans).

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Steps#

• The song UPSIDE DOWN has a different Single Basic chart in all of the Asian releases. It is noticeably easier, being rated 1 foot in contrast to the original's 3 foot rating. Curiously, this new chart is also used in Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX PLUS.

Download UPSIDE DOWN (basic charts for comparison) File: DDR3rd-upsi.zip (592 B) (info)

• The songs BA KKWO and WA, which debuted in the VER.KOREA release, received new Basic and Trick charts in Ver.KOREA2. Most of them have different ratings as well. These newer charts are also used from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX PLUS.

Download BA KKWO and WA (charts for comparison) File: DDR3rd-ljh.zip (3,99 KB) (info)

Revisional Differences#

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On September 27, 2024, Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX was rereleased as part of the DanceDanceRevolution Classic Mini plug & play game. It sports a few differences compared to the original release, as follows:

• No lyrics are displayed on screen.
• Several songs lack their respective music tracks due to licensing issues. They each display a "Sorry This song cannot be played" message when hovering over them in the song selection screen, as well as during gameplay. The list, excluding songs from previous games, is as follows:
  • Licenses
    • DO IT ALL NIGHT / E-ROTIC
    • FLASHDANCE(WHAT A FEELING) / MAGIKA
    • GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) / TECHNOTRONIC feat.YA KID K
    • HOLIDAY / WHO'S THAT GIRL!
    • IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE(Extended Remix) / TAVARES
    • MR.WONDERFUL / SMiLE.dk
    • OH NICK PLEASE NOT SO QUICK / E-ROTIC
    • OPERATOR(Two Gees Mix) / PAPAYA
    • TURN ME ON(HEAVENLY MIX) / E-ROTIC
    • VOL.4 / RAVERS CHOICE
    • WONDERLAND(UKS MIX) / X-TREME
    • XANADU / OLIVIA PROJECT
  • KONAMI originals
    • END OF THE CENTURY / NO.9
    • gentle stress(AMD SEXUAL MIX) / MR.DOG feat. DJ SWAN
    • Jam Jam Reggae(AMD SWING MIX) / RICE.C feat. jam master '73
    • LUV TO ME (AMD MIX) / DJ KAZU feat. tiger YAMATO
• The song DYNAMITE RAVE uses the remade version first heard in the American/European releases of Dance Dance Revolution X.
• The background of the song AFRONOVA was removed and replaced with a placeholder image. This is likely due to it featuring a modified picture of actress Reese Witherspoon. The background had already been replaced in Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX PLUS, though why wasn't this newer background used is unclear.
• Four of the game's courses were modified so that songs that lack their audio tracks are replaced:

References#