Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (2004 video game)

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme arcade cabinet
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Dance Dance Revolution Bemani
Engine	Custom (Japan) DDR Festival (North America)
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release	Arcade JP: December 25, 2002 PlayStation 2 JP: October 9, 2003 NA: September 21, 2004
Genre(s)	Music, Exercise
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer, Internet ranking (online code)
Cabinet	Custom
Arcade system	Bemani System 573 Digital
CPU	33Mhz R3000A 32 bit RISC processor
Sound	PlayStation SPU
Display	29" CRT (Raster, 256x224 & 740x480)

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (ダンスダンスレボリューションエクストリーム, Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Ekusutorīmu) is a music video game by Konami and is the eighth release in the main Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) series. It was released on December 25, 2002 for Japanese arcades, on October 9, 2003 for the Japanese PlayStation 2, and on September 21, 2004 for the North American PlayStation 2. This game is the ninth release in North America, but despite having the same name as its Japanese counterpart, its soundtrack is significantly different and won the Video Music Awards in 2005 on MTV for * Best Video Game Soundtrack.

Despite its single-region arcade release, its popularity caused it to be exported or pirated and placed in game rooms worldwide. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme was the last game in the DDR Arcade franchise for four years until Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova in 2006. The arcade release of the game contains one of the largest soundtracks of any DDR game, featuring 240 songs, as well as music from other Bemani music titles. Konami issued an "in-game" thank you to the fans of Dance Dance Revolution and announced a rejuvenation of the entire series, but did not go into details. Konami's announcement led people to believe that DDR Extreme might be the last DDR release or that the series might be on hiatus or rebooted in the same manner as Beatmania and Beatmania IIDX. However, it continued to be released for video game consoles. It is possible that this meant the changes in SuperNova (the ability to have all difficulties at once and the massive difficulty spike) but this is unlikely.