help finding real arcade dance pads

skinticket

i want to buy the 2 dance pads that are used at arcades. Does anyone know where to get them? thanks

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

I'm afraid if dead on accuracy (size/design of arrows, lights, sturdiness of bar, etc) is what you seek, you'd have to make your own, like I am doing.

The closest you can get is the MyMyBox Blueshark pad.

BTW TO ANYBODY READING THIS TOPIC: does anybody have specs and measurements for the arcade pads? I AM making my own metal pads as close to the acrade design as huamnly possible, but I feel in order to do this I'd need true specs.
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

shurf · Trick Member Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: NJ

I had no idea those were for sale.

All I could find is arcade-style (i.e Blueshark)

skinticket · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject:

is there an image of this beatgear pad? As of right now im going for the blueshark 3" thick one, but if i could find the real pad or something else... i would go for that

found them, and i must say those are nice as hell.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v175/dasbacon/beatgear2002/?action=view&current=6.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch4

shurf · Trick Member Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: NJ

DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Shurf, TranceDDR from the MMB forums has a Blueshark pad with the bar, and uses it on songs like VerTex and Delirium, and he says it's fine.

Beatgear pads are awesome, but chances are you'll never find one on eBay.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Hey, anyone know where I could order a new beatgear pad?

The machine I'm looking at buying only has 1.
I'll want 2 if I'm going to upgrade it to Extreme or 5th mix.
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mouseish · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:00 am Post subject:

you wont find a new beat gear pad. I gauarangoddamnedtee it

Your best bet is a used arcade pad setup from channelbeat or coinop. It will arrive in horrible shape though, because its old and neglected. I would go blueshark or build it yourself.

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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Yeah, I did some searching and figured that out.

Well, I guess I'll just see if I can get a cab with the pads, or build my own. If I do the latter, doesn't anyone know what sort of chips I'll need, encoding used, etc (I can make the chips if I have to), or where I could get the motherboard chips, i/o boards, etc?
I can take care of sensors, panels, bars, and connector cable (platform to cabinet).

Also, if I get a cab with the pads, I'll almost definately mod it, so all I care about is that the sensors, chips, and cab work right.
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skinticket · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject:

do you have pics of your pad? im also thinking of making a super sweet arcade looking pad and then useing the Mymybox arcade sensors and all that in them which would be awesome!

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

The arcade look sucks.
The arcade quality is awesome.
Possibly the only pads more durable than Cobalt Flux.
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mouseish · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:56 am Post subject:

I'll be g0dd4mn3d

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beat-Gear-Dance-Revolution-arcade-pads-Play-station-2_W0QQitemZ150051560231QQihZ005QQcategoryZ21185QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

they're out there...

DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

mouseish · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

Im suprised he's selling two of his. He seemed to hold them dearly when I asked last year about them.

I guess he has enough of them

shurf · Trick Member Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: NJ

Put DDR arrow decals on a blushark and it'll look alot more arcade like.