ddr with hands - motion sensor or camera

[emulord]

So I want to play by holding motion sensors that trigger when they experience a lot of accelleration at once.
If its shaken when its at about chest level or higher its a up, right of my body a right, left a left, at about stomach level for a down. Id want one in each hand for jumps.

Anyone know how I could do this? Id want to use vanilla stepmania, but what hardware should I use?

[James May]

iirc konami did have an arcade game that utilizes that mechanic, I just need to check because there is one like that here in Miami at a local arcade.

[FrozenAngel91]

Originally Posted by James May

iirc konami did have an arcade game that utilizes that mechanic, I just need to check because there is one like that here in Miami at a local arcade.

Are you thinking of this?

[James May]

nah not that. similar to it though but it had 4 sensors each side...
edit: this one

[emulord]

Ive seen that arcade game. The sensors are like high right+left and low right+left.
I mean a Left Right Up Down scheme somehow.

The arcade game with L, LU, U, RU, R seemed cool too. A little more flailing than I'd like tho.

[Jousway]

Originally Posted by James May

nah not that. similar to it though but it had 4 sensors each side...
edit: this one

if you get your hands on those sensors or any sensors to recreate that cab you can play it on stepmania because stepmania does have support for dance maniax

Valid gametypes:

Name    | Description
--------|------------
dance   | Dance Dance Revolution + Solo (3, 4, 6 and 8(Double) Panels)
pump    | Pump It Up (5, 3(Double), 10(Double))
kb7     | DJMax 7 Keys/O2Jam (6 Keys + 1 Center)
ez2     | Ez2Dancer (3 Panels with 2 Hands, 3 Panels with 4 Hands and 6 Panels with 4 Hands(Double))
para    | Para Para Paradise (5 Panels)
ds3ddx  | Dance Station 3DDX (4 Panels with 4 Hands)
beat    | Beatmania (5,7 and 14(double) Keys + Scratch, "10(double) Keys Gameplay Broken")
maniax  | Dance Maniax (4 and 8(Double) Hand Receptors)
techno  | TechnoMotion (4, 5, 8, 8(Double), 10(Double) and 16(Double) Panels)
popn    | Pop'n Music (5 and 9 Keys)
lights  | Lights (For Arcade Cab Lights, Unused)
karaoke | Karaoke (Unimplemented)

[emulord]

Thanks. Using that type of sensor may be cumbersome, but at least I know theres support. Can play with that and a dance pad simultaneously?

[Jousway]

Originally Posted by emulord

Thanks. Using that type of sensor may be cumbersome, but at least I know theres support. Can play with that and a dance pad simultaneously?

if you use Dance Station 3DDX you can have a dancepad with 4 panels and 4 hand receptors