[unknown_user_84]

May I recommend Dance Dance Revolution / Stepmania.

I have yet to find a good setup in Stepmania that is fundamentally easier to approach than endless mode on DDR X on the PS2. They have the songs divided up in levels of difficulty. I can roll in level 2 at this point after getting the hang of 1/8th beat steps, this took months (*edit: off and on for years). Before that level 1 kept me in heart rate workout level whatever they call it zone 2 and I'd pop into endless level 2 if I wanted to push it into high intensity (zone 3 I think). Now it's more like level 2 hits me zone 2 and if I want to push it I go to level 3. A decent foam pad with exercise mat like things in it for support seems to run about $100, maybe a little less now that the pandemic-mania is starting to fade.

I've had a Python script started for months to parse and only allow songs in the Stepmania library that have a difficulty level relating to the DDR X endless level arrangement (*edit: grammar is difficult). Their interface leaves a bit to be desired and I find hacking around on my own Python script less daunting than hacking around in someone else's Java.

[NickC25]

Used a DDR setup for rainy-day training when playing basketball and tennis in high school. Loved it, but kinda got bored with it after a while, because once you can do 10 footers in doubles with no bar, there's no real further challenge (RIP In The Groove with its 11 and 12 footers!). Also, the pads tend to suck unless you plonk down a few hundred for a metal pad which really takes up space.