My every fateful Dance Dance Revolution dance pad after 5 years of dependable service has died.
I was playing paranoia 180 when the down arrow finally gave out. When it happen I was in denial. It couldn’t give out in my mind. I wished it wasn’t true but it was. Giving it some test plays proved that my favorite dance pad had now retired.
I remember buying the red octane 2.0 at the game stop for 50 bucks marked down from the 75 they have giving for her. I was sweating because now I could afforded one. I also remember having to walk all the way home seeing how I rode my bike down there. It was the pad that I lusted after from hearing all the reports on the internet. She did not disappoint. Her raised arrows made the experience all the more better. She never moved my carpet. Always giving me super accurate steps every time.
We had many happy memories together. She was the first pad that I played with online mode. When people online asked if I was using a pad or a controller. My answer was always a happy one. She was the pad that used to start on heavy mode. I learned along with her. I always played with her when I got a new DDR game for the PS2. We even played Doubles mode together. (with a cheap pad attached with pins)
She outlasted longer than what other peoples plastic pads. Most only work for about a year of heavy play. She gave me 5 years! I know that it seems silly to feel a lost from a gaming accessory but I feel like a part of my heart has left me. She has cracks in the plastics that I tried to repair with duck tape. Even have that I will never get rid of her. Her memory with always live on with me.
I hope to see you in video game heaven. I will be waiting for you then.
*sigh* Now to get a new one on ebay and used one of the cheap ones as a stand in ... but it will never be the same.
(btw: I call my old pad as a girl such as a sea man would call a ship a girl.)
Rocky 3: Everything we do works out the jab.