DDR may refer to:
In politics:
- Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, a peacebuilding strategy to facilitate disbanding military fighters and their reintegration into society
- Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German), the German Democratic Republic (English), i.e., the former East Germany, a state in Europe, 1949–90
- Doha Development Round
In science:
- DDR1, a gene coding for Discoidin Domain Receptor 1
- DDR2, a gene coding for Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
In technology:
- Device Description Repository, a concept proposed by the Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group (DDWG) of the World Wide Web Consortium
- Dial-on-demand routing, a network-connection technique
- Direct to disk recording, a recording technique that does not use magnetic tape
- Double data rate, a transfer mode for data on a computer bus, or one of the following types of double-data-rate memory:
In entertainment and music:
- Dance Dance Revolution, a music video game series by Konami
- Doctor Dream Records, an independent record label
In sport:
- Dutchland Rollers or Dutchland DerbyRollers, a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
- Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian footballer
Other
- DDR Corp., an American real estate investment trust company.
- Destroyer Revolution, the Next Generation Escort Ship project of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
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Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon), abbreviated DDR and also known as Dancing Stage in earlier games in Europe and Australasia, and some other games in Japan, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance genre in video games. Players stand on a "dance platform" or stage and hit colored arrows laid out in a cross with their feet to musical and visual cues. Players are judged by how well they time their dance to the patterns presented to them and are allowed to choose more music to play to if they receive a passing score.
Dance Dance Revolution has been given much critical acclaim for its originality and stamina in the video game market. There have been dozens of arcade-based releases across several countries and hundreds of home video game console releases, promoting a music library of original songs produced by Konami's in-house artists and an eclectic set of licensed music from many different genres. The DDR series has inspired similar games such as Pump It Up by Andamiro and In the Groove by Roxor.
Dance Dance Revolution (1998 video game)
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon), abbreviated DDR, is a game that was released in arcades by Konami on November 21, 1998 in Japan. Dance Dance Revolution is a unique music video game involving dance and rhythm that defined the genre. The game involves timing and balance by having players use their feet instead of their hands like typical video games. In March 1999, the game was released to the Asian and North American arcade audiences. It was also released to the European arcade audience under the name Dancing Stage. Players and game critics were caught off-guard by the game's addictive qualities winning the new franchise many merits to its design.
On April 10, 1999, Dance Dance Revolution was released on the Japanese PlayStation, adding new music and gameplay elements. A console release was not made for any other region. Despite the global popularity of DDR, the series remained obscure outside Japan and few official additional arcade releases of DDR were made elsewhere until the multi-regional release of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova in 2006.
