External Sites / Resources

EKS-D ParaMania

Move to the music, embrace the rhythm, and ask, “Can you feel the beat?” Check out EKS-D ParaMania and show of your best moves in this unique and energizing music and rhythm game. Inspired by KONAMI’s ParaParaParadise, ParaMania is the next best thing to being on the dance floor!

Club ParaStar

EKS-D ParaMania’s sister project, ParaStar is the spiritual open-source successor to 2000’s ParaParaParadise. Built on StepMania SM4, with the help of AJ and the SSC, ParaStar is has re-released v0.4 from 2009 as a legacy project. Plans to update ParaStar to operate on the modern Project OutFox platform do not currently have an ETA.

Project OutFox

Project OutFox is a fork of StepMania. It focuses on modernizing its codebase to improve performance and graphical fidelity, refurbishing aspects of the engine that have been neglected, and to improve and expand its support for other game types and styles. It is developed by Team Rizu — a team of community veterans and other current members of the current community.

-taken from the Project OutFox Website (2021/08/01)

ParaParaWiki

The premier Western resource for information on all things parapara. Find information on thousands of dances, videos, songs, terminology, and more! Information has been curated by the community, for the community with data compiled from numerous sources across the web and from around the world.

Eurobeat-Prime

Eurobeat-Prime is a site dedicated to solely eurobeat. The site initially started as a miniature site for fun and amusement, but it has gradually grown to be one of the biggest and most extensive eurobeat databases the internet currently holds. Eurobeat Prime aims to spread the message of eurobeat around the world and bring together people who enjoy this music.

-taken from the Eurobeat-Prime Website (2021/08/01)

DANCE GROOVE

DANCE GROOVE is natively a Japanese site but has English translation enabled for Western visitors and is an incredible resource for any Eurobeat, Italo Disco, Hi-Energy, or Trance music fans.

“DANCE GROOVE contains dance music information such as Eurobeat, Italo Disco, Hi-Energy, and Trance. The main contents are new music information, a database that can be searched by multiple items, reviews, explanations, etc.”

-taken from the DANCE GROOVE Website (2021/08/01)

Discogs

“The heart of Discogs is a user-built database of music. More than 595,000 people have contributed some piece of knowledge, to build up a catalog of more than 14,297,562 recordings and 7,687,088 artists. We’re far from done and you can contribute too! Discogs also offers the ability to catalog your music collection, wantlist, and share your ratings and reviews.”

-taken from the Discogs Website (2021/08/01)

EKS-D ParaPara

Visit the home of Energetic Kinetic Synchronous Dance! EKS-D ParaPara has been bringing you original parapara dance moves since 2006. EKS-D has also been a fixture at several annual conventions, conducting exhibition performances and instructional workshops, and has even made appearances with SMiLE.dk in 2008 & 2009.