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- Catastrophic is also the adjective associated with the term Catastrophe.
Catastrophic is the term given to any song routine in the Dance Dance Revolution video game series that has a foot-rating of nine. The rating was first seen in Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX with beatmaniaIIDX substream CLUB VERSiON 2. The word was last used officially in Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX PLUS, after which all names for the various foot ratings were abolished, but henceforth players would refer to all songs rated nine feet or higher as catas.
The Catastrophic difficulty rating was added because DDR 2nd Mix Club Version 2 had certain songs that were far more difficult than could justify the previous highest rating of eight feet, termed Exorbinant. The songs in question on that mix were Gentle stress, GRADUISTIC CYBER, LUV TO ME (disco mix) and ska a go go. The Maniac (later Heavy) steps for all four were given the new higher rating.
A ten-foot rating was added in DDRMAX2. Officially, the first song to be rated as such was the Heavy step routine of MAX 300 from DDRMAX, but it was not rated as such until DDRMAX2 because the foot rating system was not used in DDRMAX. DDR EXTREME added a further flashing 10 rating, which only four song routines are rated at as of this writing.
Two songs that were rated eight feet before the advent of Catastrophic--DROP OUT from Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 and PARANOiA (KCET CLEAN MIX) from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX--were eventually re-rated nine feet.