Dance Aerobics is a fitness video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System utilizing the Power Pad accessory. Players engage in aerobic routines led by an on-screen instructor, pressing pads with their feet and hands to match movements. The game features increasing difficulty across seven levels, with a total of 32 unique routines. Players earn stamps upon completion, allowing them to skip levels.
Dance Aerobics is a chance to get fit by following the movements of an aerobics instructor.
Players use side B of the Power Pad accessory (a floor mat with 12 pads in a 4 by 3 grid) to follow the movements of an aerobics instructor. To succeed the player must press the pads with their feet and hands at the same time as the on screen aerobics instructor. Any missed movements are recorded on a mistake counter and 10 missed movements will fail the level. The routines (a set of repeated movements) start slow and simple with a bit of no-penalty practise time however as the player gets better the routines get more complex with less practices time. Each level has a set number of routines that increase with each level from 4 at the start to a total of 32 on the final level (level 7). At the successful completion of each level the player will get a pass stamp which they can enter later to skip that level.