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People who have always dreamed of starting their own bands but never had the skills or time to do it can live out their dreams by playing Guitar Hero. With multiple versions and system availability, this game is great for crowds and is played by professionals like David Cook and amateurs at home. more »
The "Guitar Hero" franchise began its life on the Wii console with "Guitar Hero III," and many other editions have followed, the most notable entries being "Guitar Hero IV" and "Guitar Hero V". The series has enjoyed success on the Wii, making all editions easy to find both new and used, often at relatively cheap prices. more »
One of the biggest features in Guitar Hero: World Tour is the new "Music Studio" mode. This mode allows you to create your own custom Guitar Hero songs, complete with parts for all instruments (except vocal) This mode is designed so even the most novice of players can create their own tunes. more »
Have you happened to walk into a game store or arcade and see someone jamming away on an axe and thought “wow, that looks sweet!” If so, then Guitar Hero is what you’re after. Similar to Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero has you playing in tune with songs to try and match the song as best you can. This simplifies guitar playing... more »
The guitar controller from Guitar Hero is a controller that is almost unique to the franchise. The only exception is the similar Rock Band controller which was developed by the same company that originally made Guitar Hero. Learning to use the controller properly is crucial to being able to play the game. Improper use will lead to... more »
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Guitar Hero (sometimes referred to as simply Hero) is a series of music video games first published in 2005 by RedOctane and distributed by Activision in which players use a guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate the playing of lead, bass guitar and rhythm guitar across numerous rock music songs. Players match notes that scroll on-screen to colored fret buttons on the controller, strumming the controller in time to the music in order to score points, and keep the virtual audience excited. The games attempt to mimic many features of playing a real guitar, including the use of fast-fingering hammer-ons and pull-offs and the use of the whammy bar to alter the pitch of notes. Most games support single player modes, typically a Career mode to play through all the songs in the game, and both competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes. With the introduction of Guitar Hero World Tour in 2008, the game includes support for a four-player band including vocals and drums. The series initially used mostly cover version of songs created by WaveGroup Sound, but most recent titles feature soundtracks that are fully master recordings, and in some cases, special re-recordings, of the songs. Later titles in the series feature support for downloadable content in the form of new songs.
RedOctane, then a company primarily in the manufacture of unique game controllers, was inspired in 2005 to create Guitar Hero based on their experience with creating hardware for Konamis GuitarFreaks arcade game, and enlisted the help of Harmonix Music Systems, who had previously developed several music video games, for development duties. The first game in the series was made on a budget of $1 million. The series became extremely successful, leading to, in 2007, the acquisition of RedOctane by Activision, while Harmonix was acquired by MTV Games and went on to create the Rock Band series of music games in the same vein as Guitar Hero. Activision brought Neversoft, known for their Tony H read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar+Hero
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