Nes Paul

[SuperSwede]

Guitar Hero II seems like a fun game, but this Nes Paul makes a even better attempt at videogame/guitar fusion...

http://www.xocmusic.com/NESpaul/NESpaul_6.jpg

check out the link for more strange videogame guitars and a clip of the Sega Genesis guitar:

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/weird-video-game-guitars-you-never-knew-existed

[tot_Ou_tard]

Nice that you can play it, but it should coun't unless you can also play a video game by playing it as a guitar. Maybe a piezo bridge with midi out could accomplish this.

Someome should mod Guitar Hero so that you have to actually strum the correct chords.

[Tone2TheBone]

Ok how does Guitar Hero actually work then? Anyone play it? I mean...what do you play?

[marnold]

Ok how does Guitar Hero actually work then? Anyone play it? I mean...what do you play?
It comes with a fake guitar with a switch for strumming, a whammy bar, and a series of buttons on the neck. You have to hit the right button and strum in time with the sequence displayed on screen. Actually, it strikes me as sort of a rock and roll version of Simon.

I would love to have it for my PS2, but it's a little expensive and I'm not sure my kids would like it.

[Tone2TheBone]

It comes with a fake guitar with a switch for strumming, a whammy bar, and a series of buttons on the neck. You have to hit the right button and strum in time with the sequence displayed on screen. Actually, it strikes me as sort of a rock and roll version of Simon.

I would love to have it for my PS2, but it's a little expensive and I'm not sure my kids would like it.

I've seen kids at Walmart playing it in the aisles. I stand there watching and I didn't get it. I should have tried it myself if I could pry the guitar from their hands! So I'm thinking "you're" a rock star character in the game and you appear at various gigs and you've got to play the game guitar in pace with the audio....then you advance to another gig or something?

[sunvalleylaw]

It comes with a fake guitar with a switch for strumming, a whammy bar, and a series of buttons on the neck. You have to hit the right button and strum in time with the sequence displayed on screen. Actually, it strikes me as sort of a rock and roll version of Simon.

I would love to have it for my PS2, but it's a little expensive and I'm not sure my kids would like it.


I played it a little at the local kid's center while I was hangin with my kids. It was fun, and like Marnold says, kind of a rock and roll simon. It would help a kid develop some timing I would guess. I was playing some Who song (maybe Dream Police?, can't remember), and I'll admit I did not completely nail it. It was fun though. :DR

Tone: I did not do any advancement per say, but the way we played, there were two guitar heroes, each with a part to play, and whoever nailed it better by hitting the buttons ,whammy, etc. at exactly the right time wins. At least that was my understanding. I have never been a very expert gamer. I think my all time favorite was old school Pole Position, the arcade version. I was always more of a foosball player. :)

[Tone2TheBone]

I played it a little at the local kid's center while I was hangin with my kids. It was fun, and like Marnold says, kind of a rock and roll simon. It would help a kid develop some timing I would guess. I was playing some Who song (maybe Dream Police?, can't remember), and I'll admit I did not completely nail it. It was fun though. :DR

Tone: I did not do any advancement per say, but the way we played, there were two guitar heroes, each with a part to play, and whoever nailed it better by hitting the buttons ,whammy, etc. at exactly the right time wins. At least that was my understanding. I have never been a very expert gamer. I think my all time favorite was old school Pole Position, the arcade version. I was always more of a foosball player. :)

Foosball? Now you're really showing your age. ;) Nothing like a good game of foosballs with friends while you're slamming some beers.

[SuperSwede]

Guitar Hero is actually a fun game! You start out as a beginner with a local garageband and work your way up. There is a lot of classic rock songs in the game, and you would be surprised how hard it is!

[sunvalleylaw]

Foosball? Now you're really showing your age. ;) Nothing like a good game of foosballs with friends while you're slamming some beers.

Hey, it's making a comeback. I like to take on some of my friend's competitive kids who think they are hot and are going to kill the Dad, and surprise them a little. :D

[NPauly]

Guitar Hero is the most addictive game I have ever played!

... but you really have to get a second guitar controller and play with friends to truly enjoy this game. Playing by yourself is fun for practice, but playing it with a group of friends is a blast!

[Danzego]

Yeah, I also think Guitar Hero is a blast. I will say, though, that while initially being a real guitar player helped me do good in the game (it's especially fun laughing at people for doing all downstrokes during fast passages and showing them how nice alternate picking works), it does also work against you. Like if I'm playing a song I actually know how to play or have an idea how it's played, you don't play all the notes in the lower difficulty setting. So I'll be doing runs just by instinct that the game isn't looking for, which counts as missed notes and picking when you're not supposed to.

But yes, for ANYONE, the game is a ton of fun. As for what you do, to add to what Swede said, the thing with moving up doesn't really matter much from the perspective of the game itself. New arenas and bigger crowds essentially just means you get to move on to the next set of songs until you complete those and unlock even more. :)

Oh, and Guitar Hero II includes not only versus mode for two players, but also modes like one person playing bass and another guitar, and the co-op mode where you go back and forth with the other person, but not so much in a competitive type manner. :)