Guitar Hero has inspired many spinoffs, such as Frets on Fire and Guitar Zero.An episode of South Park entitled " Guitar Queer-o" made its debut just after Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was released.
The Guitar Hero series has made quite an impact in popular culture Once activated, the fretboard and all the gems will turn blue and every note you hit will count double towards your score and your rock meter. You can release SP any time you have at least 4 measures by gently tilting the guitar upwards at the neck. The amount of SP you have at any given time is kept track of by a tube over top of the rock meter, which can only go up to 8 measures. Each phrase gives you at least two measures of SP. You collect Star Power, or SP, by hitting a series of star-shaped notes, or SP phrases. This is a powerup-like feature that is used to excite the crowd. Once you hit the bottom of the Rock Meter, you fail the song and a menu pops up showing you where you failed, and gives you the option to try again, practice the song, try a new song, or quit to the main screen (if you played the song in Quick Play if you played the song in Career mode, you'll return to the difficulty's menu).Īnother important part of the game is Star Power. You better start hitting notes again, and quickly.
In the game, you control one of many guitarists in their rise to the top of the guitar ranks.
In addition, Activision has licensed two toys bearing Guitar Hero name: Guitar Hero Carabiner and Air Guitar Hero Rocker. An expansion pack for GH2 ( Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s) was released on Jfor PS2, being the last game in the series to be developed by Harmonix before it was passed over to Neversoft for Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Guitar Hero Metallica.
There are currently four games in the series, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II (for PS2 and Xbox 360), and Guitar Hero III. Guitar Hero is a popular guitar simulation/rhythm game series developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision.