Guitar Hero III

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At some point in our lives, especially when we are kids, we have all pretended to be in a band. We have all imagined ourselves in front of a live audience, singing or playing an instrument as the crowd cheers us on. For those of us that are still kids at heart, the gaming industry has made our dreams come true!On November 8, 2005, Harmonix Music Systems and RedOctane released the video game, Guitar Hero, on PlayStation 2 for North America. The game comes equipped with a guitar shaped controller and allows players to pretend they are playing in a rock band while hitting the corresponding colored notes that scroll across the screen. A rock meter detects whether the player is a success or failure. If a success, the player gets multiple points and earns money, and if a failure, the player gets booed by the audience.The game comes in different modes, but the main mode is Career Mode. The player and in-game band travel to different concert venues and perform four or five songs in a set. Players can choose the character they want to be on stage, their guitar, and the venue they want to play in. Players can earn money for their performances and redeem them at the in-game store, where they can buy bonus songs for points, guitars and other items. Quick Play Mode allows a player to decide what track they want and the range of difficulty (easy, medium, hard or expert) as well as selecting the character, venue and guitar, much like when in Career Mode. Multiplayer Mode allows two players to compete on the same song.Due to the immense popularity of the game, several other versions soon followed. On November 7, 2006, Guitar Hero II was released on PlayStation 2 and an Xbox 360 version was released on April 3, 2007. Guitar Hero II featured more songs, a new mode called Practice, and a way to play with multiple players that allowed them to play lead, rhythm or bass guitar parts together. On July 24, 2007, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s was released on PlayStation 2. This game served as an expansion to Guitar Hero II and allowed players to play along with popular 80s songs.Finally, on October 28, 2007, Activision and RedOctane released Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC and Mac. The number of systems the new version has been released on is a testament to the continuing popularity of the game. This version includes guitar legends, Slash (Guns N' Roses & Velvet Revolver), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), and Bret Michaels (Poison). The game is set up similar to other versions of Guitar Hero, but in Career Mode the player must compete against Slash, Tom Morello and Lou the Devil in order to progress further into the game. If a player fails after three attempts, he can choose to skip the battle but does not earn the points or money for use in the in-game store. In addition, Battle Mode has been introduced into this version. Battle Mode is similar to the mode introduced in Guitar Hero II, where two players can compete in the same song, but the difference is that now a player can compete either locally or over the network.Inevitably, competitors are planning to release similar games due to Guitar Hero's success, but Guitar Hero remains the stalwart series for any gaming and music lover.