Guitar Hero........not the frist game like this
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With todays technology, people can feel like they are part of the band with the game Guitar Hero. While it is incredible, and highly addictive, it is not the first time that music has been featured in a video game. The folks at game daily made a list of the top 10 games that rock, (but not as hard as Guitar Hero). Some of these I had not ever heard of, and I am wondering why the game Amplitude did not make the list. Bouns points will be given to any of you that have played any of these games. Oh and make sure you check out the commercial for the Journey game at the bottom, man technology has come a long way.10. Journey: Escape, 1982Data Age - Atari 2600: Lead VH1 mainstays Journey through an imaginary throng of crazed fans in this Atari 2600 classic. Of course it's terrible, especially the blocktastic graphics, but hey, so was Neal Schon's air guitar in the 'Separate Ways' video.9. KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child, 2000 Gathering - Dreamcast: Paul, Gene, Ace and Peter barely show up in this repetitive shooter based on an equally obscure Todd McFarlane comic book series. Endless waves of mindless enemies swarm over the screen, sadly impervious to your Love Gun.8. Omikron: The Nomad Soul, 1999 Eidos - Dreamcast, PC: Ziggy Stardust himself, David Bowie, sang the title song and appears as a character in this highly underrated PC/Dreamcast game. The free-roaming go-anywhere gameplay has an Elder-Scrolls-like feel, and the moral decision-making carried over to another Quantic Dream game, Indigo Prophecy.7. Devo Presents: Adventures of the Smart Patrol, 1996nscape - PC: An absurdist romp clearly meant to annoy all but the most ardent Devo fans (and probably the band too). This buggy collection of mini-games and early attempts at "multimedia" art could only have come from the same warped minds behind the classic 'Whip It' video.6. Revolution X, 1994Acclaim - SNES: This lame light gun game (and its console offshoots) forces gamers to rescue the kidnapped members of Aerosmith from evil right-wing government forces. Of course, the real Aerosmith was kidnapped by radio hitmaker Desmond Child sometime around 1987 and hasn't been heard from since.5. Crüe Ball, 1992EA - Sega Genesis: Actually finding this Sega Genesis pinball simulator is about as unlikely as the members of Mötley Crüe actually lining up for a family friendly game of pinball. For an extra challenge, try working the flipper while holding a lighter aloft during 'Home Sweet Home,' one of three Crüe tracks in the game.4. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, 1990 Sega - Sega Genesis: Somewhere between Michael the R&B star and Michael the alien, came this anachronistic bit of cultural ephemera. Both the isometric beat-em-up arcade version and the side-scrolling console version pit the King of Pop against an evil criminal mastermind (no, not Bubbles the Chimp) as plinky versions of Jacko's greatest hits.3. UmJammer Lammy, 1999 SCEA - PlayStation: A real game about a fake band, this semi-sequel to Parappa the Rapper traded the turntables and rap for guitars and poppy rock tunes. Lammy, the hardest working sheep in show business, relies on players to take her band, Milk Can, to the top by mashing buttons in time with the on-screen cues.2. Second Life, 2003 Linden Lab - PC: Everyone else may be engaging in cyber sex, or at least cyber real estate deals, but real-life bands like Duran Duran use the free-for-all world of Second Life to stage concerts and promote new albums. At least in cyberspace, no one can see Simon LeBon's botox.1. Rock N' Roll Racing, 1993Blizzard - Genesis, GBA: An otherwise standard racing game for the Genesis, this forgotten classic (later ported to the GBA) has a soundtrack ripped straight from your older brother's Walkman, including instrumental versions of 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath and 'Highway Star' by Deep Purple.
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