Guitar Hero History
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Guitar Hero is a popular series of music video games published Activision. The first game was released in 2005. The series is notable for its use of a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of music, represented on-screen by colored notes that correspond to fret buttons on the controller. The games support both individual play, as well as cooperative and competitive modes for two players.
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Guitar Hero
RedOctane approached Harmonix about making a guitar-based video game for their controllers. Guitar Hero was developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in Australia.
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero II was developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane. It is the second installment in the Guitar Hero series and is the sequel to Guitar Hero. It was first released for the PlayStation 2 in November 2006 and then for the Xbox 360 in April 2007.
This version was parodied by South Park in the episode Guitar Queer-O.
In 2006, RedOctane was acquired by Activision, while Harmonix was acquired by MTV Games and went on to create the Rock Band series.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
As a result of the two purchases, Harmonix would no longer develop future games in the Guitar Hero series. Instead, develoment went to Neversoft, a subsidiary of Activision best known for developing the Tony Hawk's series of skateboarding games.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was developed by Neversoft (for the console versions) and Aspyr Media (for computer versions) and published by Activision and RedOctane. It was the third full installment in the Guitar Hero series (and the fourth title overall). Guitar Hero III was first released for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac platforms in late 2007.
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is the fifth entry in the Guitar Hero series of video games, featuring music from the band Aerosmith and similar artists. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is an expansion of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is being developed by Neversoft and distributed by Activision. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was released in June 2008.
Guitar Hero World Tour
Guitar Hero World Tour is the newest game. It is a copy of Rock Band. World Tour was released on late 2008.
Guitar Hero: Metallica
See: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: Metallica was released in May 2009.
The game cover for Guitar Hero: Metallica had the names several of the featured artists and had Lynyrd Skynyrd spelled wrong.
Guitar Hero Smash Hits
Guitar Hero Smash Hits was released on June 2009.
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5 was released in September 2009.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen
See: Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Van Halen was released in late 2009/early 2010
