Guitar Rising
| Guitar Rising | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | GameTank |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Release date(s) | TBA |
| Genre(s) | Music |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Guitar Rising is a forthcoming educational music video game developed by GameTank to teach the guitar. It is to be similar to Rock Band and the Guitar Hero franchise, but use an actual guitar, which can be of any model, by plugging a guitar-USB adapter or jack plug into a microphone port or directly to the sound card. The on-screen fretboard scrolls from right to left, reading much like a tablature, with the notes lying on the corresponding string showing the number of the fret on which the note is to be played. A playable demo was given at Independent Game Conference West on November 5, 2009.[1]
Release for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X was scheduled for late 2009, but the game was not released in 2009, and as of September 2011 no release date has been given.[1][2] The Guitar Rising homepage no longer exists anymore.
A similar free release, LittleBigStar, was in beta testing but failed as a product. LittleBigStar has been succeeded by a product called Jam Origin that is in beta.[3]
A commercial version of Guitar Rising, called Rocksmith, was released on October 18, 2011. The game features a similar USB to 1/4" interface, allowing any guitar to be used with the game.
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GameTank CEO Jake Parks has told IGN that Guitar Rising will feature at least 30 songs on the finished product, and that 5 of them will appear on a forthcoming demo of the game.[4] The following songs appear in a setlist shown in the game's official trailer,[5] except "Enter Sandman" which appeared in a separate demo video.[6]
| Song title | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Beavis and Butt-head" | Mike Judge | 1993 |
| "Vital Signs" | Rush | 1981 |
| "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" | The Doors | 1967 |
| "Electric Funeral" | Black Sabbath | 1971 |
| "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" | Iron Butterfly | 1968 |
| "Money" | Pink Floyd | 1973 |
| "Achilles Last Stand" | Led Zeppelin | 1976 |
| "The View" | Lou Reed & Metallica | 2011 |
| "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | 1996 |
| "Bible Black" | Heaven & Hell | 2009 |
| "Venus in Furs" | The Velvet Underground | 1967 |
| "Perfect Strangers" | Deep Purple | 1984 |
| "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | The Animals | 1966 |
| "The Call of Ktulu" | Metallica | 1984 |
| "El Mañana" | Gorillaz | 2005 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b GameTank (2008). "Guitar Rising". http://www.guitarrising.com/index.html. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ Guitar Rising at IGN
- ^ http://www.offbeatforum.com/jamorigin/ Jam Origin
- ^ Guitar Rising Interview
- ^ GameTank 2008, at 0m10s
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6cggVXSyQM&feature=related
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