Far from master tracks, the game only plays SID files, but for the decidedly (and necessarily) retro graphics of the game, it totally works. If you need proof, skip to about 4:30 in to see Toni wail through the Legend of Zelda Overworld theme. There's another equally impressive song after the break if you're interested. And if you're not, we're totally breaking up.
The best thing you'll see today: Guitar Hero for the Commodore 64
by Justin McElroy 
on Mar 11th 2008 1:00PM
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Far from master tracks, the game only plays SID files, but for the decidedly (and necessarily) retro graphics of the game, it totally works. If you need proof, skip to about 4:30 in to see Toni wail through the Legend of Zelda Overworld theme. There's another equally impressive song after the break if you're interested. And if you're not, we're totally breaking up.
Reader Comments (46)
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:13PM Jerk Face said
I love seeing stuff like this. The sheer lack of necessity is what makes projects like this intrigue me so much. I am not that kind of dork - the kind who will devote countless hours to making GH on the C64 or blistering their thumbs making speed runs on Mario levels that THEY THEMSELVES CREATED. I am not that kind of dork, but I am really glad that someone else is!
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said
C64 is great.
Let's see him play along to that song that Timbaland ripped off.
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Let's see him play along to that song that Timbaland ripped off.
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 5:23PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 4:39PM (Unverified) said
Phew, good thing you told me you were kidding. What would I have done? I would have lived the rest of my life not knowing whether or not that comment was in jest, and my life would surely have become a beacon of suffering.
Thank you, O Wise One, for alerting me to your joking ways.
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Thank you, O Wise One, for alerting me to your joking ways.
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:18PM FrankTheCrank said
Sorry, but the best thing I saw today was a chick working at Gamestop, yes Gamestop, with big juggies. And she was cute too.
Now that's the best thing I've seen all day.
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Now that's the best thing I've seen all day.
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:33PM (Unverified) said
sweet haircut too.... he just oozes awesomeness
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
"The best thing you'll see today"
Actually, it was the best thing I saw YESTERDAY on Engadget. Get with it!
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Actually, it was the best thing I saw YESTERDAY on Engadget. Get with it!
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 6:51PM (Unverified) said
It's a concept I saw on Hackaday sometime last year
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:49PM Ranus Studios said
I don't know about everyone else, but MY face just got rocked.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:51PM iwantmymtv said
OMFG!!!! I have a commodore 64 and I need this. Is there any way to get a copy of this to work on my 64 without having to mod it. So I guess I could be a keyboard hero until I was brave enough to mod my 64??
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 2:35PM (Unverified) said
Actually, if I understood correctly, the "PSX64" is a custom interface he designed to plug PS2 controllers into the joystick (DB-9) ports of the C64, so you wouldn't actually need to mod the 64 itself. You just need to wait until the PSX64 interface is in production (which he said they were working on).
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 1:57PM (Unverified) said
What song was he playing there? was that mega man?
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said
The shock for me was learning the C64 did well outside of Europe. Never thought I'd hear a yank mentioning the name of my fave microcomputer.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 2:07PM horngreen said
I call BS on this. It is obvious from his shirt and his store bought haircut that he is indeed a time traveler and this footage was shot in the 80s. He came to our time, bought GH and took it back to the 80s and made this video. I'd even bet it was shot on a VHS camcorder. There is more to this than meets the eye.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 3:40PM (Unverified) said
This encounter could create a time paradox, the results of which could start a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space time continuum, and destroy the entire universe! Granted, that's a worse case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to our own galaxy.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 2:13PM (Unverified) said
holy shit......this could be awesome for SID composers.
I could totaly rawk out to some Syphus tracks like this xD
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I could totaly rawk out to some Syphus tracks like this xD
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 2:25PM (Unverified) said
yeahi saw a hot girl at gamestop on sunday when i got my ssmb damn she had big boobs
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:38PM ThornedVenom said
One shan't drool in front of Tomb Raider promotional posters.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 3:27PM (Unverified) said
This is awesome. I pity everyone who is too young to have owned a C64. Nice shoutout to the HVSC, too.
If you don't think C64 chiptunes can rock, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObnM0JXCTN0
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If you don't think C64 chiptunes can rock, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObnM0JXCTN0
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 3:31PM (Unverified) said
Point? Well, what are you on Youtube for that's clever?
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 3:48PM (Unverified) said
I love what this guy has done, but damn does he ever talk too much, and not terribly accurately as well.
"A lot of people think the Commodore 64 is just capable of bloops and bleeps" - NOBODY thinks that the C64 is just capable of bloops and bleeps, c'mon.
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"A lot of people think the Commodore 64 is just capable of bloops and bleeps" - NOBODY thinks that the C64 is just capable of bloops and bleeps, c'mon.
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 4:27PM (Unverified) said
the fuckin race is on for someone to put it on a DREAMCAST! F THE COMMODORE!
DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!
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DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!DRICAS!
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:17PM (Unverified) said
Why? I guess to see what GH would have been like if it was invented in the early 80s?
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:17PM (Unverified) said
the notes weren't matching but i guess that wasn't the point
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