Guitar Freaks is an arcade developed by Bemani, released 16 February 1999 on PlayStation and Arcade.
What Guitar Freaks is
Guitar Freaks is an arcade game developed by Bemani and released in 1999. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
GuitarFreaks is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres. It is considered one of the most influential video games of all time, for having laid the foundations for popular guitar-based rhythm games, such as the Guitar Hero series. Working Designs attempted to bring Guitar Freaks PlayStation 2 games in the U.S., but patent problems with the guitar controller prevented the project from moving forward. The game is now in its nineteenth version, GuitarFreaks V8, which was released in March 28…
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are party. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Guitar Freaks launched on 16 February 1999, within three weeks of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill and Syphon Filter.
Released around the same time: Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Syphon Filter.
Official trailer
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