Ever thought Guitar Hero needed a little more…MacGyver? You’re clearly not the first. One particularly crafty chap has gutted two old PlayStation controllers, nicked out to the back shed, and returned triumphantly with this bad boy - a fully-functioning Guitar Hero controller for his PlayStation 2, built from scratch. Video and instructions after the jump.
Some lucky members of ScoreHero were recently flown out to Neversoft’s offices in Southern California for a session with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. They came back with some exclusive information, notably the four new artists added to the line up - Red Hot Chili Peppers, ZZ Top, Iron Maiden and Dragonforce. View the newly updated track list after the jump.
I’m a big fan of Guitar Hero - I spent the better part of a week leading up to my recent 24th birthday hammering away furiously at the last six tracks of Guitar Hero 2 on Expert…and my marathon sessions with the game are undoubtedly what lead to the death of my first Xbox 360. While I’m quite the whiz on a plastic guitar, my girlfriend Kate has more palettable talents - and quite a knack for turning whatever gadgets I’m really into leading up to my birthdays into edible format. Two years ago it was a deadly-accurate recreation of a Nord Modular G2 synthesizer, this year…I really should have seen this one coming.
GarageGeeks members Rafael Mizrahi and Tal Chalozin are a rare breed indeed - how many people do you know that would have an idea for a Guitar Hero-playing robot, and then actually go and build the thing? Built in two parts, a brain analyzes the video output of a PlayStation 2 to determine the correct time to play the notes, then sends signals to a body that controls the fingers.
Video after the jump.
