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Guitar Hero

A rhythm game played with a plastic guitar controller.

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GCreator of Game Maker's Toolkit, game designer and video essayist testThe History of Every Video Game Genre
At a glanceGuitar Hero copied a genre, then the craze collapsed
  1. Guitar Freaks existsKonami's rhythm game, cloned by Guitar Hero
  2. Market crowdedAbout 11 rhythm games released
  3. Last Guitar HeroArrived after the fad collapsed

From Guitar Hero page notes

What was said about Guitar Hero

  • Guitar Hero began as a clone of Konami's Guitar Freaks. Guitar Hero cloned Konami's Guitar Freaks, an existing rhythm game, rather than inventing the genre.

  • The plastic instrument craze crowded the market, then collapsed. About 11 rhythm games came out in 2009. The last Guitar Hero arrived in 2015, after the plastic instrument fad had collapsed.

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