The PC Meets Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero 2 is the innovative and highly addictive follow-up to the guitar playing simulation Guitar Hero for the PS2. Needless to say for those who play it, the gameplay is second to none. It will soon be available on all three Next-Gen consoles, but if you don’t own any machine (PS2 or Next-Gen) and would like a taste of Guitar Hero 2….fear not.

Freetar Hero Screen

Freetar Hero is an Open Source Port of Guitar Hero 2 and the gameplay is fairly good for this barely beta port. Although it isn’t a complete port (it’s just starting for crying out loud) the basic gameplay is strong. Better yet, Freetar Hero allows you to use ANY song your want PLUS you may download the Freetar Editor which enables you to create your own gameplay using your favorite songs.

Freetar Hero Editor

It is developed by Anton Struyk and available on his website at www.freetar.net for download via Java Webstart (or to your machine for offline use).

What about the Controller?

Universal AdapterThose of you wondering “How the hell am I going to hook up my Guitar Hero controller to my PC?” have an easy answer. Oddly enough RecOctane (the developers of Guitar Hero) sell an adapter to use your existing Guitar Hero SG controller on a PC with a USB port! RedOctane Playstation 1, 2 Universal Controller Adapter