Shredz64 project bringing Guitar Hero to the Commodore 64
By Donald Melanson 
posted Feb 20th 2007 5:08PM
posted Feb 20th 2007 5:08PM
We've already seen the Guitar Hero controller hooked up to a PC, but hardware hacker Toni has decided up the difficultly level even further, endeavoring to wire the ubiquitous plastic axe to his Commodore 64, complete with an all new "Guitar Hero-like" C64 game. While he's still quite a ways from fully realizing that goal, as the pic above and audio clip on the page linked below show, he is making considerable progress, with all of the guitar's buttons working, although the whammy bar, sadly, remains silent. Unfortunately, it's also been over a month since the last update on the project, so we can only hope that he hasn't given up on it -- there's undoubtedly countless C64s just waiting to be dusted off as soon as the DIY guide is ready.[Thanks, Joseph S]
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10 PRINT"C64 FOREVER!"
20 GOTO 10
For some reason, this story irritates me...not sure why.
BRENDON: HA HA HA! BRAVO! Great memory. I wish those days were back...
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Awesome.
A commodore amiga toaster yet out of a 128.
Give me my JiffyDos Commodore.
As good as the C64's audio chip was, attempts to emulate guitar sounds on it never sounded right to me.
SYS49152 FTW!!
@evan - I remember a very faithful reproduction of a part of Led Zepplin's "Live in Love In Maid" done on the C64 - It was huge and only was part of the song but it sounded GOOD. Real good.
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What? No video? That sucks.
Just noting that he's updated the page with more details, and screenshots. No video yet, but I'll see him tonight and we'll see about maybe taking one.