Remember that time when we told you about
Shredz64 and we were all excited and stuff? Well, friend, sometimes dreams do come true, and Toni ended up completing his Shredz64 project in style. In case you need a refresher, Shredz64 is all about bringing a Guitar Hero-style experience to the
Commodore 64 -- which, in addition to holding much sentimental value, is quite the musical device in its own right. He has a custom-built "PSX64" interface for plugging his PS2 Guitar Hero guitar into the C64, which he's having produced for sale alongside a 5 1/4-inch floppy disk of Shredz64, but the real magic is the software itself. The C64-synthesized songs sound great, and interface is like Guitar Hero or Rock Band without all the annoying fluff. Check out the videos after the break for everything in action.
posted Mar 10th 2008 9:22PM
nice!
if this guy's commadore run's guitarhero why does my $2,000 gaming pc lag on ghiii
You obviously wasted your money, unless it's a several year old $2000 gaming PC, that's why.
Or because Guitar Hero III is an absolutely terrible port and my system (2GBs DDR2800 4-4-4-12, Core 2 Duo 3.2GHz, overclocked 8800GT) also can't run GHIII smoothly enough on any settings for me to consider it worth playing. Don't tell me it's my system either, it has very little software on it with exception of some games such as UT3 and Crysis which all run like they're supposed to.
The fun thing is that this is alot better than the cheap mockups even though this is probably just or even more low tech.
haha, shredocity
Not to poke fun at the guy or anything but his favorite song is the legend of Zelda theme?
Don't hate on mah Zelda theme yo.
This could totally be a hit marketed through Classic Gaming Expo or through the AtariAge store.
very true, but its kind of a shame to think if had had been out 20 years ago - guitar hero always struck me as overpriced for what was shown here to be pretty lo-tech; imagine what wed have now if guitar hero had been around for two decades.
While the system loads.... waits 3-4 minutes for actual gameplay to commence :P
Not complaining, because i understand the hardware limitations, but still hilarious nonetheless
LONG LIVE COMMODORE!
yap yap yap. good god does this guy love to run his mouth
yeah no shit. get to the damn gameplay.
Man, I thought I've seen the pinnacle of nerdyness, This takes the microchip.
Fantastic! And somehow it reminds me of Tetris...
For some odd reason that seems kick ass :D but I'm not going to find my Commodore 64 when I got GH2 & 3 sitting here!
this is the first post to ever bring a tear to my eye
Nice one.
Wait, is it just me, or was the song Hotel California visible as he went through the track list the first time?
this is prett fucking sweet. nice job dude if you read through these comments. nice job indeed.
I'm a little confused. Does the .sid file include the midi style song-notes as well as a guitar hero-note track?
Or is the game designing its own note track? (similar to audiosurf).
A .sid file is like a MIDI file in that it contains notes/pitch/tone/etc.
DDR64, anyone?
DDR on a C64 = retro win. I could so see that happening anytime in the future... now who's going to be the first in the running for programming the darn thing *nudge* :)
Wanna see DDR for the C64? It would be a lot like this:
http://www.bagledog.com/wordpress/ddr
Actually, if you have a retro leaning, check out the site all together.. It is meant to emulate the BBS experience:
http://www.bagledog.com/wordpress/
It looks like it doesn't 'mute' the tracks or play scratches when you mess up. That's a pretty key feature. This is more just like you are playing along with the song. The 'muting' feature on the real guitar hero makes it much more immersive, as if you are really playing it.
except, not.
Dude's ""note track" seems to have almost nothing to do with the actual music. He might be able to solder and program, but I'm not sure about his music skilz.
He might program it later? Maybe he just wanted to get it working for now; usually a developer will try to integrate certain features into their programming if enough audience demands it ;) we could always encourage by donations and email.
That guy is awesome.
Awesome!
Lol whats the use of doing this? Just a waste of time.
If there's a better solution out there, don't make a highly inferior solution just for "fun"
so basically, if it aint broke, dont fix it? wheres the fun in that?
The point is that you can still cram a working program on a floppy ;)
Inferior? Maybe... but it still works, doesn't it?
He MADE it for FUN!
Theres a thing called FUN, also some people still have the systems out there, why not put those systems to good use?
It's not useless, your comments are useless.
When a supervirus (spawned from aliens or China... or both) wipe out every Internet-enabled device on the planet, we select few will fire up our C64's to save the digital age. BBS's will live again. And at night we'll be playing our Guitar Hero and you won't be invited, sucka!
lol fix what? this guy is just making an inferior version for no reason at all.
now if he had improved it or made it better, then i'd give him props. but this is inferior AND it is useless to 99% of most people
It's not retro unless he's using the dark brown Commodore64.
http://www.skillreactor.org/tutortxt/c64/c64.jpg
Funny how the Commodore 64 looks cool yet the brown Zune looks like... well, you get the idea.
I know right?
He's actually using a Commodore 64C (not the 64) - same guts, just different chassis.
I am old.
Shouldn't have to worry about that unless the song uses the noise track to simulate digital sounds. The 64C's new sound chip seriously screwed with it and made it all quiet. Turbo Outrun was never as awesome again...
This is pretty cool and it makes me wish I could do stuff like this.
Also, I think this is one of the only times I've seen a guy showcasing his homebrew project actually look at the camera and form cohesive sentences.
This is a great project and would think that he would certainly be able to use this to get a great job or persuade VCs to give his startup cash. Technical competency and social skills are uncommon and when used properly together will ensure a successful and fulfilling career.
Good work!
Man, so why didn't Guitar Hero come out 20 years ago?? coulda been rockin it since I was a 4 year old... oh well
Oh thank god we did it first! I was worried about the Russians or Chinese beating us to it.....
The technology in the PlayStation guitar is probably very supierior to the technology inside the commodore computer, even only being an input-device.
During the time the Commodores were successful, synthisizer's keyboards were all the rage. There were many ways to hook up MIDI keyboards to your Commodore. Then there was a backlash against synth, and a resurgence of real instruments.
That guitar shaped synth was as close as they got :)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o113/gregae/Liberation2.jpg
Sweet man, Mutemath uses one of those ;)
shredz indeed...
If only he had invented this 15 years ago I could have been wasting my time pretending to rock out sooo much earlier.
Nothing to see here for you. Writing something like "is useless to 99% of most people" automatically disqaulify you for geekrelated stuff.
Was meant for Paul.
I dunno if I feel sorry fro this guy for living in the past that long? But still, an amazing accomplishment.... non the less. If I had my old SEGA Megadrive I'd buy the chip thing so I can play using my PS2 controller!
To Quote Toni
"Well, I absolutely love my Commodore 64, it has a lot of meaning and memories for me, and I love doing fun things with it "
That is not living in the past, that is just someone who appreciates the very first computer he got when he was 3 years old, He saw it he fell inlove with it, and even though it belonged to his dad, it was soon his forever! So don't feel sorry for him.
This guy is centuries ahead of most people, he has memories of his past, and has fun with it, lives in the present, and always has his eye on the future.
I want that song on the second video!!! Anyone know where I can get that .sid file? Or whatever that is?
Love the Koala Pad on top... That thing is what made me become a designer.
Nicely done, got a A800 port? ;) I know I know, our synth chip isn't as nice. Sheesh, cocky Commodore users.
Amazing! This makes me want a Commodore 64
What song is that on the second video?
OK, he's geeky cool and all, but could he have gone out of his way to make the video any more annoying to view?
"I can program a game and an interface but I can't run a video camera for beans."
it wasnt annoying, your just a dick.
You sir are the winner of the "most awesomeness" award.