Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. is a company that makes video games
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Harmonix was founded by 1995 by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. They began the company on the idea that everyone should be able to experience the joy of performing music, even those who may have trouble learning a traditional instrument. Their first game, FreQuency, released in 2001, won many awards, but failed to become a mainstream success. The sequel to FreQuency, Amplitude, was tweaked slightly and given a more mainstream soundtrack to make it appeal to the more average gamer. Again, it gained a small following and recieved awards, but was not a finacial success. After Amplitude, Harmonix paired up with Konami to release Karaoke Revolution, a singing game that works much like SingStar. The game directly influenced the team on Rock Bands vocals. Released in 2003, the game became quite a hit in Japan, and had two sequels. The company only really took its claim to fame in 2005 when it developed the popular rhythm game Guitar Hero for the publisher Red Octane. The company went on to develop Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s and when their contract with Red Octane ended, development of the the series was passed over to the company Neversoft. Harmonix was bought up in fall of 2006 by Viacom, and in November 2007 Harmonix's new game Rock Band was released and became another very popular rhythm game. In September 2008 they released Rock Band 2 to much postive reviews. They are currently working on The Beatles: Rock Band, a rhythm game based on the works of the british band The Beatles, and Lego Rock Band, a game that is aiming to be more family friendly. They also, in conjunction with Backbone Entertainment, developed Rock Band: Unplugged for the Sony PSP, which was released on June 9, 2009 to critical appraisal.
Creative developers behind many music/rhythm games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Creators Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy
| Company Name | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. |
| Street Address | 625 Massachusetts Ave |
| City | Cambridge |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Country | USA |
| Website | http://www.harmonixmusic.com/ |
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| Phone Number | 617-491-6144 |
| Date Founded | March 1, 1995 |
| Count of Games Published | 0 |
| Count of Games Developed | 25 |
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Xavier Stone first in Guitar Hero |
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Pandora first in Guitar Hero |
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Clive Winston first in Guitar Hero |
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Lars Ümlaüt first in Guitar Hero II |
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