A player watches a window in the computer monitor as a red line scrolls past a series of green blips, like pulses on a heart monitor. When the red line crosses a blip, the player strums the virtual guitar's strings, and the computer's speakers respond with Aerosmith hits like "Eat The Rich" or "Walk This Way." Hit the strings too early or too late, and out come discordant notes and insults from on-screen characters.
Quest for Fame
Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Nov 13, 1995
Quest for Fame is an early Aerosmith branded rhythm game, originally released for PC in 1995 and bundled with an electronic guitar pick to be connected to the PC's parallel port.
The Original Guitar Game
A player watches a window in the computer monitor as a red line scrolls past a series of green blips, like pulses on a heart monitor. When the red line crosses a blip, the player strums the virtual guitar's strings, and the computer's speakers respond with Aerosmith hits like "Eat The Rich" or "Walk This Way." Hit the strings too early or too late, and out come discordant notes and insults from on-screen characters.
I remember seeing an ad for that V-Pick. That thing blew my 11 year old mind. But looking back at it with more understanding of hardware, I'm glad I never got to experience one. Think I might have seen an article for the Quest For Fame guitar a while back now that I've seen what it looks like.
Oh yes, in a way I kindof miss those days where the hardest choices in life were choosing between IRQ7 or IRQ9. But I had NO idea that this ever actually existed.
Its interesting that Aerosmith actually did this back then. Guitar Hero makes sense today, but man back then that's pretty desperate to wanting to be in a video game. I love the crowd going crazy.
I remember this! I never got it because I never realized it came out! I remember there was something about this game on PBS once, and I got hella excited. After that, I never heard another word about it. I didn't think it ever came out...
Man I wasted a lot of quarters on the other Aerosmith game, I think I would have passed on this one.
Does anyone remember the informercials for this thing? I remember BEGGING my parents for it day after day, screaming like a banshee when it was on the tube, and when I finally got it....it wouldn't run right on my 486 that was easily above the specs. Back to CompUSA you go, demon! Returned it for Dark Forces, Quarantine and some other game I can't remember. I guess history has proven me right...
I owned this game with the Vpick. I never got it running on my computer but it worked on a friend's. I beat the game and while I may still have the disk somewhere, I left the pick at their house and they probably threw it out at some point. Yes, it sucked but I loved games and music even back then. Strangely, it was a lot like playing Wii Music (which doesn't suck for its own very special reasons.)
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