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Karaoke Revolution, and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. Harmonix Music Systems (or simply Harmonix) is a video game development company based in Cambridge Massachusetts in the United States. Blitz Games is a division of Blitz Games Studios and is responsible for producing its family titles which are often licensed games based on well known IP () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines is Konami 's Music video game division Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G Technology and concepts from the game were subsequently incorporated into Harmonix's game Rock Band.

The Japanese versions of the game are developed by Konami themselves. The gameplay also differs significantly. Rather than a game per se, it is merely a Karaoke system for the PlayStation 2, with no judgements.

Screenshot from Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. The song being sung is The Human League's "Don't You Want Me"
Screenshot from Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. The song being sung is The Human League's "Don't You Want Me"

The game does not attempt to understand the singer's words, but instead detects their pitch. " Don't You Want Me " is a song by the British Synthpop group The Human League, from their 1981 album Dare!. As such, singers can hum to a song or sing different lyrics without penalty. The game adapts to the player singing in a different octave than the song, to accommodate players whose vocal ranges do not fit the song. In Music, an octave ( is the the use of which is "common in most musical systems Human voices may be classified according to their vocal range &mdash the highest and lowest pitches that they can produce

The songs in the game are covers (not performed by the original artists, but similar to the originals) of pop hits frequently sung in karaoke bars. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released This contrasts with the SingStar series from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which features only original artist recordings along with the music videos, where available. This article concerns the series as a whole For the PlayStation 3 version see SingStar (PlayStation 3.

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Gameplay

The player is depicted as a character on-screen performing at a public venue. The words to the song scroll right-to-left at the bottom of the screen, above a piano roll representation of the relative pitches at which they are to be sung (the game calls these "note tubes"). A piano roll is the music Storage medium used to operate the Player piano, pianola or a Reproducing piano. At the left end of this area, a "pitch arrow" shows the pitch which the player is singing and provides feedback on whether (s)he's hitting the notes. A "crowd meter" shows the mood of the crowd as the player sings; if s/he does a good job of hitting notes on-pitch then the crowd will cheer more loudly and clap in rhythm with the song, and the scene will become more vividly animated. If the crowd meter falls all the way to the lowest rating, the audience will boo the character off-stage and the game is over.

Each song is divided into approximately 30 to 50 "phrases". A meter will fill up and turn from red to green for each phrase, based on how well the player sings the right notes; if the player can fill the meter to green, (s)he will score more points, and getting several greens in a row will create a "combo" and award a 2x score multiplier until the player fails to make green on another phrase. This blue meter resembles how long you should hold the note for and at what pitch. The game can be set at higher difficulties which make this meter larger and require the player to hit the right notes more precisely to fill it to green. In general usage difficulty level refers to the relative difficulty of completing a task or objective

Since maximum scores for each song are normalized 50,000 regardless of difficulty, overall scores on songs can be compared. To achieve the gold record for a song, 12,500 points must be achieved. To achieve the platinum record for a song, 20,000 points must be achieved. Winning records will unlock additional characters, outfits, and songs. In Karaoke Revolution Party and Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol, 50,000 points (a perfect score) earns a diamond record. In Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore the point system was changed so that 60,000 points gives a platinum record for a song and 100,000 points is a perfect score (diamond record).

Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 introduces a "medley mode" which challenges the player to sing a string of short clips from various songs.

Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 introduces "duet mode" which lets two singers play simultaneously. It also revised scoring so that perfect performances result in exactly 50,000 points (with the exception of the Jackson 5's "ABC").

Karaoke Revolution Party features minigames, support for the EyeToy camera, and a "Sing and Dance" mode which utilizes the dance pad controller. History The EyeToy was originally devised by Dr Richard Marks who had the idea of connecting a Web camera to a PlayStation 2 and using it to play games A dance pad, also known as a dance mat or dance platform, is a flat electronic Game controller used for Input in dance games

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol utilizes American Idol judges, commentary, and stages. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition

Releases

Photograph of Karaoke Revolution games for the PlayStation 2.
Photograph of Karaoke Revolution games for the PlayStation 2.

Many expansion discs are available for the Japanese version of the game, including an anime song collection and several volumes of J-Pop. (anime in Japanese, J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. It refers to Japanese popular musicians and was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese musicians from foreign musicians

The North American version of Karaoke Revolution was released in November, 2003 in a bundle with the Logitech headset attachment. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The game was sold without the headset in February, 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The European version of the game, titled Karaoke Stage, was released on April 22, 2005. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 'Karaoke Stage 2' contains the same songs as 'Karaoke Revolution Party'.

Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 was released in North America on July 13, 2004. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 was released in North America on November 9, 2004. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Karaoke Revolution Party was released in North America on November 8, 2005, and came to the Xbox and Nintendo GameCube as well. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era.

CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country was released in North America on March 28, 2006. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol was released in North America on January 2, 2007. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore was released in the United States on PlayStation 2, Wii, and Xbox 360 on February 5, 2008, and is scheduled to ship to Canadian retailers on February 17, 2008, with the PlayStation 3 version set for North American release on March 4, 2008. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth

Four different microphones were released for the game:

The SingStar microphones are not compatible with Karaoke Revolution though un-officially, do work on the PS3 version of the game. This article concerns the series as a whole For the PlayStation 3 version see SingStar (PlayStation 3.

References to other games

In Karaoke Revolution Party, if a Platinum Record rank is earned in Sing and Dance mode on Expert, the "Feet of Fury" trophy is earned. The font that is used in the trophy description is an exact duplicate of the logo of the unlicensed Dreamcast dance game, Feet of Fury. Sorted by alphabet B Bleemcast! for Gran Turismo 2 (2001 bleem! LLC Bleemcast! for The same Wavegroup version of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" was later used in another Hamonix game, Guitar Hero. " I Love Rock 'n' Roll " is a Rock and roll song written in 1975 by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows, who recorded the first Harmonix Music Systems (or simply Harmonix) is a video game development company based in Cambridge Massachusetts in the United States.

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