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Have you noticed the seemingly unending buzz around the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero? If you don't have a PlayStation, but are curious about that type of game, you might like to check out Frets on Fire, a free guitar-themed music game for Windows and Linux. Although it doesn't feature the licensed popular music that the commercial name-brand game contains, it still has some pretty hot tracks and frantic gameplay.
The game has some serious attitude, the likes of which you won't see in most (but not all) retail games. It's not graphic, but the language in the game could be considered somewhat colorful or offensive to some. I realize that's not really a big deal for most, but it's worth mentioning. You can view a video demo of Frets on Fire after the jump (note, as the game does, the demo includes a couple of potentially offensive words).
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Subscribe to commentsHED854Aug 9th 2006 9:48AM
This great game has won the Gamedev competition at Assembly 06. Note that the game features a track editor :)
Meaty PuffsAug 9th 2006 6:50PM
Been playing this game for a couple days now, and it's so much fun. I can't find any more songs for download to import though. Anyone know of a place where we can find more songs?
damageSep 15th 2006 9:48PM
Is a good game!!, this is the url to dowload others songs http://frets.freenerd.org/ but is a little bit good
See u!
HED854Aug 10th 2006 11:35AM
I just found this link on the Frets on Fire website comments : http://frets.freenerd.org/
Mostly WIP songs, btw, but this sounds very promising.
YanAug 15th 2006 8:29AM
IT'S A TROJAN HORSE ACCORDING TO AVG! I can't believe you guys did not scan it before showing it to the public!
Click on my link, it's the proof!
To add insult to injury, it does not work!
And it's displaying obscure error messages like : OpenGL.GL.GLerror: [Errno 1280] invalid enumerant
Come on guys! Clean up your act!
Alpha2Aug 17th 2006 2:49PM
the trojan response is a false positive, The latest update of AVG clears that up. I tried it yesterday, there's lots of potential! I already want to start editing songs to work with it.
Alpha2Aug 17th 2006 2:53PM
The trojan issue has been taken care of and works fine as of last night.
YanAug 22nd 2006 7:48PM
Thanks guys!
Ya know, I really appreciate your site. I know I got a bit rude, sorry. Spyware is not rampant these days.
Thank you very much for your response!
Yan.
YanAug 22nd 2006 7:50PM
I meant spyware is so rampant. Sorry.
frustratedmusicianNov 5th 2006 1:01AM
I just started playing this game for 3 days yet, and boy, I'm oh so addicted to it. So, will this be an outlet for a frustrated musician? Hehe...Would you guys know where to get more songs though? Thanks
linda k heapsNov 5th 2006 10:25PM
I just want to know, can anyone link me the good version of Frets On fire, I ended up getting the wrong one.... >.<