The gameplay is similar to GuitarFreaks, in that the player presses buttons on the guitar controller in time with musical notes that scroll on the game screen. The game features a guitar-shaped controller (resembling a miniature Gibson SG) that the player uses to simulate playing rock music. The game's development was a result of collaboration between RedOctane and Harmonix to bring a Guitar Freaks-like game to United States. Guitar Hero was released in November 2005 in North America, April 2006 in Europe and June 2006 in Australia. It is the first main installment in the Guitar Hero series.
Guitar Hero is a 2005 music rhythm video game developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2.
