With Sony's announcement that they would soon start saying goodby to the PS2 (in Japan, at least), it felt like a good time to revisit some of the great (and not so great) moments with the console.
10. Meet "Rock Band's" daddy
What happened: The release of "Amplitude"
Date: March 2003
It's not like rhythm games were a new thing for Sony consoles (to this day I can't get "Kick, punch, it's all in the mind" out of my mind). But with the release of Harmonix's "Amplitude" and its follow-up, "Frequency," the PS2 ushered in a new arcade-style of music-shooter hybrid that laid the seeds for the one-day ubiquitous "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero" titles that seemed to have no end for a while. Sure, the soundtracks weren't the mix of contemporary and classic hits we come to associate with our modern music game (hey, who remembers Freezepop?), but the eclectic mix...
10. Meet "Rock Band's" daddy
What happened: The release of "Amplitude"
Date: March 2003
It's not like rhythm games were a new thing for Sony consoles (to this day I can't get "Kick, punch, it's all in the mind" out of my mind). But with the release of Harmonix's "Amplitude" and its follow-up, "Frequency," the PS2 ushered in a new arcade-style of music-shooter hybrid that laid the seeds for the one-day ubiquitous "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero" titles that seemed to have no end for a while. Sure, the soundtracks weren't the mix of contemporary and classic hits we come to associate with our modern music game (hey, who remembers Freezepop?), but the eclectic mix...
- 12/29/2012
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
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