Product Identifiers
PublisherActivision
Product Key Features
Release Year2010
PlatformSony PlayStation 3
Additional Product Features
Game NameDj Hero (Game Only)
GameDj Hero (Game Only)
Product Information
After years of celebrating rock & roll culture and making gamers feel like guitar gods, Activision turns its attention to hip-hop pioneers like Kool Herc and Grand Wizard Theodore by offering players more than 80 original mixes to blend, juggle, and scratch in DJ Hero. Featuring a variation of the "note highway" mechanic popularized by Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and incorporating a turntable-and-mixer peripheral controller, DJ Hero finds gamers manipulating a crossfader and effects knob with one hand, while using the other hand to press three gameplay buttons located atop a fully rotatable faux record. Instead of increasing difficulty by making players account for more buttons, DJ Hero begins to incorporate more scratching and crossfader movement in an attempt to foster a more authentic feel.
Developer FreeStyleGames worked closely with world-renowned artists DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, DJ AM, and Cut Chemist to create a realistic experience, and all four DJs contributed original mixes and mash-ups. DJ Hero also features DJ Jazzy Jeff and Grandmaster Flash as playable characters, but the game does not mine its track list solely from the world of hip-hop, featuring portions of more than 100 individual songs from artists such as Marvin Gaye, Beck, Nirvana, Daft Punk, and Tears for Fears. The game takes players to a variety of locations designed to mimic real-life party hotspots, and gamers looking for multiplayer action can hook up multiple controllers for competitive "DJ vs. DJ" mode, or the co-operative "DJ + DJ" and "DJ + Guitar" modes.
Product Identifiers
Publisher Activision
MPN 047875961920
UPC 0047875958371
eBay Product ID (ePID) 214704415
Product Key Features
Release Year 2009
Platform Sony PlayStation 3
Game Name DJ Hero
Additional Product Features
Number of Players 1-2
ESRB Rating T-Teen
Genre Action/Adventure, Adventure, Action/Adventure
Control Elements Gamepad/Joystick
Game Dj Hero
ESRB Descriptor Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes
Game Special Features
Mix and scratch more than 80 original tracks culled from 100 different songs
Keep the party alive with music from 50 Cent, Queen, and Rick James
Join friends for local or online multiplayer action in competitive and co-op modes
Location USA
LocationUSA
