Guitar Hero II PS2 Hack -- Custom Songs

[Flack]

http://www.destructoid.com/totally-metal-hack-allows-custom-guitar-hero-ii-songs-29339.phtml

Complete with video and tutorial. Put your own songs, complete with your own notes, into Guitar Hero II for the PS2.

The complete process requires a modded PS2 and somewhere between 8-12 programs.

[NE146]

I'm way too lazy to do a project like that. I just wait for others to do it and post em on usenet LOL.

For example I just downloaded this one:


Opening-Licks (classic Rock) *************DONE*****************

1. Blue Oyster Cult/ Dont Fear the Reaper ***EXPERT*** (DONE) 4:55
2. AcDc/ You shook me all night long (expert) DONE 3:30
3. Steppen Wolf/ Born to Be Wild (Medium, expert) done
4. Elvis/ Blue Suede Shoes expert DONE 2:01
5. Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb EXPERT DONE 6:23


Amp Warmers (Metal)************DONE***************

1. Iron Maiden/ Aces High
2. Blind Guardian/Mirror Mirror EXPERT DONE STAR POWER! 5:06
3. Avenged Sevenfold/ Bat Country Done (Medium, Hard, Expert) STAR POWER! 5:13
4. Dragonforce/Through the Fire and Flames DONE (HArd, Expert) STARPOWER!******* 7:24
5. Symphony X Smoke & Mirrors Expert DONE 6:08 MY OWN EDIT

String-Snappers Third (Rock) **********DONE**********

1. Mud vayne/ Happy (EXPERT) DONE 3:37
2. Breaking Benjamin/ Diary of Jane HARD DONE 3:18
3. Blink 182/Whats my Age Again (DONE) hard 2:26
4. Lustra/ Scotty Doesn't Know HARD DONE 2:56
5. School of Rock Main Theme ALL DONE 4:12

Thrash and Burn (Hard Rock) ************DONE***************

1. Killswitch Engage/ This Fire Burns v2 EXPERT STARPOWER DONE 3:05
2. Rammstein/ Links 2 3 4 EXPERT STARPOWER DONE 3:45
3. Rob Zombie/ Operation Overlord HARD DONE STARPOWER 3:28
4. Popa Roach/ Last Resort medium DONE STARPOWER 3:22
5. Linkin Park/ In the End HARD STARPOWER done 3:36

Return of the Shred (Video Games) *****DONE*******

1. Mike Tyson Punch Out (Hard) 3:32
2. Ninja Gaiden (Expert) 4:08
3. SuperMario Bros 2 Expert DONE 6:15
4. SystemofDown/ Legend of Zelda (Easy & Hard) 1:01
5. One Wing Angel (Expert) 6:07

Relentless Riffs (Metal & Rock) *****DONE*******

1.Kamelot/ Soul Society EXPERT DONE 4:17
2.Metallica/ Seek and Destroy HARD done 6:55
3.Muse/ Knights of Cydonia HARD done 6:03
4.Guns N Roses/ Welcome to the Jungle (DONE) 4:33
5.Disturbed/ Stupify medium hard DONE 4:36

FURIOUS WORKS

1. Collective Soul/ Heavy DONE EXPERT 2:56
2. Metallica/ Nothing Else Matters DONE 6:28
3. SystemofDown/Chop Suey DONE EXPERT 3:30
4. Seether / Remedy (One Cold Night) DONE EXPERT 3:41
5. P.O.D./ Alive (Medium, Hard, Expert) DONE




Face-Melters

1. Metallica/ Master of Puppets (DONE) EXPERT 8:37
2. Chuck Berry/ Johnny B. Good (DONE) ALL STAR POWER! 3:50
3. Guns N Roses/ November Rain done EXPERT 8:57
4. Jerry C/ Pacabel's canon (canon Rock) Expert 5:24
5. Led Zepplin/ Stairway to Heaven EXPERT DONE 8:02

I probably would have chosen different songs here and there, but hey at least it's still free \\^_^/

[norkusa]

Yeah, I saw one hacked version that was uploaded on a bittorrent site not too long ago. But whoever hacked it filled it up with faggy anime music, so I didn't even bother with the download.

That set list looks pretty good though, NE1. I'll have to look for that one.

[carlcarlson]

so are the songs all seperated like in the real thing (ie you miss a note, there is silence)?

[MrRoboto19XX]

Id pay the price of the disk and shipping for someone to do this for me.

[carlcarlson]

Id pay the price of the disk and shipping for someone to do this for me.

as would I. that mix above sounds pretty good, I'd take that.

[Richter]

are these single player only or co-op as well?

edit -
SoaD didnt even do the Zelda cover, it's done by The Rabbit Joint

[djbeatmongrel]

as would I. that mix above sounds pretty good, I'd take that.

thirded

[norkusa]

Hey NE1, can you tip us off to what torrent site you got that hack from? I checked all my usual sources and couldn't find it.

[theshizzle3000]

Id pay the price of the disk and shipping for someone to do this for me.

fourthed

[Richter]

NE1 -
did that comes with the actual songs as well? Score Hero only gives you the .mid files

nork -
http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4635&start=0
first post, but you still need the actual songs :-/

[Vectorman0]

Hey NE1, can you tip us off to what torrent site you got that hack from? I checked all my usual sources and couldn't find it.

He said he got it off usenet. http://v3.newzbin.com/browse/post/2290427/

[norkusa]

He said he got it off usenet. http://v3.newzbin.com/browse/post/2290427/

Ahhh, you're right. I guess I got too excited and missed that part.

Well my ISP puts a 2Gb per-month cap on my usenet downloads, so I doubt I'd be able to grab this.

[Widar]

He said he got it off usenet. http://v3.newzbin.com/browse/post/2290427/
How do i do to actually download something there?

[s1lence]

How do i do to actually download something there?

You need an newsgroup/usenet account to download it, that link just references where it was posted.

[NE146]

He said he got it off usenet. http://v3.newzbin.com/browse/post/2290427/

Yes I got it off Usenet. It's posted in Alt.binaries.cd.image.playstation2.dvdiso and alt.binaries.alizee. Here's a direct link to the NZB (http://binsearch.info/?q=Guitar+Hero+2+*****Hackers+Edition*&max=25&adv_age=50&server=). The posting sucks and if you're not good with filenames, then good luck, as you have to rename all the files to get the PARs to even work. But there you have it.

My review of the disc is.. maybe a C+. I mean it's ok but you gotta realize that every song is only playable on one difficulty level (usually expert). Trying any other one not listed in the .nfo freezes the game.

But, my biggest complaint is the quality of the fingering for many songs really varies. Like the one for Aces High sucks ass! It's like you're not even playing the song and just hitting buttons while the song plays in the background. It may be a timing issue but I think even if it was perfectly timed, the choice of fingerings just sucks (obviously just some joe schmoe out there made it LOL). That being said some are really good, like the video game music (I think it's the Mini Bosses), the fingering really feels like the song. So yeah, some are really good, some are really bad. So take it for what you will

Still though, it's free. It's worth a download.

[s1lence]

Yeah the posting of it sucks hardcore. Good thing there is par, to bad you have to rename all the files to use it.

[skankinmack]

i'd sell my soul for a copy of this in my hands. seeing as i don't know how to any of that stuff, i might just have to.

[Widar]

My ISP doesn't allow me to see those newsgroups.. :(

Can't someone put them up on a torrent somewhere?

Thanks.

[norkusa]

A torrent for this was just upped to blackcats-games.net.

[NE146]

Yeah I generally view Torrents as last resort. Basically cuz they're slow as crap :p on my connection, a 4 gig image takes:

on usenet = about an hour and a half
On torrents = who knows... sometimes over a day :drinking:

[Richter]

so are the songs all seperated like in the real thing (ie you miss a note, there is silence)?no, the actual game contains 2 tracks, the guitar & beat. When a note is missed the guitar track is muted.

meh, it's not great and it's not bad. A LOT of songs are out of sync :-/ with a mess of finger placement, not to mention some sections are missing entirely (Avenged Sevenfold). In order to re-create the missed-note silence, the music is turned down in volume, which makes it annoying during chord changes. As soon as you lift off that finger, the volume drops.