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I'm no specalist, but recently one of the blogs I read posted on
predecessors, and mind you, he only skimmed the top. I guess you'll
know all this, but for anyone else who's interest is piqued might want
to give it a read.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.unfetteredblather.com/guitar-zero/">http://www.unfetteredblather.com/guitar-zero/</a><br>
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The USA has had a lot more releases in the peripherals market however,
and likely there are a ton I've never even seen predating Guitar Hero,
nevermind the Japanese arcades and home market, who always had some
wacky stuff and had a huge interest in Karaoke besides - if it is just
those games, they go way back.<br>
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Another sideline was I remember the Preservation SIG round table at GDC
had someone specially bring up the fact they have a lot of Guitar Hero
prototypes around, which will probably get lost or broken if they can't
be preserved (I really need to get the museum and archives contacts
done I guess!).<br>
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Any specific reason you need an expert? (or I guess, it might be
private :) ) You'll be, to be honest, unlikely to find one who isn't
actually employed in a company who currently produces such games, but
someone here might know enough about general music games or perhaps
rhythm games in general. Sorry I can't be of more help!<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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Greg Boyd wrote:
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cite="mid:f185c1830807231000v2f575576p5bc2b14b1b5e7b0b@mail.gmail.com"
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<div>I am actually looking for a consultant with knowledge about
music games, especially the predecessors of Guitar Hero. <font
size="2">As a secondary quality, if the person is pretty sophisticated
about IP, that would be great. Ideally, this would be a senior
technical person in the game industry or perhaps someone on the
business side.</font></div>
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