Karaoke Revolution, and its sequels Karaoke Revolution Volume 2, Karaoke Revolution Volume 3, Karaoke Revolution Party, CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country and Karaoke Revolution presents American Idol are video games for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox, developed by Harmonix and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Harmonix is a game developer for the PlayStation 2. ... Blitz Games - Independent Video Game Developer Based in UK COMPANY INFORMATION Dec 2005 Mission Statement To create critically and commercially successful games within a stable, friendly and professional environment conducive to maximum creativity. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... Bemani (ビーマニ, biimani) is Konamis music video game division. ...

Concept

Screenshot from Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. The song being sung is The Human League's "Don't You Want Me".

The games are based on karaoke singing in which an amateur singer sings a popular song while it plays with the vocals. The games are able to detect the pitch of the singer's voice and award points based on how well the singer matches the pitches they are supposed to be singing. Image File history File links KRVAIscreen1. ... Image File history File links KRVAIscreen1. ... The Human League are an award winning, Grammy nominated British synthpop/New Wave band formed in 1977 who, after a key change in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s. ... Don’t You Want Me is a single by the British Synthpop group The Human League. ... For other uses see Karaoke (disambiguation) A karaoke machine Karaoke from Japanese kara, empty or void, and ōkesutora, orchestra) (pronounced IPA: or ; in Japanese IPA: ;  ) is a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and a PA system. ... Pitch is the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. ...

Karaoke Revolution requires the use of a microphone. A microphone headset made by Logitech is available in a bundle with the games and is also sold separately; Logitech also sells a hand-held karaoke microphone. Although the cover and instruction manual for the first Karaoke Revolution available for the PlayStation 2 only shows the headset, the Konami Microphone actually does work with the game as well and is therefore backwards compatible. The USB microphones supplied with the SingStar games do not work with Karaoke Revolution. For the Playstation 2 versions a USB microphone or headset is required. If you have the headset, you will be able to hear your voice (minus the music) in the earpiece. For the Gamecube versions a gamecube compatible microphone is required. For the Xbox versions an Xbox Live Headset can also be used. Microphones redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... PS2 redirects here. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... Note: USB may also mean upper sideband in radio. ... Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ...

The game does not attempt to understand the singer's words, but instead detects their pitch. As such, singers can hum to a song or sing different lyrics without penalty. The game adapts to the player singing in a different octave than the song, to accommodate players whose vocal ranges do not fit the song. For other uses, see Octave (disambiguation). ... Human voices may be classified according to their vocal range — the highest and lowest pitches that they can produce. ...

The songs in the game are covers (not performed by the original artists, but similar to the originals) of pop hits frequently sung in karaoke bars. This contrasts with the SingStar series from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which features only original artist recordings along with the music videos, where available. // In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ...

American versions of the game are based on a public performance style (like American Idol for example). Versions sold in Japan are basically "karaoke in a box" (just displaying lyrics and videos). American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. ...

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Gameplay

The player is depicted as a character on-screen performing at one of several venues such as a subway station, a carnival, or a football halftime show. The words to the song scroll left-to-right at the bottom of the screen, above a piano roll representation of the relative pitches at which they are to be sung (the game calls these "note tubes"). At the left end of this area, a "pitch arrow" shows the pitch which the player is singing and provides feedback on whether s/he's hitting the notes. A "crowd meter" shows the mood of the crowd as the player sings; if s/he does a good job of hitting notes on-pitch then the crowd will cheer more loudly and clap in rhythm with the song, and the scene will become more vividly animated. If the crowd meter falls all the way to the lowest rating, the audience will boo the character off-stage and the game is over. It has been suggested that Music roll be merged into this article or section. ...

Each song is divided into approximately 30 to 50 "phrases". A meter will fill up and turn from red to green for each phrase, based on how well the player sings the right notes; if the player can fill the meter to green, s/he will score more points, and getting several greens in a row will create a "combo" and award a 2x score multiplier until the player fails to make green on another phrase. The game can be set at higher difficulties which make this meter larger and require the player to hit the right notes more precisely to fill it to green. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Since maximum scores for each song are normalized around 50,000 or so, overall scores on songs can be compared. To achieve the gold record for a song, 12,500 points must be achieved. To achieve the platinum record for a song, 20,000 points must be achieved. Winning records will unlock additional characters, outfits, and songs. In Karaoke Revolution Party and Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol, 50,000 points (a perfect score) earns you a diamond record

Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 introduces a "medley mode" which challenges the player to sing a string of short clips from various songs.

Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 introduces "duet mode" which lets two singers play simultaneously. It also revised scoring so that perfect performances result in exactly 50,000 points (with the exception of the Jackson 5's "ABC").

Karaoke Revolution Party introduces voice-controlled games and integration with Dance Dance Revolution, as well as support for the Sony EyeToy. Dance Dance Revolution, a. ... The EyeToy is a color digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. ...

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol introduces commentary from virtual American Idol judges. American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. ...

Use in Schools

Karaoke Revolution has been adapted in some music education classrooms as a tool to provide pitch feedback to student singers through helpful visual cues. A guide for effectively integrating Karaoke Revolution into music education can be found on http://www.cooltechschool.com.

Releases

Photograph of Karaoke Revolution games for the PlayStation 2.

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The North American version of Karaoke Revolution was released in November, 2003 in a bundle with the Logitech headset attachment. The game was sold without the headset in February, 2004. The European version of the game, titled Karaoke Stage, was released on April 22, 2005. 'Karaoke Stage 2' contains the same songs as 'Karaoke Revolution Party'. North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Ryan Seacrest lent their voices and allowed their names to appear in the game, but Paula Abdul did not and was replaced by a judge named Laura.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore is planned for a February, 2008 release.^[1][2] Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British artist and repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britains Got Talent. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio and television personality, and anchorman. ... Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American multi-platinum selling Grammy Award-winning singer, dancer, television personality, jewelry designer, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

References to other games

In Karaoke Revolution Party, if you get a platinum record (20000 or more) on the sing and dance mode (microphone and dancemat combo) on expert, you get a trophy that says "Feet of Fury". The font that is used in the trophy description is an exact duplicate of the logo of the independently developed commercial Dreamcast dance game, Feet of Fury. This is a list of Commercially Released Independently Developed Dreamcast Games for the Sega Dreamcast computer system, organised alphabetically by name. ... Feet of Fury is a beat/dancing game for the Sega Dreamcast. ...

See also

• List of songs in the Karaoke Revolution series

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References

1. ^ Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore for Wii
2. ^ Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol 2

External links

• GameFAQs entry on Karaoke Revolution
• GameFAQs entry on Karaoke Revolution Vol. 2
• GameFAQs entry on Karaoke Revolution Vol. 3
• GameFAQs entry on Karaoke Revolution Party
• KaraokeRevolution.net fan site
• Karaoke Revolution Official Website (Japanese)
• Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Official Site
• Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Contest 2006 Official Site