Guitarfun is a simple Homebrew Guitar Hero clone now available for Wii, PC and PS2. The Wii version supports several different input methods: the Wii Guitar Hero controller, usb-keyboard, Wiimote (with or without Nunchuck) and also PS2 guitar controllers through a PS2-GameCube converter. The game uses the same song format as Frets on Fire , so there is a great variety of songs available for download through the various Frets on Fire sites.

The sound (depending on source, naturally) is a bit off and playability isn't as good as it could be, but the catalogues of playable songs make this Homebrew application certainly worth trying out. When you've worn out your genuine Guitar Hero tracks and can't bear to hear Low Ride ever again, check out Guitarfun and look for Frets on Fire songs. I started with Pixies' "Debaser" !

Edit, couple of days later:

After a few more tests and new songs I agree with a commenter: the game has a lag/sync issue. On some songs it bothers less, on others more. The problem has been discussed on the Wiibrew wiki , too. Hopefully development continues and this issue can be dealt with. But it seems that I'll be keeping the current version on my SD card until that.

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Kaikkee ne saksalaiset... Antti (Administrator) 2008-10-01 11:48:35   ...keksii. Enpä ollu kuullukaan koko Guitarfunista, kuulostaa kyllä pakkohankinnalta omalle WiiBrew-kortille. Varsinkin kun ei oo jaksanu tuota perus-GH:ta lätkyttää enää vähään aikaan. (Wii-PES on sen sijaan ollu jostain syystä suosiossa. Alkakaas lätkyttää sen Champions Road - moodia, voin tarjota teille netin yli vaihtopelaajia, kun mulla on jo gott om) Reply | Quote

sucks joe (74.0.120.xxx) 2008-10-01 12:23:14   i tried it on my wii, i grabbed about 10 various titles that appealed to me half didn't work (music played, notes never showed up), a couple worked but were very poorly designed (notes had nothing in common with the music and were not fun to play) and a couple were playable. but the UI was a bit laggy (and very crude/ugly/primitive) so although i was very excited about the concept, i never played it. Reply | Quote

needs work Eric (67.133.198.xxx) 2008-10-01 15:17:55   The concept is nice, but unplayable due to horrible sync issues. It seems like this should be priority #1, and not whether i can play it with a keyboard or not(seriously.. a keyboard??) And if it supports USB, why not support the PS2 guitars through a USB adaptor.. I believe that's what most people use to play Frets on Fire anyway. oh, and it doesn't matter so much for gameplay, but the band graphic should just be dropped. it looks horrible and it's distracting if anything. some people need to accept the fact that they are programmers and not artists Reply | Quote

song quality is diverse Veli (Administrator) 2008-10-01 15:24:15 I can certainly imagine that many songs are buggy, because there seems to be quite a variety of sources. I was happy enough with the first couple of tracks I downloaded (Pixies, Hole, Nirvana and something else that I can't remember). UI is a bit laggy and certainly primitive, but worked well enough. And it reminded me of old times. Have to keep on testing. Edit: Apparently the band and neck graphics can be changed. I going to try to remove the bikini babe from the neck at least. I had no noticeable sync issues. Gotta pay some attention to that too. Reply | Quote

Juha (131.207.223.xxx) 2008-10-01 15:41:56   I certainly will test this when Vellu returns the Guitar I'm a bit disappointed if this is thing is disappointing, because seemed like a first homebrew with a chance of being nice. Reply | Quote

Antti (Administrator) 2008-10-24 09:28:07 I just got around testing this. I have to agree on the reports of sync issues - the longer the songs play, the more out of sync the gameplay gets from the audio. I don't know if it's the result of botched song file design or some kind of sync issues in the Guitarfun code itself. I would guess the latter because it was evident in multiple songs and the sync seemed to go worse through the course of the song. Reply | Quote

Shows promise, but needs more Josh (24.183.137.xxx) 2008-10-24 21:53:21 I am excited by this release, it works on my Windows 2000 SP4 machine with 2.6GHz P4 Intel 845G motherboard, integrated graphics chipset. The default "Defy" song from FretsOnFire works well and this runs a lot smoother than FretsOnFire. FoF ended development in 2006-2007 so its nice to see something that could surpass it and still use the songs. I tried my favorite FoF song "Seether - Fine Again" and GuitarFun only offered "3 key mode" (whatever that is) and no notes showed up when I played the song. Reply | Quote

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