Guitarvania games prior to 6th gen consoles

[FateLanegod]

Howdy,

I played some Guitar Hero and Frets on Fire a decade ago, but this game blew my mind:
https://retrogametalk.com/repository/nes-roms/dpad-hero-2-homebrew-nes/

It is simple... simply amazing, and coop mode is absolute blast.

Some forum user made a term for the genre "Guitarvania", I love it.
Just all those GH/Rock Band rhythm games for PS2 are a bit bloated with fancy graphics, demanding powerful hardware and require a guitar controller to really get into it fully...

So I wonder now, is there more retro or newer homebrew games like that, which focus to play on regular gamepad for 2 players coop?

Or maybe somebody could recommend where to download ready to use fresh FoF or FoFiX archive with various mods and songs.
Back in the days I found some cool torrents, but it was lost in time warp. Thanks!

 

[VivaLaShaye]

Check out Clone Hero and YARG, you won't be disappointed.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Check out Clone Hero and YARG, you won't be disappointed.

This.

I've started mapping drum songs with CloneHero from MIDI drums. From that point I could export the song to pretty much every other rythm games out there, even VR games like Beat Saber.

 

[FateLanegod]

Wow, this the first time I hear about Clone Hero, looks very promising. Thank you!
But the question remains, where to find all-in-one packs for it?
Like some themed one with coop songs from Guitar Hero/Rock Band let's say.

I tried to search the web and got confused.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Wow, this the first time I hear about Clone Hero, looks very promising. Thank you!
But the question remains, where to find all-in-one packs for it?
Like some themed one with coop songs from Guitar Hero/Rock Band let's say.

I tried to search the web and got confused.

Google for "CloneHero chorus encore", you'll find everything you need there.

 

[FateLanegod]

Google for "CloneHero chorus encore", you'll find everything you need there.

Thanks, I have found some set lists on Reddit.
Just if somebody interested: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/13B823ukxdVMocowo1s5XnT3tzciOfruhUVePENKc01o/htmlview#

Another question: are there any campaign or career mode, either star battles?
Just to have some achievement, that makes it much more fun in coop than simply having a high score.