SingStar Legends
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| Developer(s) | SCEE |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
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| Genre(s) | Music |
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| Rating(s) | PEGI: 7+ OFLC: PG |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Media | USB microphones |
| Input | EyeToy |
SingStar Legends is a PlayStation 2 karaoke game published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and developed by SCEE and London Studio.
SingStar Legends is distributed either as the software alone, or bundled with a pair of USB microphones - one red, one blue. SingStar is compatible with the EyeToy camera, allowing players to see themselves singing.
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[edit] Game Overview
SingStar is a popular karaoke game in which players sing to music videos in order to score points. Players interface with their PS2 via USB microphones while a music video plays on screen. Lyrics are shown at the bottom of the screen. SingStar matches a player's song voice to the original track, with players scoring points according to how accurate their singing is. Usually, two players compete simultaneously. Certain modes of SingStar may vary this basic pattern, but the principle is similar throughout. Thus, SingStar is a competitive singing game akin to games such as Dance Dance Revolution in which players attempt to replicate on screen instructions to score points.
Up to 8 players can participate in SingStar's "Pass The Mic" mode, in which teams of players face off against each other in a series of singing challenges.
SingStar is unique in that it features a single player career mode. This mode was abandoned in favour of multi-player modes in future SingStar versions.
Recent versions of SingStar measure a player's pitch only, meaning that one can sing a SingStar note in any octave and still score for it. This allows some leniency for singers who may not be capable of singing a song in as high or as low a register as the original recording.
SingStar can be played at 3 difficulty levels - easy, medium, and hard. The harder the difficulty setting, the less leeway the game allows for out of tune notes.
SingStar allows players to swap out the current disc (called the master disc) for another SingStar disc. This allows access to the songs on other versions without the need to reset the console. When a new disc is swapped in, the game retains the functionality and appearance of the master disc. By starting with a new version, players can swap in their old SingStar disc and experience them with the functionality and cosmetics of the master disc.
[edit] Gameplay modes
- Sing Mode - general singing mode
- Pass the Mic - multiplayer party games
[edit] Press Statement
With SingStar Anthems barely out the door, Sony has announced that another compilation pack - SingStar Legends - is on the way in time for Christmas.
Legends, due out on PS2 in "early November", promises "a selection of the biggest household names in musical history" including Elton John, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, Johnny Cash, The Jackson 5, John Lennon and Nirvana.
There are no details on any planned tech upgrades to the game, but these SingStar updates, as we all know well by now, generally consist of new songs rather than new features.
As usual, the game will be released as a standalone pack and available as a bundle with two SingStar microphones and a USB converter.
[edit] Playlist
- track and artists changed in Australian / New Zealand version (see below)
| Artist (added) | Song Title (added) | Removed | |
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| Jimmy Barnes | No Second Prize | Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything | |
| Jimmy Barnes | Working Class Man | Blur - Parklife | |
| John Farnham | You're The Voice | Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence | |
| John Paul Young | Love Is In The Air | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | |
| Midnight Oil | Beds Are Burning | Patsy Cline - Crazy | |
| Silverchair | Tomorrow | Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug | |
| The Angels | No Secrets | The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil | |
| The Easybeats | Friday On My Mind | The Smiths - This Charming Man | |
Source: http://www.gpstore.co.nz/Games/1520449.html Source: Amazon [[1]]
- track and artists changed in Finnish version (see below)
[edit] External links
| SingStar video game series |
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| SingStar | SingStar Party | SingStar Pop | SingStar '80s | SingStar Rocks | SingStar Anthems | SingStar Legends | Singstar (PS3) |
