Sigh, if only there was a band out there that embodied all of those aspects and. You know, a band that sings about cool stuff, like science fiction warfare, and Viking battles, and sniping German soldiers and fighting hordes and hordes of demons. The key, I believe, is in selecting a band that encompasses all of the themes that make video games great. For example, that one KISS FPS was pretty entertaining, although to be fair, the game was pretty much all but devoid of the band ACTUALLY mentioned in the moniker of the release. I certainly believe that there is SOME potential for a good video game centered around a specific band. Did anybody play that one basketball game starring Queen Latifah and Coolio back in the day? Well, consider yourself BLESSED for such fortuities. Certainly, one of the reasons for such is due to the fact that must video games based on rock stars are, let s face it, based on some pretty crappy rock stars.
So yeah, there really isnt much history regarding rock music and video games, at least as far as quality offerings go. Prepare to shudder a most ghastly shudder, because at one point, an NES title starring VANILLA ICE was in pre-production. Perhaps the only thing more horrifying than the rock star games that exist are the ones that ALMOST came to fruition. Lest we forget such classic titles as Kriss Kross: Make My Video, Revolution X, and that one arcade game featuring the digitized mugs of Steve Perry and company. Winger.) That being said, the combination of video games and music celebrities has often been about as lethal as the tandem of sleeping pills and hard liquor. the Kingpin, and of course, the legendary Crue Ball, featuring the digitized tunes of. Big in the Sega CD version of Spider-Man vs. My adulation for Michael Jackson s Moon Walker (both the Arcade version AND the Genesis port) is well documented, and it is not to say that some largely forgotten bands have made appearances in some pretty memorable titles from yesteryear (per, GWAR in the Genesis version of Beavis and Butt Head, Mr. Sure, there are SOME exceptions, I suppose. Scarce out of print 1999 Dutch pressed limited edition fan-picked compilation CD set combined with the "Ed Hunter" PC Game - the 20 audio tracks were selected through a contest on the Iron Maiden website.ĭiscs are printed in Holland for general European distribution - and mounted on grey front and back tray and in a double jewel case packaging - along with 20-page booklet and front/back picture insert.Iron Maiden: The Video Game? ere is a general theory for you: rock stars and video games DO NOT mix.
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