Activision and Konami, who have previously worked together to make sure that the Guitar Hero series meets with Konami's patents on music games, developed an arcade console version of the game, titled Guitar Hero Arcade, distributed to arcades in early 2009. The game is primarily based on the Guitar Hero III gameplay, reducing some of the features such as character customization, but keeping the ability to download new songs for the cabinet from the Internet.
Songs
In case people were wondering here is the final song list for Guitar Hero Arcade:
STARTING OUT SMALL
- Slow Ride - Foghat
- Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
- Hit Me With Your Best Shot
- Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
- Sabotage - Beastie Boys
- Yellow - Coldplay
- Juke Box Hero - Foreigner
YOUR FIRST REAL GIG
- Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
- Mississippi Queen - Mountain
- Schools Out - Alice Cooper
- Closer - Lacuna Coil
- Bulls on Parade - Rage Against The Machine
- Hole in the Earth - Deftones
- Pretty Handsome Awkward - The Used
GETTING THE WORD OUT
- Barracuda - Heart (Premium Song)
- Helicopter - Bloc Party
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath
- Avalancha - Heroes Del Silencio (Premium Song)
- Lay Down - Priestess
- No More Sorrow - Linkin Park
OUT ON THE ROAD
- Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
- She Bangs the Drums - The Stone Roses
- Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols
- Reptilia - The Strokes
- Cherub Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins (Premium Song)
- This Is A Call - Foo Fighters
WELCOME TO THE BIG TIME
- Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
- La Grange - ZZ Top
- Black Magic Woman - Santana (Premium Song)
- Same Old Song and Dance - Aerosmith
- Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- The Arsonist - Thrice
THE HOTTEST BAND ON EARTH
- Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult
- Monsters - Matchbook Romance
- Peace of Mind - Boston (Premium Song)
- In the Belly of a Shark - Gallows
- Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
- Almost Easy - Avenged Sevenfold
TURNING OUT THE HITS
- Black Sunshine - White Zombie
- Don't Hold Back - The Sleeping (Premium Song)
- Stricken - Disturbed
- Knights of Cydonia - Muse (Premium Song)
- Motorhead - Motörhead
- Sleeping Giant - Mastodon (Premium Song)
THE AXES OF LEGEND
- The Metal - Tenacious D
- Cult of Personality - Living Colour (Premium Song)
- Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
- Take This Life - In Flames
- For the Love of God - Steve Vai (Premium Song)
- Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani