A personal computer is a computer that could be used for almost anything, including playing games. There has been a few Guitar Hero games ported to PC, available for both Microsoft Windows and macOS operating systems, ported by Aspyr.
The PC ports of Guitar Hero support wired or wireless USB guitar controllers but they can also be played with a keyboard and mouse. These games can also be modded to import custom songs, change graphics, and include several new features and improvements.
Guitar Hero games on Windows and Mac OS X[]
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007)
- Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)
- Guitar Hero World Tour (2009)
Unofficial mods and ports[]
A list of notable mods and ports for PC created by the community of the Guitar Hero game series.
- Guitar Hero Three Control Panel (2008), a tool for changing songs/setlists and graphics for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and give them a custom menu with other features
- GH3+ (2015), a plugin system for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock that includes gameplay features from later games
- Guitar Hero Three Control Panel+ (2016), formerly Open-GHTCP, GHTCP+ is an open-sourced update of GHTCP with more features including support for GH3+ features
- FastGH3 (2017), a portable version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with just the gameplay
- Guitar Hero Arcade (2019), an unofficial Arcade-to-PC port of Guitar Hero Arcade (2009), a Raw Thrills PC-based arcade game based on the PC version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Guitar Hero World Tour: Definitive Edition (2021), a mod for Guitar Hero World Tour that supports custom songs (other than GHTunes), custom graphics, and other features
System requirements[]
Guitar Hero III & Aerosmith[]
System requirements for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Data received from PCGamingWiki.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium D (Dual-core) 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon Dual Core 4400+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | Guitar Hero III: 5.1 GB Guitar Hero: Aerosmith: 7.1 GB |
|
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 7600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| Other | 6X DVD-ROM drive |
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system (OS) | 10.4.10 | 10.5[a] |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | Guitar Hero III: 5.1 GB Guitar Hero: Aerosmith: 7.1 GB |
|
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7300 128 MB of VRAM |
256 MB of VRAM |
| Other | DVD-ROM drive |
- Notes:
- ^ Up to macOS Catalina 10.15.7 due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps in macOS Big Sur 11.0 onwards.
Guitar Hero World Tour[]
System requirements for Guitar Hero World Tour for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Data received from PCGamingWiki.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP1 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 4400+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8.1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7600 Intel GMA X3000 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM |
| Other | 8X DVD-ROM drive |
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system (OS) | 10.5.6 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 9.1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7300 128 MB of VRAM |
256 MB of VRAM |
| Other | DVD-ROM drive |
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