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Guitar Hero

2005 video game
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Summary

Guitar Hero is a video game[1].

Key Facts

  • Award received: British Academy Games Award for Soundtrack[2]
  • Publisher: RedOctane[3]
  • Genre: music video game[4], rhythm game[5]
  • Followed by: Guitar Hero II[6]
  • Developer: Harmonix Music Systems[7]
  • Part of the series: Guitar Hero[8]
  • Designed by: Ryan Lesser[9], Harmonix Music Systems[10]
  • Platform: PlayStation 2[11]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[12], single-player video game[13], hotseat[14]
  • Distribution format: DVD[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: November 8, 2005[17]
  • ESRB rating: Teen[18]
  • Official website: http://www.guitarhero.com/[19]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 12[20]
  • Nominated for: British Academy Games Award for Casual[21], British Academy Games Award for Best Game[22], British Academy Games Award for Gameplay[23], British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation[24]

FAQs

What awards did Guitar Hero receive?

Honors received include British Academy Games Award for Soundtrack[2].

Related Entities

DVD Harmonix Music Systems Jack J. McCauley United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [2] ↑ . bafta.org. bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . ign.com. Retrieved . ign.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . ign.com. Retrieved . ign.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . ign.com. Retrieved . ign.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . ign.com. Retrieved . ign.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · LccnBot bot · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Library of congress authority id → no2026110973
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  2. 18w ago · Teiron · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 8598
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gry-online game id: 8598, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180138992|Guitar Hero (#180138992)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games]] #mix"
  3. 19w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → —
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    P14470 → Games/Guitar_Hero
    Followed by → Guitar Hero II
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Guitar_Hero, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293323678|Guitar Hero (#293323678)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8000|‎Giant Bo"
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