The makers of Guitar Hero introduce an entirely fresh and innovative way to experience music and rhythm gameplay. DJ Hero features an amazing variety of music across genres – tracks that you love and reflect who you are. Using an authentic turntable controller, you will spin and scratch more than 100 songs into unique mixes and become the life of the party. In addition, the Renegade Edition comes bundled with bonus items including: an exclusive two-disc CD release by Jay-Z and Eminem featuring unreleased tracks and collectible case, as well as the Renegade turntable controller case featuring premium metal controls and finish and the ability to expand into a turntable stand.
Music and Gaming Via a Revolutionary Controller
Like the music that inspired it, DJ Hero allows players to experience music in a new revolutionary way through through its game-specific controller. Included with the DJ Hero software, the DJ Hero controller is a combination turntable and mixer that immerses you into authentic DJ culture allowing you to scratch, cross-fade, and beat match. The turntable half of the controller features three color-coated buttons used to direct action during gameplay and a realistically rotating turntable. The opposite end of the controller contains the mixer controls in the form of a lateral fader allowing for switching between tracks and mixing, a knob for additional effects and a button for capturing "euphoria," a star power-like point bonus.
In addition, the mixer portion of the controller detaches to accommodate left-handed players and contains an out of the way compartment holding a D-pad and conventional controller buttons for easy console navigation. Taken together, both halves of the controller allow players to customize their mix with a variety of effects and samples transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.
Gameplay
Gameplay in DJ Hero is reminiscent to games in the Guitar Hero series. Musical prompts stream towards players on one of three color-coded ribbons; red and blue which correspond to the two tracks that the player is able to simultaneously or individually manipulate, as well as a red one between these two, used to insert samples. In addition to hitting individual notes and samples, players are also challenged to scratch on command by pressing the appropriate button for the track and sliding the turntable up or down as indicated on the ribbon. The game also provides players with a chance to turn back the clock on earlier action via its "Rewind" feature. This ability is monitored via the rewind meter that levels higher with successful play, and and when full allows the player to rewind the song to fix errors in their earlier performance. The reward for precision is the build up of points, which can be temporarily doubled via euphoria power with the push of a button on the mixer end of the controller.
Rule the Hottest Parties
In the tradition of Guitar Hero, which brought gamers into the world of rock ‘n’ roll, DJ Hero places players in the DJ booth at some of the hottest clubbing scenes from around the globe. Party in venues reminiscent of real world locales from around the globe including an ultra plush and sexy Hollywood Hills style mansion, to an open air beach club in Ibiza.
Play Modes
Although DJ Hero contains engrossing single player game options, including a career mode, much of the action in the game surrounds its wealth of multiplayer modes. These include both online and offline multiplayer competitive and cooperative modes: including DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ and DJ + Guitar.
Set List
The DJ Hero set list is constructed of 100 songs, crafted into more than 90 two-song DJ mixes. These mixes are the product of both the creative talents of internationally known DJs such as DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, DJ AM and Daft Punk, and the game development team. All songs used are new to the Guitar Hero family of games and are pulled from a wide array of genres, including pop, grunge, soul, R&B, techno, hip hop, and house. The full track list includes:
- 2Pac - "All Eyez On Me" vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)"
- 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
- 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life"
- Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown" vs. Freedom Express - "Get Down"
- Beastie Boys - "Here's A Little Somethin' For Ya" vs. DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (2009 Version)" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
- Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" vs. Blondie - "Rapture"
- Beastie Boys - "Lee Majors Come Again" vs. Daft Punk - "DA Funk" (Produced and mixed by Cut Chemist)
- Beck - "Where It's At" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. MOs Def)"
- Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" Beat Juggle
- Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
- Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"
- Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction" vs. Tiesto - "Elements Of Life"
- Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom POW" vs. Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction"
- Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. 2Pac - "How Do You Want It"
- Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. Connie Price & The Keystones - "Fuzz And Them"
- Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. The Zombies - "Time Of The Season" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"
- Common - "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)" Vs. Masta Ace - "Jeep A** Gutter (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir RMX)" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
- Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. Classics IV - "Spooky"
- Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. David Axelrod - "The Edge"
- Daft Punk - "Around The World" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"
- Daft Punk - "DA Funk" vs. NASA - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip"
- Daft Punk - "Megamix 1"
- Daft Punk - "Megamix 2"
- Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim - "Al Naafyish (The Soul)" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
- Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Queen - "We Will Rock You"
- Daft Punk - "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades"
- Daft Punk - "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars"
- Daft Punk - "Television Rules the Nation" vs. No Doubt - "Hella Good"
- David Axelrod - "The Edge" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President"
- Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. DJ Shadow - "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)"
- Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. Justice - "Genesis"
- DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. MOs Def)" vs. D-Code - "Annie's Horn"
- Eminem - "My Name Is" vs. Beck - "Loser"
- Fedde Le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"
- Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench" vs. Beastie Boys - "Sabotage" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
- Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero" (DJ-Guitar mix, produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
- Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" vs. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt 2" (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
- Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." vs. Blondie - "Atomic" Grandmaster Flash's - "Boom" vs. "Tap" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
- Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool, DJ Demo - "Here Comes My DJ" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
- Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
- Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. InDeep "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
- Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"
- Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" Beat Juggle
- Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
- InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"
- Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
- Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
- Jay-Z feat. Pharrell - "Change Clothes" vs. 2Pac - "All Eyez on Me"
- Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" Vs. Eminem - "My Name Is"
- Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" Vs. Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"
- Jay-Z - "Excuse Me Miss" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"
- Jean Knight - "Mr. Big Stuff" vs. Masta Ace - "Born To Roll"
- Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"
- Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
- Kid Cudi - "Day 'N' Nite" vs. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom POW"
- Kool Moe Dee - "How Ya Like Me Now" vs. Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman - "I Like To Move It"
- Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti" vs. Shlomo - "Beats" (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
- MIA - "Paper Planes" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
- MIA - "Paper Planes" vs. Wale - "Lookin' At Me"
- Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
- Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
- Motörhead - "Ace Of Spades" vs. Noisia - "Groundhog" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- NASA - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip" vs. Isaac Hayes - "Theme From Shaft"
- Noisia - "Groundhog" Beat Juggle (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
- Paul van Dyk - "Nothing But You" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"
- Public Enemy - "Shut 'Em Down" vs. Beck - "Where It's At"
- Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" vs. Justice - "Genesis" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
- Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Q-Tip - "Good Thang" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
- Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Beastie Boys - "Brass Monkey" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
- Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Daft Punk - "DA Funk"
- Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. Kid Sister - "Control"
- Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"
- Shlomo - "Beats" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"
- Street Sweeper Social Club - "Fight! Smash! Win!" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. MOs Def)"
- Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President" (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
- Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
- The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)" vs. LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells" (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
- The Scratch Perverts Beats and Pieces (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
- The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
- Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
- Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"
- Wale - "Lookin' At Me" vs. Black Eyed Peas ft. Tippa
- Irie - "Hey Mama"
- Weezer - "Beverly Hills" vs. Evidence, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, Rakaa & 88 Keys - "Fresh Rhymes And Videotape" (DJ-Guitar mix)
- Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" (DJ-Guitar mix)
The DJ Hero Renegade Edition for Wii Includes
- DJ Hero game for Wii.
- The Renegade edition turntable controller featuring premium metal controls and finish.
- Hardshell turntable carrying case that converts to performance-ready DJ stand.
- Exclusive Jay-Z and Eminem 2-CD pack featuring unreleased tracks and collectible case designed by artist Shepard Fairey.
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