Encore! A Guitar Hero timeline (part 1)

With the Guitar Hero series set to live again, Shacknews is going to take a look back at the series over the last ten years, from its meteoric rise to its calamitous fall with this three-part timeline series. Today, we look back at the origins of Guitar Hero and look at what RedOctane and Harmonix built before Activision picked the series up and ran with it.

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (May 18, 2007 prototype

Guitar Hero (series), WikiHero

Encore! A Guitar Hero timeline (part 2)

Encore Classes by King School - Issuu

Evolution Of Guitar Hero Games

Fathom Events - Fathom Events & Rush are giving away a Geddy Lee

Encore song, WikiHero

The Oral History of 'Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero III #4 - Pat Benatar - Hit Me with Your Best Shot