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Roll your own Guitar Hero III demo, papers not included
7:21 AM on 10.19.2007, Nex 34 comments

Roll your own Guitar Hero III demo, papers not included photo
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According to Berserk Goose, a moderator on Xbox Live The Guide Forum, downloading and creating your own playable Guitar Hero III demo is as easy as following a short list of instructions (which you can find past the jump). Assuming you have the ability to download files, use a PC to sort through them and burn them to a DVD, you shouldn't have any problem getting a sneak peek at GHIII far earlier than Activision would have liked.

It took me about 20 minutes to complete the instructions, the bulk of which was spent downloading the file, and I can confirm that the method used works for me. A few people seem to be having issues, but if you follow the instructions to the letter, you should be fine.

Normally this is the point at which I would make a joke about Owen Wilson's drug habit or his avian beak of a nose, but honestly I'm too giddy to want to push him even closer to hari-kari seppuku than I already have this morning.

Enjoy! 

To quote the Goose:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5OX44D2U

Burn to a CD or DVD

You have to get the "Content" folder and put that (with everything in it) onto the DVD/CD, the demo will be where the other demos on your 360 normally are (game blade, demos and more).

5 songs on the demo

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar

Lay Down
Priestess

Even Flow
Pearl Jam

Rock You Like A Hurricane
Scorpions

The Metal
Tenacious D 


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MrJunko at 10/19/2007 08:03
As much as I like Even Flow, I would have much preferred "Do the Evolution" that song is so much sicker than Even Flow. But as a whole, the "ten" album was Pearl Jams best.
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Professor Pew at 10/19/2007 08:04
It's also on the torrents if megaupload is being a bitch.

Also: burn it to CD! It works too :)
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Sucky Gamer at 10/19/2007 08:14
CD didn't work for me, but DVD worked just fine. It's.... Guitar Hero. Nothing really too different - mostly just small tweaks that and new songs.

A couple things I like about this over GH2 is that the fretboard has more "muted" colours which helps the notes stand out a little better, and the fretboard doesn't shake when you kick in star power - it's a completely smooth transition. Star power seems to be a lot more readily available as well. I'm REALLY on the fence about picking this up, having already decided to get Rock Band...
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Holyetheline at 10/19/2007 08:28
that's awesome. I'll have to try it when I get off work tonight.
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Cheeburga at 10/19/2007 08:52
Been doing it for 2 days now. :D
It's pretty kick ass.
But the new singer has the biggest mouth i've ever seen.

The new hammer on and pull off system is a lot more forgiving, and players should be able to do a lot better on expert.
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Kryptinite at 10/19/2007 08:58
Man this is insane.
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Banj at 10/19/2007 09:19
hara kiri?
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ZerotypeX at 10/19/2007 09:44
Worked for me and demo is amazing. Too bad there is time limit i think. All I know is I failed a song and then the demo ended :(
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Venomex at 10/19/2007 09:46
i hope this isn't one of those "play early and get banned till the year 10000" kinda deals
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BFeld13 at 10/19/2007 10:20
I did it. It works
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king3vbo at 10/19/2007 10:22
I am totally gonna try this tonite after work
Sucky Gamer's Avatar
Sucky Gamer at 10/19/2007 10:28
@ Venomex

I've thought about it, and I can't see why they would decide to ban people in this situation. There's no modding at all and you don't have to go through some weird profile sharing glitch like with the COD4 beta. All you do is plop a CD/DVD in your drive and play. There doesn't appear to be any TOS that would be violated with this.
Banj's Avatar
Banj at 10/19/2007 10:45
ha ha ha, sorry Nex. I was only playing brother.
J03yyz's Avatar
J03yyz at 10/19/2007 11:03
it definately works if you burn it to CD
Frozenjoker's Avatar
Frozenjoker at 10/19/2007 11:31
Granted its only medium, but: ^^

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Necros at 10/19/2007 12:14
Jeez, lots of Owen Wilson hate today.
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Knives at 10/19/2007 12:18
I will try it after work, hopefully it wont be taken down or something before i get it.
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13thDragon at 10/19/2007 12:35
Or, you could just go to a store and buy the latest issue of OXM. I've had it for like three days now. You know, whatever works for you I guess.
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Samit Sarkar at 10/19/2007 12:44
I was sad that this was only an Xbox 360 "hack", but then I realized that it's impossible for them to put out any sort of PS3 demos because you can't plug the PS2 guitar controller into the PS3. It'll be out in what, like less than 10 days, right?
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monosylabik at 10/19/2007 13:11
i dont get the hate on owen wilson...did he sex up your mom last night or what?
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nanowerx at 10/19/2007 13:32
Medium? People still play that? Too slow to even be fun.

4/5 of the news songs are great....Hit Me With Your Best Shot sucks. Its not a good song, not fun to listen to, and even more dull to play. If I didn't already know 90% of the final playlist is awesome, I would be worried with this as the first song on the demo.
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J03yyz at 10/19/2007 13:42
hit me with your best shot is great
the song that sucks is the metal
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MYL0R at 10/19/2007 14:37
So, my school has a filter, and it blocks personal upload storage sites. Therefore, I can not download this.

Is there ANYONE who would want to do me the favor of sending me this over aim or msn? I would greatly appreciate it.
MYL0R's Avatar
MYL0R at 10/19/2007 19:00
ok, i downloaded the iso and i can't get it to work. any help?
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TheDirtyHobo at 10/19/2007 23:22
@Mylor

What part of it isn't working? Need more info than that to diagnose the problem.

However, I can say what I did... Download the gh3.iso file, burn it onto the disc, put the disc in your Xbox, and than go into the Demos section (where your normally downloaded demos would be) and it should show up in there.

Anyone else that's done this so far notice how horribly slow the demo loads (about 2 minutes on the first screen, about 30 seconds for each song) or is that just a problem involving my xbox and/or disc?
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whatsyonamekiiid at 10/20/2007 12:18
is there another site to download from because my little brother closed the download window so i have to wait 6 hours before i can download again
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ebgames56pp at 01/04/2008 09:59
do u have to have a modded xbox 360 to do this??

ebgames56pp@yahoo.ca email me plzz
ebgames56pp's Avatar
ebgames56pp at 01/04/2008 10:04
can u make ur own custom songs i want to only i have demo
ebgames56pp's Avatar
ebgames56pp at 01/04/2008 11:56
do u have to have a modded xbox 360 to do this??

ebgames56pp@yahoo.ca email me plzz
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canix at 11/04/2008 07:07
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