| Oh those funky music games. They seem to be | | | | homebrew gamers, with world wide leaderboards |
| all the rage on all of the major game systems | | | | and huge challenges set up to see if you can beat |
| today. Guitar Hero and RockBand are some of | | | | the best players. |
| the best selling games. Not just because they | | | | The song is filled with some amazing and |
| have some amazing tunes you can listen to, but | | | | Unconventional music tracks like "Eye of the |
| also because they give you the very real feeling | | | | Tiger" and the Inspector Gadget theme, that |
| of actually being in a band, playing your favorite | | | | really sets it apart from the other (mainstream) |
| instrument of choice and jamming to some of the | | | | music game, namely Guitar Hero for the NDS. |
| best tunes out there. | | | | Not to mention that the other thing it has going |
| So popular are these games that even both the | | | | for it in a very big way is the fact that the game |
| Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS have their own | | | | is free... Providing that you have the right R4 DS |
| version of Guitar Hero and / or RockBand | | | | or other homebrew enabled hardware to |
| available for your musical pleasure. But what | | | | download and play the game. |
| people don't know is that there have been | | | | The touchscreen controls are really nice in Video |
| freeware versions of these types of games | | | | Games Hero. Making your ability to hit the right |
| available for a long time. | | | | note truly up to your skill and timing. It's mixed |
| If you own and R4 DS Card for the Nintendo DS | | | | in perfectly to enable you to either use your |
| or DSi console, you can actually have a choice of | | | | fingers or the DS Stylus to play. And what's |
| several music games, absolutely free to use and | | | | really neat is your ability to create and add your |
| play. One of my very favorite ones, though | | | | own music and songs to the game. Giving |
| there are several, is a game called Video Games | | | | yourself a virtually limitless library of songs to |
| Hero. Based on a Guitar Hero style interface, | | | | add. And there's a large community of players |
| the game uses the touch screen of the NDS and | | | | who love this game that have released a good |
| your fingers or stylus to hit the right notes, at | | | | number of songs already. |
| just the right time, and move further and further | | | | If you are at all curious about Homebrew gaming, |
| along in the game. | | | | and the really amazing, and often commercial |
| You will need an R4 DS Card in order play Video | | | | quality free games you can get for your NDS |
| Games Hero - because it is a homebrew / free | | | | then I strongly urge you to consider an R4 DS |
| game that you can download at no cost from the | | | | Card. You're going to find a whole lot more to |
| Internet. Just how good is this game? So good | | | | play on your NDS, all just a click and a download |
| that it has a world wide following amongst | | | | away. |