That’s pretty cool. How do the gameplay mechanics work, just push the buttons instead of the frets?

That’s actually a Rock Band controller, not a Guitar Hero controller.

Posted at 1:37 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by fenwick

“New Sensation” by INXS?

Posted at 3:24 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by MikeinBallard

When the newest hit in your town in “Banjo Hero”, than your a redneck

Posted at 4:34 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by roshamboe

I imagine that, without reading anything other then the above description, the buttons are for the finger picking style that you use for playing a banjo. Aside from lead guitar or certain rythms, you typically strum a guitar. For a banjo, you pluck the strings individually, barring certain styles.

Posted at 6:22 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by mike

Its actually going to be showcased at a gaming convention we have coming up on April 25th, so I’m assuming there will be videos up then.

Posted at 6:37 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by Echo

duh-da-dung-da-dung-dung-dada-duuuung………….

duh-da-dung-da-dung-dung-dada-duuuung………….

On a cold winter morning in a time before the light
In flames of death’s eternal reign we ride towards the fight
When the darkness has fallen down and the times are tough alright
The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight

Fighting hard fighting on for the steel through the wastelands evermore
The scattered souls will feel the hell bodies wasted on the shores
On the blackest plains in hell’s domain we watch them as they go
In fire and pain now once again we knoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeewwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (etc)

Posted at 6:58 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by hum4n

you know, dueling banjos meets dragon force.

Posted at 6:59 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by hum4n

cmon, laugh.

Posted at 6:59 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by hum4n

That’s a Rock Band controller…

Posted at 7:08 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by Harrison

“hog bitch stomp” from buckethead.
Then i’ll be amazed.

Posted at 7:31 pm on Mar 26th, 2009 by Andrew

Mike had it right:

I know a few people that worked on this.

To videos:
http://www.it.rit.edu/~dis/alternativecontrollers.html

Posted at 5:53 am on Mar 27th, 2009 by Zach

I was actually talking to my friends about creating a banjo hero. They didn’t take it seriously. I really want one. Banjos rock!

Posted at 7:39 am on Mar 27th, 2009 by Timothy

“constructed from an old banjo”

It’s actually made from a tambourine, not a banjo.

Posted at 10:13 am on Mar 27th, 2009 by Brian

rednecks of the world, rejoyce.

Posted at 1:26 pm on Mar 27th, 2009 by Lee

im holding out for kazoo hero.

Posted at 2:11 pm on Mar 27th, 2009 by thetwiz

Clarinet Hero anyone?

Come on, you know you want it…

Piano King would be cool…albeit all you’d have to do is mash one of six buttons in the right order.

Posted at 4:26 pm on Mar 27th, 2009 by andar_b

because this controller has both fret keys and string keys, it’s kinda like playing 2 normal guitar hero parts at once. They need to get some gameplay videos up there, it makes more sense when you see it.

Posted at 2:38 pm on Mar 28th, 2009 by drew

Posted at 7:41 am on Mar 29th, 2009 by mfe9164

@hum4n: LOL. It was funny.

@all the redneck jokes: umm, you guys need to broaden your horizons. Most rednecks like AC/DC, Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi, and Skynnrd, not Bluegrass/Newgrass. I live in the Bluegrass state and that’s a fact. I can’t find a handful of people around here who like Bluegrass but I can’t throw a rock without hitting a redneck.

Posted at 12:31 pm on Mar 29th, 2009 by ehrichweiss

priceless

Posted at 7:16 am on Jun 1st, 2009 by subtlenserious

Awesome

Posted at 8:46 am on Jun 12th, 2009 by David