Fourth in the series, Singstar '80s for PS2 was released in the UK in November 2005 - making me 16 when it first came out. I've written about the first Singstar before, so as you're aware I was already a fan of the game and having Singstar Party and Singstar Popworld as well, it was only natural ... Read review
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Choose your track.- Pick up the mic- Sing the hits that'll give your party that true '80s feeling!Challenge your friends in Party Mode - anyone can play - just split into two teams and start your own '80s revival!Play team games, head-to-head battles, duets and medleys where the best bits of different songs are mixed into one!Each time you sing, you'll be accompanied by the biggest names from the '80s!30 Original '80s Classics and Music Videos.
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Advantages: Great tracks Disadvantages: You are likely to swap it for one of the other Singstar CDs after a while
Fourth in the series, Singstar '80s for PS2 was released in the UK in November 2005 - making me 16 when it first came out. I've written about the first Singstar before, so as you're aware I was already a fan of the game and having Singstar Party and Singstar Popworld as well, it was only natural that I went on to buy this one!
== Why choose the solus edition? ==
I chose the solus edition because having previous Singstar ... ...Users ==
Singstar '80s stores up to 20 player names and photos on your memory card. This means that you can save nearly all of your friends and family on there, and each of you can have your scores written in your name, with your pictures by the side.
These users can also be assigned to teams in multi-player mode.
Once you have reached the 20, any new player added will replace the player who has played ... more
Fourth in the series, Singstar '80s for PS2 was released in the UK in November 2005 - making me 16 when it first came out. I've written about the first Singstar before, so as you're aware I was already a fan of the game and having Singstar Party and Singstar Popworld as well, it was only natural that I went on to buy this one!
Why choose the solus edition?
I chose the solus edition because having previous Singstar games I already had the microphones and necessary adaptors. Also it was a lot cheaper to buy alone.
Track-Listing
The songs, as you have probably already guessed, are all from the 80's, which was good for me because I love 80's cheesey pop, and it also meant that this time round, my relatives were more interested in playing it because they knew the songs too.
Here are the songs in the game:
Alice Cooper - "Poison"
Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is A Place On Earth"
Billy Joel - "Uptown Girl"
Blondie - "Atomic"
Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen"
Dolly Parton - "9 To 5"
Duran Duran - "Rio"
Erasure - "A Little Respect"
Europe - "The Final Countdown"
Fairground Attraction - "Perfect"
Foreigner - "I Want To Know What Love Is"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "The Power Of Love"
Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
Katrina And The Waves - "Walking On Sunshine"
Madness - "Our House"
Madonna - "Material Girl"
Marillion - "Kayleigh"
Nena - "99 Red Balloons"
Pretenders - "Brass In Pocket"
Run-D.M.C. - "It's Tricky"
Simple Minds - "Don't You Forget About Me"
Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
Starship - "We Built This City"
Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger"
Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Tina Turner - "The Best"
Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby"
Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Remembering Users
Singstar '80s stores up to 20 player names and photos on your memory card. This means that you can save nearly all of your friends and family on there, and each of you can have your scores written in your name, with your pictures by the side.
These users can also be assigned to teams in multi-player mode.
Once you have reached the 20, any new player added will replace the player who has played the game least recently. If you prefer to manually delete players, you are also able to do that.
Song Selection
You have the songs on the disk laid out in the same manner that iTunes lay out your album artwork. To pick the song you want, you use the directional buttons and then press "X". You can then decide whether you want to do the normal length song, or a shorter version.
CD Changing
You can change the disk for another other Singstar game whilst in song select mode. This is a great new feature, as it means you have access to many more tracks, preventing you from getting bored of the ones on the disk.
Single Player Mode
As far as changes from the original Singstar game go, there is nothing really substantial that has changed about the format of the game other than rapping. For those of you who haven't played Singstar in any form before, I shall explain the game screen and the aim of the game.
Obviously the aim of the game is to hit as many of the notes correctly as you can, in order to get a high-score, which then translates to you being a Singstar.
The game screen has a "playhead" at the top - which tells you how much of the song you have played, and how much longer it has to run. You then have your score bar in the top left hand corner in blue. The points you have already earned are in light grey, and a green bar to the side shows how well you are performing in real-time.
You then have a performance bar on the centre of the screen, which is placed over either the music video that accompanies the song you are playing, or if you have your eye-toy plugged in to your Playstation 2, over the image being fed-back through there. The performance bar is grey, and fills with blue to indicate when you hit the correct pitches and tones of notes. When you finish a line, a green speech bubble comes up giving you your line ranking.
Golden notes are usually longer, meaning you get more points for the longer you can hold on to them. The lyrics themselves are placed on the bottom of the screen, and they turn blue as you are meant to sing them.
As for rapping, the same sort of thing applies, only the performance bar is replaced by a rap meter.
There are also medleys now, whereas it used to be just whole songs. A nice idea, but a bit annoying when you're just getting in to one of the songs!
Multi-Player Mode
In Singstar, this mode is called Party mode. Again this is fairly similar to the multi-player mode on the other Singstar games.
The game types are:
Duet - two players sing together to get a combined score
Pass the mic - the songs are chosen for you and the two teams battle to get the most points - rounds are battle, medley, first to the post, duet, keep it up, micro-medley and pass the mic
Battle - when two players take on each other to get the best score
Sing-song - a new '80s television tennis inspired video game add-on, where you and another play ping-pong using the tone and pitch of your voice to move your players.
Freestyle
If you just want to sing along to the songs without the pressure of points, this is the mode for you. This is much more like traditional karaoke, where you just read the lyrics from the screen.
Options
You are able to change the screen positioning, playback, eye toy usb camera settings, and load and save settings. These are all fairly self-explanatory.
Charts
You can see where you are in terms of high-scores by looking at the charts menu.
Conclusion
This game is a great add-on to the original, and performs well as a stand-alone. I recommend it to young girls who enjoy singing, and to young adults of both genders for some alcohol fuelled merriment!
Advantages: Easier to sing than the other Singstar editions Disadvantages: Less varied music
...into and release in the Singstar series. And they started with this one.
Singstar is basically home karaoke. You need two USB microphones which plug into the USB out of the playstation. The other USB port can be used for an Eye Toy so you can take pictures of yourself and your poor friends to put on your 'artiste' profiles. Watching the original music video, which since this is from the very early childhood of MTV and before is very amusing in itself, ... ...If this is your first Singstar buy and you aren't between 29 and 33 years of age, this might not appeal to you and you'd be better off with one of the more varied earlier editions. Because the tracks are picked to appleal to as broad an audience as possible, there is no hard rock. I miss Guns'n'Roses! They did some stuff as the 80s were drawing their last breaths. More inexplicably however there's no Michael Jackson. How you can have an 80s compilation ...
scotrail 11.11.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of SingStar 80s (PS2)
Advantages: Fun group game Disadvantages: Cheating is still possible.
I must admit I'm becoming a bit addicted to singing games and even though it was not really my era I do love going retro every now and again and this game has a great number of hits from the eighties that pretty much everyone will have heard of.
For those new to this format of game the objective is to sing along and match the tone and length of the notes being sung, the closer the match the higher the score you achieve. Within the game there is ... ...my preferred option as it involved getting a few friends over, opening the odd bottle or six of wine and having a fun time. Within party mode there are a few options such as Pass the Mic and also battle mode where two people go up against each other singing the same song, the only disappointing version in this is a sort of retro tennis game a bit like pong where you voice moves the paddle but I found this uninspiring and a bit boring.
It should ...
fuzzybear967 02.02.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of SingStar 80s (PS2)
Advantages: really good fun, great for a party Disadvantages: none
...you need to buy a Singstar game, which includes two microphones. The pack will included two microphones, a little black box with a little USB lead on it, and the game its about £30-40. You can purchase additional games without the microphones for £15-20. The microphones are a really good quality - mine have been swung around (drunkenly) loads and still work perfectly. Set it up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It really easy ... ...Different features in Singstar 80's
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They is a pong type game - where you control the paddles by the pitch of your voice - its quite fun for a few mins. Its not as good as the career mode as in the original Singstar Run DMC's It's Tricky and Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby use the Singstar rap meter - its quite difficult - but I can't rap and I am not a big fan of either of the tracks. Singstar v's ...
claireyrosey 08.08.2006
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Advantages: Great for parties, I'm getting better! Disadvantages: Might upset the neighbours!
I bought this game game (with the microphones) at Christmas last year and played it with my future Mother In Law (!) after a bottle of wine. Have since played it lots on my own (not as fun) and took it to my parents' house this Christmas. The microphones come with a USB adapter that you plug into the front of your PS2 and you navigate using the usual PS2 controller.
The game has several game modes; Solo where you can sing on your own or part of ... ...can sing together and try to rack up as many points as you can, you can compete against each other to see who gets the most points. There is also a Pass-The-Mic mode where there are 5 different types of game, you have to try and stay in the game.
The game works just like karaoke where the words are along the bottom of the screen and a bar shows you the notes you need to hit. You get bonuses for getting the whole line and "golden notes" which are ...
miss_diva 04.01.2007
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Advantages: Excellent for parties Disadvantages: Can just hum the tune and get top score
...thsif or the adults and Singstar Popworld for the kids. It was a great success. The songs are excellent and show the videos behind aswell. It is alot more easier to use than a karaoke machine as it does not take up as much room. Their is alos a very good selection of songs from fast paced to slow. The game modes are very good they range from party, duet, duel and free sing. It gives you scores after each song to see which microphone did the best ... ...at the end of the song you can play back what you have just sang and even change your voice into baby sounds or robot noises which is a great laugh.
The only downfall is that instead of actually singing the words you can hum them and still get a top score. But i must say this spoils the fun and is a waste of time because people won't think your trying anyway.
Overall i would say that this is a great party filler as it gets everyone having a laugh ...
riggsy07 17.01.2006
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About the Product
SingStar is a game for Play Station 2 (PS2). In a nutshell its a selection of songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s which any number of players from 2 up can enjoy trying to sing, and by actually singing in tune, according to the computer which scans the microphones for right notes, you get points.
The system comes complete with 2 microphones for £29.99, make sure you check this when you make your purchase as PS2 also sell the package without microphones for £14.99
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