I always wanted to play Guitar Hero but I never could because I had no console. So I found an alternative! I actually bought the console and I own Guitar Hero 2 but that aside, I think it's fair to share some hints and tips on how to make it work on a PC that doesn't need to be powerful at all!

First of all, there's this game, a Guitar Hero clone for a pc, it's free, open source, and doesn't look bad at all. It's called Frets on Fire and it comes with a couple of excellent songs to play with for a start. How do you play Guitar Hero with a keyboard?! It's actually pretty awesome. You either need a longer cable or a wireless keyboard, so anyway, you just take it in your hand like a guitar and put your first set of fingers on keys from F1 to F5 and the strum finger of the opposite arm on the Enter button. Obviously this won't work with laptops. The best way for me to explain is to simply show a picture.

It plays really well and it's all free! But let's get to more advanced stuff. Keyboard is fun but guitar is even more fun. For 60 bucks, you can buy the X-Plorer Guitar which is actually for 360's Guitar Hero 2 but the good thing here is that the guitar is easily attached to a Windows computer via USB and the guitar is recognized as a normal controller. You enter the game, setup the keys and you're ready for some Guitar Hero fun on a PC.

Yes, the bad thing about Frets on Fire is that it comes with only a couple of songs but the good news is that there are hundreds(!) more songs online (if you search well) even from GH1, GH2, GH2 80's made for Frets on Fire since it has a built in song editor. God bless the PC community. If you have a friend who owns copies of GH's, you can extract the songs from there and have them compatible with Frets on Fire with an application. Google it.

Well, I think I'm done. I gave you enough info but if you need more, you can easily search for more. All in all, you get all Guitar Heroes on a PC for 60$. And not even that if you're happy with a keyboard. Enjoy and have fun. Or should I say...rock on! -_-'

ps. This article would be better if GH3 isn't actually coming out for a PC and a Mac.