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Xbox 360 The Beatles: Rock Band - Software Only | 
| From: MTV Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Seller: 1Busyman's Inc.
Rating:  344 reviews
Sales Rank: 307
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: musical_instrument_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Software Only
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 19364
Model: 19364
UPC: 014633193640
EAN: 0014633193640
ASIN: B001TOQ8JS
Publication Date: August 31, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | A variety of gameplay environments pulled from the Beatles career, including Cavern Club, Abbey Road and Shea Stadium. | | • | "The Beatles: Rock Band" software for Xbox 360. | | • | A song list of more than 40 Beatles hits, as well as additional DLC to follow via Xbox LIVE. | | • | The first music game to offer harmonies as part of gameplay, challenging players to recreate The Beatlesâ vocal blend. | | • | Works with all Rock Band and most Guitar Hero controllers and microphones. |
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Product Description
Experience The Beatles music and legacy like never before, utilizing the core Rock Band game play. "The Beatles: Rock Band" in an unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles. The game will allow
Amazon.com Product Description
The world's leading music game meets the greatest band in history. The Beatles: Rock Band gives fans what they've been waiting for: a chance to experience the Beatles' legendary story from the inside. In The Beatles: Rock Band you won't just watch and listen as The Beatles make rock history, create landmark records and conquer the world-for the first time, you'll be part of the band. The Beatles software is compatible with Rock Band, Guitar Hero and most other instrument controllers, as well as third party microphones including SingStar and Lips. 
Play across all band eras.
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A variety of play venues.
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Master classic Beatles harmonies.
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Standard Rock Band controller set.
View larger. | The Game
Join John, Paul, George and Ringo on-stage at legendary shows, behind closed doors in the recording studio, and in dreamscapes that bring the psychedelic imagery of the latter stage of their career to life. The acclaimed Rock Band elements of interactive play and full-band capacity are here as well, but with brand-new additions. One of these is full three-part harmonies, which challenge you to recreate The Beatles’ vocal blend — a first for any music game and facilitated by the game's support for up to three microphone controllers. In addition, the game supports custom-built controllers modeled after the actual instruments that the Fab Four played, and eventually helped to make iconic, audio straight from the masters and graphics that take you on a magical tour through the key moments in The Beatles history. Produced with the full cooperation of The Beatles and Apple Corps, the game is packed with hidden fab extras that will push you and up to five of your friends to master the songs both online and offline in order to hear rare audio and view unseen photos from the archives. The Song List
The Beatles were one of the most prolific bands of all time, churning out memorable hit after hit and this is reflected in the song list of The Beatles: Rock Band. From "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to "Get Back," every song in The Beatles: Rock Band comes directly from the Abbey Road master tapes. More than 40 songs are included with the game, spanning the length of The Beatles’ career, with more to follow via download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The full list of hits supplied with the game disc include: - I Saw Her Standing There
- Boys
- Do You Want To Know A Secret
- Twist And Shout
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- A Hard Day’s Night
- Can’t Buy Me Love
- I Feel Fine
- Eight Days A Week
- Ticket To Ride
- Day Tripper
- Drive My Car
- I’m Looking Through You
- If I Needed Someone
- Paperback Writer
- Taxman
- Yellow Submarine
- And Your Bird Can Sing
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Getting Better
| - Good Morning Good Morning
- I Am The Walrus
- Hello Goodbye
- Revolution
- Back In The USSR
- Dear Prudence
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Birthday
- Helter Skelter
- Hey Bulldog
- Don’t Let Me Down
- Come Together
- Something
- Octopus’s Garden
- I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
- Here Comes The Sun
- Dig A Pony
- I Me Mine
- I’ve Got A Feeling
- Get Back
- Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows
- The End
| The Instruments
Although The Beatles: Rock Band supports instruments from previous Rock Band and Guitar Hero releases on the same gaming platform, it also is tailor-made for play using The Beatles: Rock Band exclusive line of instrument controllers (sold separately). Each member of The Beatles had a signature instrument(s) that became synonymous with them. Controllers available are precise replicas of those instruments and include: - John Lennon’s - Rickenbacker 325 guitar
- Sir Paul McCartney’s trademark - Höfner bass
- George Harrison’s - Gretsch Duo Jet guitar
- Ringo Starr’s - Drums with classic black oyster pearl finish and Ludwig-branded Beatles kick drum head
The Gameplay Venues
Having made music together in various capacities and combinations for more than ten years, The Beatles career is inextricably linked with a variety of venues. Follow The Beatles from their earliest days in locales in Liverpool and Hamburg, to their triumphant Ed Sullivan Show appearance and beyond. In addition, join them in the studio at Abbey Road and experience dreamscapes that put you inside the psychedelic era. Just a few of the famous venues players can expect to see in the game are: Cavern Club, The Ed Sullivan Theater, Shea Stadium, Budokan, Abbey Road, Rooftop, And many more. |
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Beatles Rockband September 3, 2010
Gary Blanch (Minnesota)
If you like the music, the game is more fun. I like the Beatles music and find it fun to play the game with.
 Great Collection but Missing some Favorites August 31, 2010
R. Mcmillen (Plano, TX United States)
Lots of great songs but missing favorites like "Hey Jude". I bought it because the lyrics are much more PG than the ones we got with the original CD included with the guitar/drums.
Beautiful fun game August 30, 2010
E. Ward (Kansas)
I usually don't gush over a game's graphics, but the styling and graphic design of this game is out standing. You know what you're gonna get in terms of games, but I found this one to be the most fluid, easy to navigate and play Rock Band. Instead of having to repeat each song a ton of times in the other rock bands, you basically play through the career of the beetles. Make sure to watch the cut scenes. They're beautiful!
Still an Excellent Game August 30, 2010
Dan (Atlanta, GA)
I got the stand-alone version of this game the day that it came out. In fact, I actually pre-ordered and went to the a midnight opening of a store to buy it. I had always that it would have been cool to own the premium edition but could never justify the steep price. Well, today, when I was playing my old drum set broke so I went to the store to replace and to my surprise I saw the premium edition of this for $[...], considering it was only about $[...] more than a new drum set would have cost me, I jumped all over it (that is, I bought it).
Anyway, I realize that this review is coming a year late, but when I was playing it tonight I realized that I never wrote a review for the game and I have some thoughts about it.
Music - This is The Beatles Rock Band, that being said, I was really glad that they didn't go the route of the Guitar Hero franchise (ie GH:Metallica, GH:Van Halen) and stick on a bunch of bands that I didn't care about on the disc. I wanted The Beatles and that is what was delivered. The variety of songs is very well spread throughout their career and many of my favorites were included. My opinion on this doesn't really matter, however, considering tastes are subjective. You can look at the list and see for yourself if you are happy with the selections or not. The one thing that I would like to note, however, is that it is obvious that George Harrison's son had a lot to do with this. I say this because, nearly every George Harrison song is here. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing because George really had some great songs, but I think in some cases a better song could have been included from certain albums (I'm looking at you "Within Without You"). People have complained about the fact that you can't export the songs from The Beatles Rock Band to play in other Rock Band games, but honestly this doesn't bother me at all. When I play Beatles Rock Band, I like just playing The Beatles. If I want to play something else, I just switch the games, no big deal. I really don't see what is so hard about this and why others just skipped this game because of that.
DLC - This is also rather subjective but three of my favorite albums (Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road) as well as "All You Need is Love" were all released as additional content that can be ordered to beef up the playlist. I have to admit, however, that this is one of the areas that frustrated me most about the game...I really wish that they could have included more dlc; I know that I, as well as many others, would have bought it. What was really irritating about this is how Harmonix has been tight lipped about rather or not there will ever be any more dlc. I have given up on it, but it would really be nice if they could use the keyboard peripheral that is coming with RB3 and add some of the piano heavy songs (specifically Hey Jude).
Gameplay - If you have played any other Rock Band\Guitar Hero game you get the idea. If not, you are basically pretending to play instruments. The sweet addition to the Beatles Rockband was the ability to have up to three mics to sing harmonies. This feature seems to work rather well, though I have only ever done this with two mics. Another thing to note is that The Beatles Rockband seems to be somewhat easier than some of the other plastic instrument games. Generally I can only successfully play medium guitar on most of the games, but with this game I can play hard guitar on most songs with very little trouble. Also, I generally do miserable on vocals, but on this game I can also play on hard with very little trouble. Of course, I am a huge Beatles fan and know every song by heart so this may play into that. I can't comment on drums, however, because I am just as terrible here as I am on other version of these type games.
Graphics\Interface - All I can say is "Wow" on this. There was obviously a lot of love that went into the making of this game. The art overall fits in well with the Beatles style and the movies between the different sets of music while playing the main story were really done well. It is really cool to watch the transition from one period in the life of the Beatles to the next. Also every once in awhile, usually when singing only, I can watch the animations while playing and the different dreamscapes fit perfectly with every song. There was also plenty of unlockable video\audio that added to the game.
Packaging - This really only pertains to the Premium edition of the game, but as I said earlier, the price is coming down so it is really worth looking into now. This includes a mic stand which is nice since with this game, I have no issue with playing guitar and singing at the same time. The included Hofner Bass is also really, really beautiful and looks exactly like the one made famous by Paul. What I have noticed while playing with it, is that neck is a little longer than the guitars that I have used in the past so it is taking me a little time to get used to it, but for some reason it seems to feel a lot more comfortable while playing bass as opposed to playing guitar. I haven't assembled the drum set yet, so I can't comment on it, but it is wireless so that should be nice.
Overall I would say this was a very nice purchase. Since it is over a year old the prices have plummeted. I have seen the core game now for as little as $[...], it is definitely worth that even if you not as big a Beatles fan as myself. If you don't have any instruments yet or you need to add one or two to you collection, I would recommend looking around for the premium edition since the price has come down considerably from the original $[...] price tag. I thought that the original price was insane and I would say as nice as the set is it wasn't worth that. If, however, you can find it for $119, like myself, this is not a bad price considering that to get these peripherals individually would cost you at least $[...]
Great for the whole Family August 30, 2010
Robert Skold
I bought this game a while back and we're still having lots of fun with it. The entire family has had a blast with it. No one is too young or old to play. I think it's brought out family closer together with some clean wholesome fun ... pure entertainment.
We also own Rockband and Rockband 2, but many of the songs are not what I'd consider "family orientated" ... this is, and for me, that makes all the difference.
If I could rate the game higher, I would.
A lot of folks complained that the game wasn't challenging enough. Well thats a matter of opinion. If you want more of a challenge, try singing and playing guitar at the same time!
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