Play It, Sam

A list of officially licensed games based on musicians/bands. If you know of any others, please sing them out in the comments!

Games not on IGDB:
Beatle Quest (C64/Spectrum, 1985)
Glay Complete Works (PS1, 1999)
Space MOSA: Southern All Stars Space Museum of Southern Art (PS1, 1999)
Perfect Performer: The Yellow Monkey (PS1, 1999)
The Yellow Monkey: Trancemission VJ Remix (PS1, 2000)
Slayer: Pinball Rocks (iOS, 2010)
KISS: Rock City (Android/iOS, 2017)

You know what, I'm looking at all those Mini-Moni games and I'm thinking it's weird that there's no Twins game. There's like 100 Twins movies.

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Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Metallica

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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Zombie level doesn't use Thriller. Come on man

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Quest for Fame
Quest for Fame

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50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

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50 Cent: Bulletproof
50 Cent: Bulletproof

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ABBA: You Can Dance
ABBA: You Can Dance

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AC/DC Live: Rock Band - Track Pack
AC/DC Live: Rock Band - Track Pack
Not really its own thing like the other two Rock Band entries - it really is just the songs, no likenesses or anything on top - but it was a separate release, you could buy the disc for this in a shop, I did buy the disc for this in a shop, and I finished the whole thing in one sitting, so there

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Blues Brothers 2000
Blues Brothers 2000

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Britney's Dance Beat
Britney's Dance Beat

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BTS Island: In the Seom
BTS Island: In the Seom

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BTS Universe Story
BTS Universe Story

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BTS World
BTS World

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Crüe Ball
Crüe Ball

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Damage Inc.: Metallica
Contributed by Vee

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Devo Presents: Adventures of the Smart Patrol
Devo Presents: Adventures of the Smart Patrol
Not actually based on Devo but it has their branding and they co-wrote the story/contributed to the soundtrack, so sue me.

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Ed Hunter
Ed Hunter

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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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Gekitotsu Toma L'Arc: Tomarunner Vs L'Arc En Ciel
Gekitotsu Toma L'Arc: Tomarunner Vs L'Arc En Ciel

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Get fit with Mel B
Get fit with Mel B
Okay maybe this one is pushing it.

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Green Day: Rock Band
Green Day: Rock Band

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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

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Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Guitar Hero: Van Halen

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Hail to the King: Deathbat
Hail to the King: Deathbat
Apparently this is Avenged Sevenfold's mascot. Gotta punch up that name, fellas!

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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva
The games featuring the malefic Miku number in the millions, consider this entry for all of them

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In Bred With Rednex
In Bred With Rednex

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INXS: Make My Video
INXS: Make My Video

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Journey
Journey

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Journey Escape
Journey Escape

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Kid A Mnesia Exhibition
Kid A Mnesia Exhibition

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Kiss Pinball
Kiss Pinball

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Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child
Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child

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Kris Kross: Make My Video
Kris Kross: Make My Video

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LP Recharge
LP Recharge

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Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video

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Michael Jackson in Scramble Training
Michael Jackson in Scramble Training

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Michael Jackson: The Experience
Michael Jackson: The Experience

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Mini-Moni. Dice de Pyon!
Mini-Moni. Dice de Pyon!

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Mini Moni Eigo de Asobu n da pyon!

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MiniMoni: Mika no Happy Morning Chatty

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MiniMoni: Onegaio Hoshisama!

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Mini-Moni. Shaker and Tambourine! Dapyon!
Mini-Moni. Shaker and Tambourine! Dapyon!

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Mini-Moni. Step Pyon Pyon Pyon
Mini-Moni. Step Pyon Pyon Pyon

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NSYNC: Get to the Show
NSYNC: Get to the Show

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Peter Gabriel: Eve
Peter Gabriel: Eve

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Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory
Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory

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Prince Interactive
Prince Interactive

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Queen: The Eye
Queen: The Eye

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Revolution X
Revolution X

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R: Rock'n Riders
R: Rock'n Riders
Apparently the band was created specifically for this game. Wild!

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Seikima II: Akuma no Gyakushuu!
Seikima II: Akuma no Gyakushuu!
Initial Famicom release had no actual Seikima-II music, MSX2 re-release Seikima-II Special does. Fun rendition of House of Wax!

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SingStar: ABBA
SingStar: ABBA

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SingStar: Queen
SingStar: Queen

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SingStar: Take That
SingStar: Take That

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Spice World
Spice World

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SuperStar BTS
SuperStar BTS

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The Beatles: Rock Band
The Beatles: Rock Band

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The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers

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The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure
The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure

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The Naked Brothers Band
The Naked Brothers Band

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The Thompson Twins Adventure

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TM Network: Live in Power Bowl
TM Network: Live in Power Bowl
Absolutely raging that there's no 8-bit rendition of Get Wild in this

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Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style

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X Japan - Virtual Shock 001
X Japan - Virtual Shock 001

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Xplora 1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World
Xplora 1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World

3 Comments


1 year ago

There was a cancelled car combat game that was supposed to involve Metallica called "Damage Inc." Yes, I'm the only person who's going to know that offhand.

1 year ago

We could have had a Fuel level...........

1 year ago

Aerosmith were very committed to the idea of interactive entertainment being the future of music, with Revolution X, Quest for Fame, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the "Aerosmith World" 3D chatroom, the interactive music game on their Nine Lives CD, and their heavy involvement in the Xbox Dead or Alive games.


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