Karaoke Revolution Headset Bundle

by Konami

Product Features

• Show off your pop star skills with a huge catalog of hit songs you & friends can sing
• When players sing, they will judged based on their pitch and rhythm -- a dynamic crowd will react appropriately
• Hit a note perfectly and the crowd will cheer - hit a sour note & you'll be booed off-stage
• Includes Headset Microphone for easier singing and more fun!

Product Details

• ASIN: B0000AI1KN
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,332 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #32 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Turn your PlayStation 2 into a high-end, interactive karaoke machine with Karaoke Revolution, the latest in Konami's award-winning line of music video games. Featuring an impressive list of tunes from current hits to yesterday's classics, Karaoke Revolution will give gamers of all types something to sing about.

Product Description

In Karaoke Revolution, you'll never have to hit a karaoke bar again. You'll have one at home, in your Playstation 2!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

93 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, November 11, 2003

By 

Genghis Khan (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Karaoke Revolution Headset Bundle (Video Game)

Buy this game if you like singing and you have people around you who also like to sing or make fools of themselves.

Make sure that you like the selection of songs that comes with the game. I thought ~30 songs would be too small but because of the game element where you are trying to perfect a song, I was not bothered by it too much. Plus, I hope that the Expansion disc if they ever put one out will have 50+ songs.

Anyway, the first day I bought the game, my wife and I compete with me singing Celebration and her singing Don't Know Why by Norah Jones and she ended up kicking my butt. It was probably the most fun both of us had together with the PS2. Can't wait to have people over and have a contest.

Word of caution: the Logitech headset that comes with the game is either too small or not as good as the Sony one. It fit my wife (whose head is pretty small) well, but since I have a bigger head, it was kind of hard to get it to fit right. I ended up having to hold the mic portion of the headset close to my mouth in order for the sound to register properly.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good party game!, November 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Karaoke Revolution Headset Bundle (Video Game)

This game is a lot of fun for people (like me) who enjoy karaoke, or making a fool of themself. The funny thing is, I was professionally trained as a singer, and I still had a hard time getting good scores. The trick is to not use a vibratto (you hear it a lot in opera singing, or professional singers), but instead to keep your pitch as pure and even as possible (which can be tricky).

I'm really looking forward to the expansion disks, and hopefully, a more sensitive microphone. The one that comes with the game (and I'd rank it a 4.5 if I could) is not sensitive enough (and I proved it by having the thing pressed against my lips and it still not picking up some pitches, even with the mike sensitivity at maximum). Also, if you're female, with a fairly high voice, the microphone won't always pick up on phrases with low pitches. According to the booklet, if you sing an octave above or below that phrase, you won't be penalized, but it's also very hard to jump octaves when you're comfortable in a certain range.

Overall, I'd rank the game itself with 5 stars. But, because of the microphone, I'd give it a 4.5. The mike I'd rank at 3. It's too small for some people's heads (indeed, my boyfriend tried it on, and he had a hard time getting the mike to fit right), and the mike really isn't all that sensitive, even with the sensitivity boosted.

It's a really fun game, though, especially when you have people over, and they would like to try it out. I enjoy DDR more, but that's because I feel like I'm actually exercising, not just singing and bobbing to music. It's still a difficult game, even for someone who's been trained.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, Even With Disappointments, December 5, 2003

By 

J. Perry "jaya9581" (Woodland Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Karaoke Revolution Headset Bundle (Video Game)

Although I'm not the greatest, I've been singing my entire life, on my own and in organized groups in school and such. Since leaving school, there's been little opportunity for me to sing, other than in my car and in the shower at least! So I was very excited to learn about this game, and picked it up only a few days after it was released.

The first thing I learned is that many of the songs you thought you knew - you don't. The game's versions of the songs, at least the ones I've been through thus far, seem to be very accurate and close to their original verisons. I expected to hear more karaoke-style versions, but was pleasantly surprised with their "real" sound.

I've also read on message boards that people are disappointed in the graphics. I think the graphics are fairly good, especially considering they matter the least anyway. The singers, particularly the girls, move realistically, and their movements seem to echo the tone of the music for the most part. I also like the system of adjusting volumes. In the game, you can press the square, circle, triangle, and x buttons while you are performing to adjust the music volume (background music through your speakers), the microphone volume (your own voice through the speakers), vocals volume (singer's voice through the speakers), and the headset volume (your own voice through the headset). In this way you can really fine-tune what you're hearing, and make a great-sounding performance.

I personally have not had too much of a problem with the headset microphone. These types of microphones are designed to be placed very close to (practically in!) your mouth. When I have the microphone properly positioned, I never get poor registration in the game. I have also tried this mic on my home computer, and found it works better than any other microphone I've ever tried, in the last 10 years!

This is a very different and unique game, with a great mixture of songs - there will be something for everyone here, and even the songs you don't particularly enjoy, you'll find yourself singing happily!! I give this game only 4 stars only because I think that it's replay value is limited. However, the option for expansion disks is built into the game, so hopefully we'll soon see lots of new songs to sing, and I'll be able to raise this review to 5 stars! Until then, happy singing, break a leg!