Proto:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Mac OS X)
This page details one or more prototype versions of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Mac OS X).
Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors. This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment. Such as: Uncensored songs (Belly of a shark, Bulls on Parade, etc). |
This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes. |
To do: Document the various chart and UI differences. |
This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.
On February 20th, 2024, a prototype dated July 6, 2007 (38 days before final) was dumped.
Contents
Achievements and Saves
This build only contains 5 achievements compared to the final's 59; these achievements are:
Achievement Name | Description |
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Stomped out all Easy songs | Success, completed easy in career |
Stomped out all Medium songs | Success, completed medium in career |
Stomped out all Hard songs | Success, completed hard in career |
Stomped out all Expert songs | Success, completed expert in career |
You played an online match! | Play an online match |
The save file name is called "Progress" in the final and "Heroic Progress" in the prototype. The content icon and banner used are different in this build as well.
Proto | Final |
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Prototype Banner | Final Banner |
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UI Differences
The early menu. Training mode and Xbox Live can be accessed using mods.
The difficulty screen. Unlike the final build, the letters are lowercase for every difficulty except expert.
Star Power calibration menu. This still remains in Guitar Hero: Arcade.
Videos
While most of them don't have audio, there are some differences in the early build. The intro movie for Backyard Bash has some audio changes and a different design for the poster shown at the end.
Picture of Cowgirl on owner card and Opening acts Wanted poster and Mitch Moose Lounge have different name (MITCH CRAZY MOOSE)
The Neversoft intro in this build uses the same video as Tony Hawk's Project 8.
Storyboard
In the MOVIES folder exists a file named end.bik, which is a storyboard for the ending sequence.
Songs
Chart Differences
There are five Guitar Hero 2 charts in the game's files.
Song Name | Artist | Year |
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Free Bird | Some Guys With Beards | 1833 |
Jessica | Jessica | Not Specifed |
Monkeywrench | Monkeywrench | Not Specifed |
Sweetchild | Sweetchild | Not Specifed |
YYZ | YYZ | Not Specifed |
Unused Songs
Metallica's 'Master of Puppets', a song which never made it to the final build can be found in DATA\COMPRESSED\SONGS and DATA\MUSIC, labelled as "masterofpuppets".
An audio file for a cover of Van Halen's 'Unchained' can be found at DATA\MUSIC\unchained.dat.xen.
Van Halen - Unchained (GH3 Cover)
It is currently unknown which studio covered this.
Setlist
While the song list was pretty much finalized at this point, a handful of songs were moved around in the setlist order between this build and the final. Some songs had slightly different names, too.
Proto | Final |
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Starting out small | STARTING OUT SMALL |
Slow Ride | Slow Ride |
Talk Dirty To Me | Talk Dirty To Me |
Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Hit Me With Your Best Shot |
Mississippi Queen | Story Of My Life |
Rock and Roll All Nite | Rock and Roll All Nite |
Sabotage | Sabotage |
Your first real gig | YOUR FIRST REAL GIG |
Story Of My Life | Mississippi Queen |
Schools Out | School's Out |
Sunshine of Your Love | Sunshine of Your Love |
Barracuda | Barracuda |
Bulls on Parade | Bulls on Parade |
Reptilia | Reptilia |
Making the video | MAKING THE VIDEO |
When You Were Young | When You Were Young |
Lay Down | Miss Murder |
Miss Murder | The Seeker |
The Seeker | Lay Down |
Paint It Black | Paint It Black |
Cities On Flame | Suck My Kiss |
European Invasion | EUROPEAN INVASION |
Paranoid | Paranoid |
Same Old Song and Dance | Anarchy in the U.K. |
Anarchy in the U.K. | Kool Thing |
Kool Thing | My Name Is Jonas |
Evenflow | Even Flow |
Suck My Kiss | Cities On Flame with Rock & Roll |
Bighouse Blues | BIGHOUSE BLUES |
Holiday In Cambodia | Holiday In Cambodia |
Rock You Like A Hurricane | Rock You Like A Hurricane |
Black Magic Woman | Same Old Song And Dance |
La Grange | La Grange |
Welcome To The Jungle | Welcome To The Jungle |
Helicopter | Helicopter |
The Hottest band on Earth | THE HOTTEST BAND ON EARTH |
My Name Is Jonas | Black Magic Woman |
Cherub Rock | Cherub Rock |
Stricken | Black Sunshine |
3's and 7's | The Metal |
Pride and Joy | Pride and Joy |
Monsters | Monsters |
Live in Japan | LIVE IN JAPAN |
The Metal | Before I Forget |
Black Sunshine | Stricken |
Knights of Cydonia | 3's & 7's |
Before I Forget | Knights of Cydonia |
One | Cult Of Personality |
Battle for your Soul | BATTLE FOR YOUR SOUL |
Raining Blood | Raining Blood |
Cliffs Of Dover | Cliffs Of Dover |
Number of the Beast | The Number of the Beast |
Cult Of Personality | One |
The Guitar Hero series
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PlayStation 2 | |
Main Series | Guitar Hero (Prototype) • Guitar Hero II (Prototypes) • Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock • Guitar Hero: World Tour • Guitar Hero 5 |
Band-Specific | Aerosmith • Metallica • Van Halen |
Expansions | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's (Prototype) • Guitar Hero: Smash Hits |
Spin-Offs | Band Hero • DJ Hero |
Wii | |
Main Series | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock • Guitar Hero 5 • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
Band-Specific | Van Halen |
Expansions | Guitar Hero: Smash Hits |
Spin-Offs | DJ Hero • DJ Hero 2 |
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
Main Series | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Prototype) • Guitar Hero: World Tour • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
Spin-Offs | DJ Hero • DJ Hero 2 |
Windows, Mac OS X | |
Main Series | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock • Guitar Hero: World Tour |
Nintendo DS | |
On Tour | On Tour • Decades • Modern Hits |
Spin-Offs | Band Hero |
Arcade | |
Main Series | Guitar Hero: Arcade |