Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (titled Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s in Europe) is a music rhythm game and the third installment in the popular Guitar Hero series. It was released in July 2007 in North America and Europe, and in August 2007 in Australia. Players use a guitar-shaped controller (purchased separately) to simulate playing rock music by hitting notes as they scroll towards the player. Rocks the 80s is an incremental title in the Guitar Hero series, rather than a
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- Developer
- Harmonix Music Systems
- Publisher
- Activision
- Release · PlayStation 2
- Worldwide — Aug 01, 2007
- Worldwide — Jul 24, 2007
- Worldwide — Jul 27, 2007
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