Guitar Hero (game only) (PlayStation 2, 2006)

With Guitar Hero 2 on the market as well, it was interesting to go backward and play the game that started it all. First, the gripes: there are only 30 songs (instead of the 40 featured on GH2), not as many bonus features and the hammer-ons/pull-offs are much more difficult to, well, pull off. Also, everything in the game is organized by difficulty level, which means that your gear won't carry over from easy to medium, medium to hard, etc. In beginning a new level of difficulty, you have to start all over again. However, the song selection overall is better; not once did I find myself wondering why the hell a particular track was featured instead of something else. There is a face-off mode, too, though it isn't nearly as fun as the co-op mode in GH2. Still, I find myself returning to GH1 again and again, if only for "Crossroads" and "Spanish Castle Magic."