Guitar Rockstar is the European brand name for a virtual air guitar, manufactured by Tomy

TOMY

is a Japanese toy, children's merchandise and entertainment company created from the March 2006 merger of two companies:  Tomy and long-time rival, Takara...

. It originated and continues to be sold by Tomy in Japan

Japan

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 under the brand name "Air Guitar." Gameplay consists of holding buttons representing notes and strumming where the strings would be, in a similar fashion to air guitar. An infra-red beam passes from the end of the guitar head, and as your hand passes through the invisible infra-red beam a note is played.
Guitar Rockstar was launched in the UK with 8 licensed pre programmed rock songs

• 'Wild Thing' by The Troggs
• 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple
• 'I Love Rock n Roll' by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• 'One Vision' by Queen
• 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' by The Darkness
• 'Take me Out' by Franz Ferdinand
• 'Venus' by Shocking Blue
• 'Change the World' by Eric Clapton

Guitar Rockstar was launched in Europe in 2008, and a competition in association with MTV

MTV

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was used to launch the product.
Colour Variations

As of 2008, Guitar Rockstar was available in 3 colour variations

• Black / brown
• Red / black
• Blue / yellow

External links

• Official Guitar Rockstar Website
• Press Release from Tomy