1987 · Tose Co. · Rhythm

Karaoke Studio

Nintendo exclusive

The first ever karaoke video game.

Released: 30 July 1987
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System NES
Genres: Rhythm
Developers: Tose Co.
Publishers: Bandai
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view Text Auditory
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

About

Karaoke Studio (Japanese: カラオケスタジオ, Hepburn: Karaoke Sutajio) is a karaoke music video game designed for Nintendo's Family Computer, or Famicom. The game is packaged with a hardware expansion subsystem designed to be inserted into the Famicom cartridge slot, and with a microphone peripheral capable of detecting a human voice.

Keywords

karaoke
music and rhythm

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Several levels of the game can be played on the hardware expansion subsystem alone. Additionally, smaller expansion cartridges (originally available for separate purchase) providing additional levels and other new content can be plugged directly into the Karaoke Studio subsystem.

Gameplay consists of singing along in a karaoke-manner to a series of Japanese pop songs, which have been converted to the Famicom's synthetic audio format. The player is scored on accuracy of singing. As the music plays, the screen displays the song's lyrics upon a graphical depiction of the song's themes.