UltraStar | |
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Developer(s) | Loud Arts |
Publisher(s) | STERGAMES |
Designer(s) | Patryk "Corvus5" Cebula |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Intel-based only) |
Release | May 2012 |
Genre(s) | Music game |
Mode(s) | Singleplayer Multiplayer |
UltraStar Deluxe | |
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Developer(s) | b1indy, b_krueger, brunzelchen, canni0, eddie-0815, hawkear, jaybinks, k-m_schindler, mogguh, mota23, s_alexander, tobigun, whiteshark0, basisbit, RattleSN4K3, rhaamo, brianch |
Platform(s) | Windows (Stable), Linux (Stable), Mac OS X (Stable) |
Release | October 2010 - November 2016 |
Genre(s) | Music game |
Mode(s) | Singleplayer Multiplayer |
Performous | |
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Developer(s) | Vincent Le Ligeour, Lasse Kärkkäinen, Markus Raab, Tapio Vierros, knittl, Stefan Kristiansson and others |
Platform(s) | Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, PS3 (Yellow Dog Linux, Gentoo Linux) |
Release | January 2007 - October 2010 - November 2014 |
Genre(s) | Music game |
Mode(s) | Singing, guitar, bass, drums |
UltraStar is a clone of SingStar, a music video game. UltraStar lets one or several players score points by singing along to a song or music video and match the pitch of the original song as well. UltraStar displays lyrics as well as the correct notes similar to a piano roll. On top of the correct notes UltraStar displays the pitch recorded from the players. UltraStar allows several people to play simultaneously by connecting several microphones possibly to several sound cards. To add a song to UltraStar, a file with notes and lyrics is required, together with an audio file. Optionally a cover image, a backdrop image and a video may be added to each song. UltraStar comes preloaded with a short sample from Nine Inch Nails hit "Discipline" from The Slip album.
The UltraStar is released under Freeware License. Very old versions were available under GNU General Public License and most game forks were initially based on the old code.
New version of the game introduces Song Shop, where users after free registration can download free songs and buy points. Free songs includes:
The original UltraStar is programmed in Kylix/Delphi and made for Microsoft Windows operating-system. There are also ports available in C++ for other operating-systems such as Linux, BSD and other UNIX platforms.
UltraStar Deluxe was started as a modification of UltraStar. Whiteshark initially offered to collaborate with Corvus5, but this offer was declined. Instead Whiteshark started to add some features on his own with the help of Mota. The first release is known as X-Mas mod, due to a release date around Christmas time. This attracted the attention of other developers that were willing to help. The team grew and the source code departed more and more from the original. Smaller features are often implemented in both projects allowing them to benefit from one another. Though the projects' implementations of such features often differ. UltraStar Deluxe is different in three key ways from UltraStar. Significant effort has been put into improving reliability by repairing bugs. The second difference is the visual appearance. Sparkling stars and various other effects have been added in addition to skin support. Many effects are also based on the Singstar on PS3, Vocaluxe and Performous. Many new features have been implemented: