Bands That Had Video Games!

There is an overlap between fans of rock music and fans of video games. Need proof?!

Here are some bands that have had their own video games!

Journey was the first band to have their own video game in 1982.

The Thompson Twins had a game in 1984, Frankie Goes to Hollywood had one in 1985, and — of course — Michael Jackson’s “Moonwalker” famously came out in 1990.

The Frankie Goes to Hollywood game is particularly interesting!

The game puts the player in Liverpool in search of the Pleasuredome. The player has to find and use various objects and play minigames to reach the goal. The player starts the game as a simple character, to reach the Pleasuredome one has to become a full person. To become a full person, the four attributes (sex, war, love and faith) must be filled to 99%. The attributes are boosted by completing tasks in the game. Additional pleasure points can be scored by playing the minigames. The four attributes are part of the symbols used on the covers of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s albums.

There’s also that Aerosmith 1994 game “Revolution X,” which required you to save band members from an evil biker babe.

And what would a marketing opportunity be without KISS releasing their own game, “Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child,” in 2000?

Can’t say I’ve played any of those, but if you have, let me know!