Arcade games have long been a source of amusement and entertainment, dating back to the 1920s with ball toss games, air-shooting games and games of chance. As the years went on, more bells and whistles were literally added through innovations like pinball machines up through electronic games like Pong and Spaced Invaders. By the late 1970s, such games were not confined to arcades. Game systems for home use, to be played through television sets soon took the nation by storm. In the thirty or so years since, both arcade games and home systems kept pushing the envelope, improving their graphics with the latest state-of-the art CGI animation as well as programming ever-complex levels of play.
One of the most popular play patterns to come on the scene has been music-based game. Whether pretending to strum rock guitar or singing along to pop hits, gamers have had opportunities to play single and multi-player music games for all of the most popular gaming systems. The popularity of these games is at such a height that whole tournaments have sprung up where players can meet and compete against one another.
Now, this phenomenon gets the Archie Comics treatment as both The Archies band and Josie and the Pussycats get caught up in the excitement in a two-part tale called "Zero to Rock Hero" in the pages of ARCHIE & FRIENDS #130 and 131.
The battle of the comic book bands begins in ARCHIE & FRIENDS #130. At a swank party at Lodge Mansion, The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats compete against one another playing the hottest new videogame, Legendary Rock Heroes! Can the real rockers excel in the virtual world as well as they rock out in the real world? And what will happen when the media... specifically a reality show producer friend of Mr. Lodge... and the whole world takes notice?!
The stakes are raised in ARCHIE & FRIENDS #131. The video game battle of the bands from the previous issue rages on... but now the event is broadcast on TV! Now their competition is a reality show sensation, complete with all the trappings. Can the rockers stay true to their creative roots, or will instant success turn them into an assembly line of pre-fab pop?
Don't miss the musical mayhem in this tuneful tale guaranteed to rock your world!
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #130
"Zero to Rock Hero Part One": It's a battle of the bands unlike any seen before, when The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats compete against one another playing the hottest new videogame, Legendary Rock Heroes at Veronica's swank party! Can the real rockers excel in the virtual world as well as they rock out in the real world? And what will happen when the media... specifically a reality show producer friend of Mr. Lodge... and the whole world takes notice?!
SCRIPT: Stephen Oswald.
ART: Bill Galvan.
Shipping Date: April 1st, 2009
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: April 8th, 2009
On Sale on Newsstands: April 21st, 2009
32-page, full color comic
$2.50 US
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #131
"Zero to Rock Hero Part Two": The video game battle of the bands from the previous issue rages on... but now the event is broadcast on TV! Last issue, The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats challenged one another to the hottest new videogame, Legendary Rock Heroes! Now their competition is a reality show sensation, complete with all the trappings. Can the rockers stay true to their creative roots, or will instant success turn them into an assembly line of pre-fab pop?
SCRIPT: Stephen Oswald.
ART: Bill Galvan.
Shipping Date: April 29th, 2009
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: May 6th, 2009
On Sale on Newsstands: May 19th, 2009
32-page, full color comic
$2.50 US
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