It’s that time again! Time to brush off those microphones, warm up those vocal chords and get ready to sing your blues away. The fifth entry into the SingStar franchise, SingStar ’90s, hits store shelves today with a whole slew of new old songs for your vocal acrobatic pleasure. This time around (as the name implies) we get the hits of 90′s with a pretty decent mix of different styles of music. We have the Back Street Boys back to back with the likes of Nirvana, Vanilla Ice and En Vogue just to name a few. I’m not really into karaoke so much although I have become a fan of the singing portion of Rock Band, but I must admit that the idea of bouncing around my living room whilst singing Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back does have its charms.
Singstar 90′s will be available as a stand alone game or it can be purchased in a bundle with two mics. It will also feature several play modes including the co-op Duet Mode, One-on-One battle mode, eight player Pass-the-Mic mode. And as if that weren’t enough, it will also be compatible with the Eye Toy so you may record your performances for later posterity and embarrassment.
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My love-hate relationship with this game is, if you’re a regular reader, well-documented on this site. Most SingStars, I hate. But the PS2′s SingStar 90s? I…well, “love” is too strong a word, but I have played it, on more than one occasion (who am I to resist Technotronic?). And I was playing it last August, when it was released in Europe and Australia. Deciding late is better than never, Sony will be releasing the game in the US on March 18, with a number of changes made to the tracklist. Gone from the PAL version are EMF, All-Saints, the B-52s and Lisa Loeb, and in come Colour Me Badd, En Vogue, Hootie & the Blowfish, Santana (with Rob Thomas) and – amazingly – Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” and Nirvana’s “Lithium”.
