The game soon spawned several follow-ups including Karaoke Revolution Vol.

2, Karaoke Revolution Vol.

3, Karaoke Revolution Party Edition, CMT Presents Karaoke Revolution: Country and Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol.

While the original Karaoke Revolution was also eventually released for the Microsoft Xbox console in late 2004, the new online-enabled version included the ability to download additional song packs through the console's exclusive Xbox Live service.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore featured Come Sail Away

* Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol – PlayStation 2, Xbox 360

* Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore – PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360

* Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 – PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360

The song " Close My Eyes Forever " is featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.

* Karaoke Revolution ( 2009 )

* Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 ( 2008 )

* Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore ( 2008 )

* In 2003, Konami released a singing video game called " Karaoke Revolution " that featured the cover version of Benatar's song " Hit Me With Your Best Shot " as a part of the song list line-ups.

A pitch game, as characterized by Karaoke Revolution, Lips, or the SingStar series, tests the player's ability to match the pitch of a piece of music provided by the game.

* CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country

* Karaoke Revolution Party

The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was created by Scott Hawkins and Sneaky Rabbit Studios.

The earliest karaoke-based music video game, called Karaoke Studio, was released for the Nintendo Famicom in 1985, but its limited computing ability made for a short catalog of songs and therefore reduced replay value.

There are many sites that offer Karaoke online, such as iSing, Red Karaoke and StarMaker for the iPhone and iPad, SingSnap on the web and Java based app Karaokini.

In 2006, the Interactive Audio Lab at Northwestern University released a game called Karaoke Callout for the Nokia Series 60 phone.

Karaoke is now available for the iPhone and other playback devices at many internet storefronts.

Hungary holds the record for the longest Karaoke marathon with multiple participants for an event organised at the Honey Grill Restaurant.

He performed on MTV Fashionably Loud in Miami, then on MTV's Wanna B A VJ doing " My Name Is Rock " and was the DJ for TRL on the Spring Break Special as well as a judge on Say What Karaoke.

Finney made several television productions for the BBC in the 1990s, including The Green Man ( 1990 ), based on a story by Kingsley Amis, the acclaimed drama A Rather English Marriage ( 1998 ) ( with Tom Courtenay ), and the lead role in Dennis Potter's final two plays, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus in 1996 and 1997.

McLaren had a 2005 exhibition of some autobiographical work at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie ( Center for Arts and Media Karlsruhe ) in Karlsruhe, Germany called Casino of Authenticity and Karaoke.

He has appeared on TV variety shows and his acting roles include the Dennis Potter series Lipstick on Your Collar, for which he received critical praise, and Karaoke.

Along with dedicated Karaoke machines, other consumer devices that play CD + G format CDs include the NEC TurboGrafx-CD ( a CD-ROM peripheral for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 ) and Turbo Duo, the Philips CD-i, the Sega Saturn, Mega-CD, the JVC X ' Eye, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, the Amiga CD32 and Commodore CDTV, and the Atari Jaguar CD ( which was an attachment for the Atari Jaguar ).

Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games.

In Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 the point system was changed so that 60, 000 points gives a platinum record for a song and 100, 000 points is a perfect score ( diamond record ).

Karaoke Revolution Party features minigames, support for the EyeToy camera, and a " Sing and Dance " mode which utilizes the dance pad controller.

Photograph of Karaoke Revolution games for the PlayStation 2.

Konami will no longer use anymore American Idol likeness or license for upcoming future Karaoke Revolution sequels after this game.

Recently for the first time, Konami has released 5 new downloadable songs that never appeared in any of the previous Karaoke Revolution series before.

In April 2009, Konami announced that a new Karaoke Revolution game would be released in 2009 for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 as a reboot of the franchise.

* An updated microphone model was included with future Karaoke Revolution games, and is also used for Karaoke Stage, the European edition, and is compatible with the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

The North American version of Karaoke Revolution was released in November, 2003 on PlayStation 2 version in a bundle with the Logitech headset attachment.

Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 was released in North America on July 13, 2004 on PlayStation 2.

Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 was released in North America on November 9, 2004 on PlayStation 2.

Karaoke Revolution Party was released in North America on November 8, 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube.

CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country was released in North America on March 28, 2006 on PlayStation 2.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol was released in North America on January 2, 2007 on PlayStation 2.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore was released in the North America on PlayStation 2, Wii, and Xbox 360 on February 5, 2008, and was released to Canadian retailers on February 17, 2008, with the PlayStation 3 version released in North American on March 4, 2008.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 was released on November 18, 2008 in the United States on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

* The original microphone included with the first Karaoke Revolution game is a headset model, and is compatible with the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

This version features true widescreen display, high definition textures, 8-Player Multiplayer over Xbox Live / PlayStation Network, and additional content, such as 30 new challenges, Karaoke mode, and a Arranged soundtrack.

A fictionalized version of Central's platform area appears as a backdrop in the Xbox and PlayStation 2 game Karaoke Revolution.