Games with popular musicians as characters

[J T]

I've never played them and I'm not so sure they really count as games but avant-garde band The Residents made three software titles: Freak Show, Bad Day on the Midway, and The Gingerbread Man.

I've never used the software, but the music videos were awesome, so it counts.

[Gamerforlife]

Lollipop Chainsaw - Jimmy Urine



The Darkness, The Darkness II - Mike Patton



Mega Man X 5 - Guns n Roses



South Park Stick of Truth - Issac Hayes



Brutal Legend - Lita Ford



Brutal Legend - Rob Halford



Brutal Legend - Dethklok



Vice City Stories - Phil Collins

[aaron]

this:



is awesome because of things like this:

[Gamerforlife]

Almost forgot the best Elvis appearance ever:





A lot of the bosses in this game are a riff on some type of musical artist. Factor in all the licensed tracks in the game and you can feel a heavy music influence

[Bikeage]

Journey Escape for the Atari 2600. From the game's manual:

You're on the road with Journey, one of the world's hottest rock groups. A spectacular performance has just ended. Now it's up to you to guide each Journey Band Member past hordes of Love-Crazed Groupies, Sneaky Photographers, and Shifty-Eyed Promoters to the safety of the Journey Escape Vehicle in time to make the next concert. Your mighty manager and loyal roadies are there to help, but the escape is up to you!

Edit: Had no idea Journey featuring Journey existed. Good thing I never stopped believing and double checked to see if Journey had been mentioned yet.

[Hobie-wan]

Journey Escape for the Atari 2600. From the game's manual:

You're on the road with Journey, one of the world's hottest rock groups. A spectacular performance has just ended. Now it's up to you to guide each Journey Band Member past hordes of Love-Crazed Groupies, Sneaky Photographers, and Shifty-Eyed Promoters to the safety of the Journey Escape Vehicle in time to make the next concert. Your mighty manager and loyal roadies are there to help, but the escape is up to you!

Edit: Had no idea Journey featuring Journey existed. Good thing I never stopped believing and double checked to see if Journey had been mentioned yet.

It was an arcade game first as well.