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Enter these codes in in the cheats menu
Enter these in on your controller to activate the desired cheat. G= Green R= Red Y= Yellow B= BluePassword Effect G G R R Y R Y B Contest Winner 1 G G R R Y B Y B Always Slide R R B Y G G G Y Air Instruments G R Y Y Y B B G Invisible Characters Y Y B R B G R R Performance Mode Y G R B B B B R AutoKick Y G R G Y B G G Focus Mode G R G G Y G G G HUD Free Mode G G B G G G Y G All HOPOs B B G G R G R Y Unlock All Characters
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Achievements
Complete each achievement to receive the allotted gamerscore.How to Unlock Unlockable Play 10 4-Player RockFest Mode games of any type Fest Quartet Quest (20) Unlock every venue in the world, and then some The Grand Tour (30) Complete 50 of the challenges at Gold or better Going Gold (20) Complete 50 of the challenges at Platinum or better Going Platinum (30) Complete 50 of the challenges at Diamond Going Diamond (50) Complete a 25-phrase streak as a Vocalist Iron Lungs (20) Play at least one song in Quickplay, Career and each Competitive game type Sampler Plate (30) Create a music studio song Producer (10) Create a band of 4 created rockers and play a song with them The Fabricated Four (10) Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better Quadruple Threat (30) Make a standard 8 player Band v Band match online, win or lose Rocktopus (20) Play an online match with 8 players, all on the same instrument Me'nage a` Huit (20) Complete 25 Pro Face Off matches online (Win or Lose) Outgoing (10) Play a song with 4 Vocalists Barbershop (10) Play a song with 4 Drummers Drumline (10) Play a song with 4 Lead Guitarists String Quartet (10) Play a song with 4 Bass Guitarists All Four Bass Are Belong to Us (10) Read 5 Tooltips in GHMix Explore the Studio Space (10) Make and complete a setlist which is at least 1 hour long Play It To The Bone (20) Complete 5 band challenges at Gold or better Challenge of the Supergroup (20) Fill your Rock Meter all the way Crowd Pleaser (5) Complete 14 songs in Quickplay What's an LP? (20) Collect 25 Stars in Career Young Star (10) Collect 101 Stars in Career Rising Star (20) Collect 303 Stars in Career Shooting Star (30) Earn 5 or more Stars on a song in Career or Quickplay Senior Commander (10) Collect 505 Stars in Career Super Star (50) Play 5 encore gigs You Want More? (10) Complete 20 Band Moments Synchronized (10) Complete a 1001 note streak The Streak (30) Achieve a maxed out band multiplier as a standard band Crank It Up To 11 (20) Complete any tutorial's lesson on a new feature What's New? (5) Streak through the entirety of a song in Quickplay or Career No Mistakes Allowed (20) Complete a song with an average individual multiplier above 4x Above And Beyond (10) Earn 500,000 points in a single song as a solo act Score Big (5) Earn 1,000,000 points in a single song as a solo act or band Score Bigger (10) Earn 3,000,000 points in a single song as a band Score Biggest (30) As a 4 player standard band, all 4 players activate Star Power simultaneously Our Powers Combined (10) Complete 100 songs in Quickplay Box Set (20) Complete 300 songs in Quickplay Juke Box (30) 5 Star 'Ex-Girlfriend', 'Send A Little Love Token' and 'Only Happy When It Rains' as a Vocalist Chanteuse (10) Collect 808 Stars in Career Star Cluster (100) Complete a song with your Xbox 360 Avatar Special Guest (10) Complete a sponsor gig challenge at Diamond level Representative (5) Went super Over 9000! (5) Gave every one a chance Open Minded (50) Had a brush with celebrity Starstruck (20) Came alive Did You Finish Like We Did? (5) Beat the game The Traditional (50) Feature Unlocks
These features are unlocked by doing the corresponding challenge in career mode. You must be on Easy for all vocal challenges, instrument challenges may require a higher difficulty to meet the conditions noted.How to Unlock Unlockable As guitarist, 4X multiplier for 50sec on "Play That Funky Music" (in Sideshow venue) Quickplay Venue "Wormhole" (required for The Grand Tour) As drummer, hit 200 non-cymbal notes on "Mirror People" (in Angel's Crypt venue, fills don't count) Cheat: Auto-kick (all kick bass notes are autoplayed) With two players, get a band multipler for 42 seconds on "Bleed American" (in The Aqueduct venue) Extra: Performance Mode (removes track and hud) as a vocalist, get Excellent on 75 consecutive phrases in the rap song "Bring The Noise 20XX" (in Neon Oasis venue) Extra: Hud-Free Mode (removes rock meter, star power guage, score display) As a drummer, hit 265 tom notes on "Brianstorm" (in The Golden Gate venue) Extra: Focus Mode (blacks out background) As guitarist, hit 230 tap notes on the song "Du Hast" (in Neon Oasis venue) Cheat: All Slider Gems (All single notes are changed into slider/tap notes) As guitarist, whammy sustain notes on the song "Hurts So Good" for 25 seconds total or more (in Club Boson venue) Cheat: All HOPOs (Changes almost every note possible into a HOPO or Hammer-On/Pull-Off note) As Guitarist, strum 340 chords or more on the song "Sultans of Swing" (in O'Connel's Corner venue) Extra: Air Instruments (Instruments will be almost completely invisible, guitar strings will still be visible) Special Guest Character Unlocks
Below are some of the unlockable special guest characters and how to unlock them.How to Unlock Unlockable Complete the song "Ring of Fire" on any difficulty, any instrument Johnny Cash Complete the song "No One To Depend On (Live)" on any difficulty, any instrument Carlos Santana Complete the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on any difficulty, any instrument Kurt Cobain Complete the song "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" on any difficulty, any instrument Shirley Manson Complete the song "Plug in Baby" on any instrument on any difficulty Matt Bellamy Character costume unlocks
These costume unlocks are for the pre-made characters. Complete the song specific challenge to unlock them.How to Unlock Unlockable Complete challenge for Medicate Axel Steel's Battle Scar outfit Complete challenge for Send a Little Love Token Axel Steel's Hog Wild outfit Complete challenge for Sympathy for the Devil Axel Steel's Shoulder Blades outfit Complete challenge for Superstition Casey Lynch's Flying Trapeze outfit Complete challenge for So Lonely Casey Lynch's Monochrome Maiden outfit Complete challenge for In My Place Casey Lynch's Sharpshooter outfit Complete challenge for Sneak Out Clive Winston's Deer Scout outfit Complete challenge for Blue Orchid Clive Winston's Persuader outfit Complete challenge for Shout It Out Loud Clive Winston's Sugar Daddy outfit Complete challenge for Gamma Ray Eddie Knox's Casual Wednesday outfit Complete challenge for Make It wit Chu Eddie Knox's Crusier outfit Complete challenge for Six Days a Week Eddie Knox's Suede Spade outfit Complete challenge for Feel Good Inc. Izzy Sparks's Impresario outfit Complete challenge for Scatterbrain Izzy Sparks's Sideshow outfit Complete challenge for Jailbreak Izzy Sparks's Stiki outfit Complete challenge for Judith Johnny Napalm's 1976 outfit Complete challenge for Looks That Kill Johnny Napalm's Generation Zzyzx outfit Complete challenge for Fame Johnny Napalm's Suburban Snot outfit Complete challenge for Gratitude Judy Nails's Big Knee Pin outfit Complete challenge for Runnin' Down a Dream Judy Nails's Mall Chic outfit Complete challenge for You Give Love a Bad Name Judy Nails's The Riot Starts Here outfit Complete challenge for All Along the Watchtower Lars Umlaut's Grendel outfit Complete challenge for In the Meantime Lars Umlaut's Soldier of Farce outfit Complete challenge for We're an American Band Lars Umlaut's Valhalla outfit Complete challenge for Steady, As She Goes Pandora's Gretel outfit Complete challenge for Back Round Pandora's State of Fluxus outfit Complete challenge for L.A. Pandora's Strapped outfit
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Lyric FAQ by Andrew Testa | 118K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Okami5436 | 132K |
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Guitar Hero 5 Cheat Codes
Enter these codes in in the cheats menu
Enter these in on your controller to activate the desired cheat. G= Green R= Red Y= Yellow B= BlueCheat Effect R R B Y G G G Y Air Instruments G G B G G G Y G All HOPOs G G R R Y B Y B Always Slide Y G R B B B B R AutoKick G G R R Y R Y B Contest Winner 1 Y G R G Y B G G Focus Mode G R G G Y G G G HUD Free Mode G R Y Y Y B B G Invisible Characters Y Y B R B G R R Performance Mode B B G G R G R Y Unlock All Characters
Guitar Hero 5 Unlockables
Trophies
Complete each requirement to receive the Trophies. There are 37 Bronze Trophies, 11 Silver Trophies, 1 Gold Trophy, and 1 Platinum Trophy.How to Unlock Unlockable Earn all of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Trophies in Guitar Hero 5 Platinum Trophy (Platinum) Complete a song with an average individual multiplier above 4x Above And Beyond (Bronze) Play a song with 4 Bass Guitarists All Four Bass Are Belong to Us (Bronze) Play a song with 4 Vocalists Barbershop (Bronze) Complete 100 songs in Quickplay Box Set (Bronze) Complete 5 band challenges at Gold or better Challenge of the Supergroup (Bronze) 5 Star 'Ex-Girlfriend', 'Send A Little Love Token' and 'Only Happy When It Rains' as a Vocalist Chanteuse (Bronze) Achieve a maxed out band multiplier as a standard band Crank It Up To 11 (Silver) Fill your Rock Meter all the way Crowd Pleaser (Bronze) Play a song with 4 Drummers Drumline (Bronze) Read 5 Tooltips in GHMix Explore the Studio Space (Bronze) Play 10 4-Player RockFest Mode games of any type Fest Quartet Quest (Bronze) Complete 50 of the challenges at Diamond Going Diamond (Silver) Complete 50 of the challenges at Gold or better Going Gold (Silver) Complete 50 of the challenges at Platinum or better Going Platinum (Silver) Complete a 25-phrase streak as a Vocalist Iron Lungs (Bronze) Complete 300 songs in Quickplay Juke Box (Bronze) Create a band of 4 created rockers and play a song with them locally in Career or Quickplay The Fabricated Four (Bronze) Streak through the entirety of a song in Quickplay or Career No Mistakes Allowed (Bronze) Play an online match with 8 players, all on the same instrument Me'nage a` Huit (Bronze) Complete 25 Pro Face Off matches online (Win or Lose) Outgoing (Bronze) Make and complete a setlist which is at least 1 hour long Play It To The Bone (Bronze) Create a music studio song Producer (Bronze) Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better Quadruple Threat (Silver) Collect 101 Stars in Career Rising Star (Bronze) Make a standard 8 player Band v Band match online, win or lose Rocktopus (Bronze) Play at least one song in Quickplay, Career and each Competitive game type Sampler Plate (Silver) Earn 500,000 points in a single song as a solo act Score Big (Bronze) Earn 1,000,000 points in a single song as a solo act or band Score Bigger (Bronze) Earn 3,000,000 points in a single song as a band Score Biggest (Silver) Earn 5 or more Stars on a song in Career or Quickplay Senior Commander (Bronze) Collect 303 Stars in Career Shooting Star (Bronze) Create a custom instrument Customizer (Bronze) Collect 808 Stars in Career Star Cluster (Gold) As a 4 player standard band, all 4 players activate Star Power simultaneously Our Powers Combined (Bronze) Play a song with 4 Lead Guitarists String Quartet (Bronze) Collect 505 Stars in Career Super Star (Silver) Complete a sponsor gig challenge at Diamond level Representative (Bronze) Complete 20 Band Moments Synchronized (Bronze) Unlock every venue in the world, and then some The Grand Tour (Silver) Complete a 1001 note streak The Streak (Bronze) Complete Career mode The Traditional (Silver) Complete 14 songs in Quickplay What's an LP? (Bronze) Play 5 encore gigs You Want More? (Bronze) Collect 25 Stars in Career Young Star (Bronze) Complete any tutorial's lesson on a new feature What's New? (Bronze) Went super Over 9000! (Bronze) Gave every one a chance Open Minded (Silver) Had a brush with celebrity Starstruck (Bronze) Came alive Did You Finish Like We Did? (Bronze) Feature Unlocks
These features are unlocked by doing the corresponding challenge in career mode. You must be on Easy for all vocal challenges, instrument challenges may require a higher difficulty to meet the conditions noted.How to Unlock Unlockable As drummer, hit 200 non-cymbal notes on "Mirror People" (in Angel's Crypt venue, fills don't count) Cheat: Auto-kick (all kick bass notes are autoplayed) As a drummer, hit 265 tom notes on "Brianstorm" (in The Golden Gate venue) Extra: Focus Mode (blacks out background) as a vocalist, get Excellent on 75 consecutive phrases in the rap song "Bring The Noise 20XX" (in Neon Oasis venue) Extra: Hud-Free Mode (removes rock meter, star power guage, score display) With two players, get a band multipler for 42 seconds on "Bleed American" (in The Aqueduct venue) Extra: Performance Mode (removes track and hud) As guitarist, 4X multiplier for 50sec on "Play That Funky Music" (in Sideshow venue) Quickplay Venue "Wormhole" (required for The Grand Tour) Special Guest Character Unlocks
Below are some of the unlockable special guest characters and how to unlock them.How to Unlock Unlockable Complete the song "No One To Depend On (Live)" on any difficulty, any instrument Carlos Santana Complete the song "Ring of Fire" on any difficulty, any instrument Johnny Cash Complete the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on any difficulty, any instrument Kurt Cobain Complete the song "Plug in Baby" on any instrument on any difficulty Matt Bellamy Complete the song "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" on any difficulty, any instrument Shirley Manson Character costume unlocks
These costume unlocks are for the pre-made characters. Complete the song specific challenge to unlock them.How to Unlock Unlockable Complete challenge for Medicate Axel Steel's Battle Scar outfit Complete challenge for Send a Little Love Token Axel Steel's Hog Wild outfit Complete challenge for Sympathy for the Devil Axel Steel's Shoulder Blades outfit Complete challenge for Superstition Casey Lynch's Flying Trapeze outfit Complete challenge for So Lonely Casey Lynch's Monochrome Maiden outfit Complete challenge for In My Place Casey Lynch's Sharpshooter outfit Complete challenge for Sneak Out Clive Winston's Deer Scout outfit Complete challenge for Blue Orchid Clive Winston's Persuader outfit Complete challenge for Shout It Out Loud Clive Winston's Sugar Daddy outfit Complete challenge for Gamma Ray Eddie Knox's Casual Wednesday outfit Complete challenge for Make It wit Chu Eddie Knox's Crusier outfit Complete challenge for Six Days a Week Eddie Knox's Suede Spade outfit Complete challenge for Feel Good Inc. Izzy Sparks's Impresario outfit Complete challenge for Scatterbrain Izzy Sparks's Sideshow outfit Complete challenge for Jailbreak Izzy Sparks's Stiki outfit Complete challenge for Judith Johnny Napalm's 1976 outfit Complete challenge for Looks That Kill Johnny Napalm's Generation Zzyzx outfit Complete challenge for Fame Johnny Napalm's Suburban Snot outfit Complete challenge for Gratitude Judy Nails's Big Knee Pin outfit Complete challenge for Runnin' Down a Dream Judy Nails's Mall Chic outfit Complete challenge for You Give Love a Bad Name Judy Nails's The Riot Starts Here outfit Complete challenge for All Along the Watchtower Lars Umlaut's Grendel outfit Complete challenge for In the Meantime Lars Umlaut's Soldier of Farce outfit Complete challenge for We're an American Band Lars Umlaut's Valhalla outfit Complete challenge for Steady, As She Goes Pandora's Gretel outfit Complete challenge for Back Round Pandora's State of Fluxus outfit Complete challenge for L.A. Pandora's Strapped outfit
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Lyric FAQ by Andrew Testa | 118K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Okami5436 | 132K |
Hints & FAQs provided courtesy of GameFAQs.
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Guitar Hero 5 Cheat Codes
Enter these codes in in the cheats menu
Enter these in on your controller to activate the desired cheat. G= Green R= Red Y= Yellow B= BlueCheat Effect R R B Y G G G Y Air Instruments G G B G G G Y G All HOPOs G G R R Y B Y B Always Slide Y G R B B B B R AutoKick G G R R Y R Y B Contest Winner 1 Y G R G Y B G G Focus Mode G R G G Y G G G HUD Free Mode G R Y Y Y B B G Invisible Characters Y Y B R B G R R Performance Mode B B G G R G R Y Unlock All Characters
Guitar Hero 5 Unlockables
Unlockable Characters
How to Unlock Unlockable Beat "Plug in Baby" in career mode Matt Bellamy Beat "Ring of Fire" in career mode Johnny Cash Beat "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in career mode Kurt Cobain Beat "Only Happy When it Rains" in career mode Shirley Manson Complete the song "No One To Depend On (Live)" on any difficulty, any instrument Carlos Santana Complete the Platinum or Diamond challenge on Brianstorm on drums in career mode Skeleton Complete the Platinum or Diamond challenge on The God of Rock's Final Challenge in career mode The Golden God Get a 600 note streak on Lust For Life (Live) on career mode. Shadow Unlock FrankenRocker
Fill the star power meter 130% on bass on A-Punk in career mode.How to Unlock Unlockable Complete the Diamond challenge on A-Punk on bass in career mode FrankenRocker
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Lyric FAQ by Andrew Testa | 118K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Okami5436 | 132K |
Hints & FAQs provided courtesy of GameFAQs.
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Guitar Hero 5 Passwords
Enter these codes in in the cheats menu
Enter these in on your controller to activate the desired cheat. G= Green R= Red Y= Yellow B= BluePassword Effect R R B Y G G G Y Air Instruments G G B G G G Y G All HOPOs G G R R Y R Y B Always Slide Y G R B B B B R AutoKick G R G B R R Y B Flame Color Y G R G Y B G G Focus Mode B R R G R G R Y Gem Colors G B R Y Y R G G Hyperspeed G R G G Y G G G HUD Free Mode G R Y Y Y B B G Invisible Characters Y Y B R B G R R Performance Mode R R Y R B R R B Star Color R G G Y B G Y G Vocal Fireball B B G G R G R Y Unlock All Characters
Guitar Hero 5 Unlockables
Unlockable Legends
There are legends available in this game such as Johnny Cash, Carlos Santana, Shirley Manson, Matthew Bellamy, and Kurt Cobain. These Legends can be unlocked by simply getting at least 4 Stars on their Signature Song. Here Is a list of the characters and what songs you have to beat to unlock them.How to Unlock Unlockable Complete "Ring of Fire" with 4 Stars or more Johnny Cash Complete "Supernatural" with 4 Stars or more Carlos Santana Finish "Only Happy When it Rains" with 4 stars or more Shirley Mansion Complete "Plug in Baby" with 4 stars or more Matthew Bellamy Finish "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with 4 Stars or more Kurt Cobain
Walkthroughs & FAQs
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Lyric FAQ by Andrew Testa | 118K |
| FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Okami5436 | 132K |
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Guitar Hero 5 Unlockables
Achievements
How to Unlock Unlockable Complete any song on Guitar Complete any song on Guitar (10) Complete all songs in Cairo Complete Cairo (10) Complete all songs in New York Complete New York (10) Complete all songs in San Francisco Complete San Francisco (10) Get five stars on any four songs in Expert Bass Five on Four Expert Bass (10) Get five stars on any four songs with Expert Drums Five on Four Expert Drums (10) Get Five Stars on any four songs with Expert Guitar Five on Four Expert Guitar (10) Get Five Stars on all instruments on any song Five Stars (10) Get five stars on expert bass for one song Five Stars Expert Bass (10) Get five stars on any song with Expert Drums Five Stars Expert Drums (10) Get Five Stars on Expert Guitar for one song Five Stars Expert Guitar (10) Get Five Stars on all instruments on four songs Five Stars on Four (10) Hit 200 consecutive notes Hit 200 consecutive notes (10) Get a Perfect on Bass Perfect Bass (10) Get a Perfect on Drums Perfect Drums (10) Get a Perfect on Guitar Perfect Guitar (10) Get a perfect score on expert difficulty Perfect on Expert (10) Complete any two songs in Cairo Two for Cairo (10) Complete any two songs in New York Two for NY (10) Complete any two songs in San Francisco Two for San Fran (10)
Review Scores
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Game Info
- Release Date: Sep 1, 2009 (US)
- ESRB: TTitles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older.
- Release Date: Oct 21, 2010 (US)
Guitar Hero 5
- Publisher(s): Activision
- Developer(s): Neversoft Entertainment
- Genre: Puzzle
- Release:
- ESRB: T
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