Guitar Hero II Hints & Cheats

Guitar Hero II Cheat Codes

Game Codes

Enter this code at the main menu screen where it shows "Career" and "Quick Play."

Cheat Effect
B, O, Y, O, B, O, Y, Y Enables hyperspeed
Y,B,Y,O,Y,B Air guitar
B, B, Y, B, B,O,B,B Performance Mode
OYYOYYOYYBYYBYY Flaming Heads
Y,O,B,B,B,O,Y Eyeball Head Crowd
O,Y,B,B,Y,O,B,B Monkey Head Crowd
B,Y,O,R,Y,O,B,Y,B,Y,B,Y,B,Y,B,Y Unlock All Songs

PAL codes for Various Cheats

Enter the following colors at the Main Menu Screen for activation.

Cheat Effect
Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow Unlock All Songs
Blue, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Yellow Air Guitar
Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Orange Monkey Head Crowd
Yellow, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Yellow, Orange Flaming Head Crowd
Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange Hyperspeed
Yellow, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Yellow Performance Mode

Guitar Hero II Unlockables

Achievements

Complete each of the following achievements below to get the allotted gamerscore.

Unlockable How to Unlock
100K Club (10) Get 100,000 points in a song.
200K Club (10) Get 200,000 points in a song.
300K Club (30) Get 300,000 points in a song.
400K Club (30) Get 400,000 points in a song.
Champagne Room V.I.P. (30) Get 500,000 points in a song.
Roadie (10) Unlock Rat Cellar.
New Kid (10) Unlock Blackout Bar.
Young Gun (10) Unlock RedOctane Club.
Axe Grinder (10) Unlock Rock City Theater.
Shredder (10) Unlock Vans Warped Tour.
Rock Star (10) Unlock Harmonix Arena.
Guitar Hero (10) Unlock Stonehenge.
Dimebag Darrell Award (10) Get a 100 note streak.
Eddie Van Halen Award (30) Get a 500 note streak.
Yngwie Malmsteen Award (30) Get a 1000 note streak.
Easy Tour Champ (10) Beat the Easy tour.
Medium Tour Champ (30) Beat the Medium tour.
Hard Tour Champ (30) Beat the Hard tour.
Expert Tour Champ (30) Beat the Expert tour.
Sandbox Hero Award (30) Earn five stars on all songs in the Easy tour.
Most Likely to Succeed Award (30) Earn five stars on all songs in the Medium tour.
Guitarmaggedon Award (30) Earn five stars on all songs in the Hard tour.
Start a Real Band Already Award (30) Earn five stars on all songs in the Expert tour.
Rock School Grad (10) Complete all tutorials.
Scoremonger Award (10) Get an 8x multiplier.
Perfectionist Award (30) Get 100% notes hit on a song.
Rock Snob Award (10) Refuse to play an encore.
Long Road Ahead Award (10) Fail a song on Easy.
Hendrix Award (10) Beat a song with lefty flip on.
Teacher's Pet Award (10) Practice three different songs.
Saturday Morning Award (10) Beat Trogdor and Thunder Horse.
Kick the Bucket Award (30) Beat Jordan on Expert.
Gear Head Award (30) Buy all guitars.
Fanatical Completionist Award (30) Buy all guitar finishes.
Record Collector Award (10) Buy all songs.
Life of the Party Award (10) Buy all characters.
Fashion Plate Award (10) Buy all outfits.
Extra Credit Award (10) View the credits.
Big Spender Award (10) Spend $10,000 at the store.
Scenester Award (10) Beat all the unlock songs.
Joan & Lita Award (30) Get a 100 note streak in Cooperative.
Joe & Steven Award (30) Get a 500 note streak in Cooperative.
Keef & Mick Award (30) Get a 1000 note streak in Cooperative.
Lennon & McCartney Award (10) Get an 8x streak in Cooperative.
Page & Plant Award (30) Get 100% notes hit on a song in Cooperative.
200K Pair (30) Get 200,000 points on a song in Cooperative.
400K Pair (30) Get 400,000 points on a song in Cooperative.
600K Pair (30) Get 600,000 points on a song in Cooperative.
800K Pair (30) Get 800,000 points on a song in Cooperative.
Millionaire Pair (30) Get 1,000,000 points on a song in Cooperative.

Complete the following to unlock Special Guitars

Unlockable How to Unlock
Fish Guitar Beat Easy Mode
USA Guitar 5 Star every song on Easy Mode
Casket Guitar Beat Medium Mode
Viking Guitar 5 Star every song on Medium Mode
Snaketapus Guitar Beat Hard Mode
Eyeball Guitar 5 Star every song on Hard Mode
Axe Guitar Beat Expert Mode
"The Log" Guitar 5 Star every song on Expert Mode

Extra Bass Guitars Unlockable in Co-Op

Complete the following in Co-Op mode to unlock the guitars. This does not include "Extra" songs.

Unlockable How to Unlock
Cream SG Get 5 stars on 20 Co-Op songs
Gibson Grabber Beat 20 Co-Op songs
Gibson SG Bass Beat 10 Co-Op songs
Gibson Thunderbird Beat 30 Co-Op songs
Hofner Bass Beat all Co-Op songs
Lava Pearl Musicman Stingray Get 5 stars on 10 Co-Op songs
Natural Maple Gibson Grabber Bass Get 4 stars on all Co-Op songs
Natural Sunburst Gibson Thunderbird Bass Get 5 stars on all Co-Op Songs

Guitar Hero II FAQs & Walk-Throughs

Other Jordan Expert Guide by CryofthePlanet 24K
Other Hard Mode Guide by Silversnares 45K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by sajhin 48K
FAQ FAQ by darkness992 22K
FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ/Walkthrough by hopton13 19K

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