Jamzone (Video Game)

Jamzone is a rhythm/music based video game partially developed and owned by Jason D from Smosh. He created the game alongside his friend/girlfriend Amelia, his sister Millie, and his brother Alex; all of whom are also musicians. The game is meant to be a revival of the Rock Band games' style. It was in development since mid-2017 and finally released on November 17th, 2019. It received positive reviews from critics and was listed as the 7th best game of 2019 by IGN. It cost $80 upon release and came with a fake 6 string guitar to use in the game. A bass, a drumset, and a microphone could be bought separately for $20 each.

Story Mode
The story mode involves a full game similar to the style of Tell-Tale Studios in which the player uses their character to develop their relationship with fellow band-mates as well as raise the popularity of their band. It was credited as being the best part of the game by many.

Free Play
This mode gives the player the option to play any of the songs outside of the story mode as well as the included songs that are not playable in the story mode.

Cooperative Mode
In this mode, players can connect multiple instruments and have friends join in to play along with them. There is also a cooperative story mode setting.

Online
In this mode, players can go against others in real time to compete or generally to play together.

1960s

 * 1) "Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer [1968] [Hard Rock]
 * 2) "Plastic Fantastic Lover" by Jefferson Airplane [1967] [Psychedelic Rock] - *
 * 3) "I Can't Quit You Baby" by Led Zeppelin [1969] [Blues Rock]
 * 4) "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders [1966] [Garage Rock]
 * 5) "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" by The Beatles [1969] [Progressive Rock]
 * 6) "Spanish Caravan" by The Doors [1968] [Psychedelic Rock]
 * 7) "I Can See For Miles" by The Who [1967] [Psychedelic Rock]
 * 8) "Over Under Sideways Down" by The Yardbirds [1966] [Psychedelic Rock]

1970s

 * 1) "Peace of Mind" by Boston [1976] [Classic Rock]
 * 2) "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" by David Bowie [1972] [Glam Rock]
 * 3) "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop [1977] [Proto-Punk]
 * 4) "Run Like Hell" by Pink Floyd [1979] [Progressive Rock]
 * 5) "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers [1972] [Classic Rock] - *
 * 6) "Supersonic Rocket Ship" by The Kinks [1972] [Classic Rock] - *
 * 7) "Tumbling Dice" by The Rolling Stones [1972] [Classic Rock]
 * 8) "Going Mobile" by The Who [1971] [Classic Rock]

1980s

 * 1) "Love Bites" by Def Leppard [1987] [Power Ballad]
 * 2) "Devil Inside" by INXS [1988] [New Wave]
 * 3) "Where is My Mind?" by Pixies [1988] [Alternative Rock]
 * 4) "Hammer to Fall" by Queen [1984] [Hard Rock]
 * 5) "Abracadabra" by Steve Miller Band [1982] [New Wave]
 * 6) "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads [1983] [New Wave]
 * 7) "Never Say Never" by Triumph [1987] [Hard Rock]
 * 8) "Blister in the Sun" by Violent Femmes  [1983] [Alternative Rock] - *

1990s

 * 1) "Dammit" by Blink-182 [1997] [Pop Punk]
 * 2) "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers [1996] [Alternative Rock] - *
 * 3) "Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters [1997] [Alternative Rock]
 * 4) "Welcome to Paradise" by Green Day [1991] [Pop Punk]
 * 5) "All My Best Friends Are Metal Heads" by Less Than Jake [1998] [Ska Punk] - *
 * 6) "Golden Boy" by Primus [1997] [Alternative Rock]
 * 7) "Sell Out" by Reel Big Fish [1996] [Ska Punk]
 * 8) "Roots Bloody Roots" by Sepultura [1996] [Groove Metal]

2000s

 * 1) "Florescent Adolescent" by Arctic Monkeys [2007] [Alternative Rock]
 * 2) "Hum Hallelujah" by Fall Out Boy [2007] [Alternative Rock]
 * 3) "Blood and Thunder" by Mastodon [2004] [Progressive Metal]
 * 4) "Brick by Boring Brick" by Paramore [2009] [Pop Punk]
 * 5) "Wet Sand" by Red Hot Chili Peppers [2006] [Alternative Rock]
 * 6) "The Dirt Whispered" by Rise Against [2008] [Alternative Rock] - *
 * 7) "Last Nite" by The Strokes [2001] [Garage Rock]
 * 8) "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" by The White Stripes [2001] [Garage Rock]

2010s

 * 1) "Reflektor" by Arcade Fire [2013] [Alternative Rock] - *
 * 2) "Square Hammer" by Ghost [2016] [Heavy Metal]
 * 3) "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm [2012] [Hard Rock]
 * 4) "Empire of the Clouds" by Iron Maiden [2015] [Heavy Metal]
 * 5) "Do Your Worst" by Rival Sons [2018] [Blues Rock]
 * 6) "By Crooked Steps" by Soundgarden [2012] [Hard Rock]
 * 7) "Little Black Submarines" by The Black Keys [2011] [Hard Rock]
 * 8) "Fear Inoculum" by Tool [2019] [Progressive Metal] - *

Description
DLC is a major part of the game, with three to five new packs being released each month. Each pack adds new songs for the user to play along with and usually only cost from $0.50 to $4.50.

List of DLC
See: List of DLC Released for Jamzone

Trivia

 * Unlike other rhythm-based games, no song was one specific difficulty level. Instead, the player can choose "Novice", "Intermediate", and "Advanced." Select few songs also feature the "Extreme" difficulty. Alex Dagotto stated that this was implemented since "The game is meant to be enjoyable for everyone, but also for people to see what it's like to actually play an instrument. The harder difficulties are more realistic as to how the song is plated. The harder difficulties are for those people."
 * All of the songs have been re-recorded by the four developers of the game due to lack of money to gain rights to use the original songs. The player can choose between Male Voice 1 (Jason), Male Voice 2 (Alex), Female Voice 1 (Millie), and Female Voice 2 (Amelia).
 * When exploring the files of the vanilla version of the game, people discovered eight at-the-time unused sound files for eight songs originally meant to be implemented into the main game. The songs are as follows: "Crosstown Traffic" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet, "Indie Cindy" by Pixies, "Johny Hit and Run Pauline" by X, "Journey to the Center of the Mind" by The Amboy Dukes, "Messed Up World (F'd Up World)" by The Pretty Reckless, and "There's No Home for You Here" by The White Stripes. All of these songs were added as either free or paid DLC in the following months.
 * When selecting a song in free-play mode or when simply looking at the song catalog, the player can sort the songs by artist, year, genre, or alphabetically.