Rock Band (PlayStation 2)

Rock Band
Developers: Harmonix, Pi Studios Publisher: MTV Games Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in US: December 17, 2007 Released in UK: September 8, 2008 Released in FR: September 15, 2008 Released in DE: September 22, 2008 Released in IT: September 22, 2008 Released in SCN: September 22, 2008 Released in SE: September 22, 2008 Released in AU: November 7, 2008 This game has unused code. This game has uncompiled source code.

Rock Band on the PS2 is novel for using pre-rendered backgrounds to get "next-gen" graphics working smoothly on a last-gen console, even with four people playing at once. With no DLC, character creation, or proper tour mode, however, it's a cut down experience.

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Debug Songs Led Zeppelin? In my Rock Band?

Uncompiled Game Scripts

To do: Check if these scripts have any significant differences compared with the DTB versions.

Download Rock Band PS2 DTAs File: Rb1 ps2 dtas.zip (728 KB) (info)

Rock Band, like all of Harmonix's games, use a scripting language called Data Array for their higher-level game functions, like loading song data and defining menus. These are written out as plain text (usually nicknamed DTA, after their corresponding file extension in the game's file archive) before being tokenized and stripped of comments for the versions the game actually reads (nicknamed DTB, also after the file extension).

Most of their games only have the DTB versions of these scripts; while they can be converted back to a readable format, they'll be missing their comments.

The PS2 version of Rock Band has extra DTA copies of every single one of the scripts the game uses. This is likely an oversight on the part of the porting developer, Pi Studios (a similar thing happened to the Xbox version of Karaoke Revolution, also developed outside Harmonix). Many of the scripts refer to functions the PS2 version doesn't have, like unique venues, character outfits, and instruments, or to functions the PS2 itself doesn't support, like DLC testing songs. This suggests much of the scripting is cross-platform and not meant for the PS2 in particular.