Karaoke becoming a widespread phenomenon has penetrated different aspects of entertainment, including video games, in mobile phones, computers and the Internet.
In video games, there is the Karaoke Revolution by Konami, which is produced for PlayStation2. This console was made available in North America in 2003 and was finally released for the Microsoft Xbox in late 2004. This console works similarly like a normal karaoke, where a player sings the song with the lyrics on screen. The player is given a score based on rhythm, timing and pitch. Karaoke Revolution gained Karaoke Revolution Vol. 2, Karaoke Revolution Vol. 3, Karaoke Revolution Party Edition and CMT Presents Karaoke Revolution: Country. There is also SingStar created by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. This video game is especially well-liked in Europe and Australia.
You can also enjoy karaoke on your mobile phone! With the use of Java Midlet where a text file having the lyrics and Midi file having the music are run. Karaokini is one popular mobile karaoke provider.
In computers and the Internet, there had been plenty of softwares and websites that were created in line with karaoke success. There are computer softwares where you can play karaoke songs in your personal computer, and in the Internet, there are sites where you can sing and the entire world can listen as your audience and rate your song. There are a lot of online karaoke communities like singsnap.com, bix.com, singshot.com and ksolo.com.
In the East and Southeast side of Asia, video CDs became a widely popular means of entertainment, owing to the fame of karaoke. And they are continually selling up to these days! Even with the advent of DVDs and other high-tech entertainment bits and pieces, VCD players with karaoke functions are still part of the people’s entertainment systems.
Indeed, you can go where karaoke takes you, even in cars! In China, there has been a car furnished with a karaoke machine! Talk about karaoke transport!