This contrasts with the SingStar series from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which features only original artist recordings along with the music videos.
However, the 2009 remake of the game (titled Karaoke Revolution, just like the original) features all master tracks.
If the crowd meter falls all the way to the lowest rating, the audience will boo the character off-stage and the game is over.
The game can be set at higher difficulties which make this meter larger and require the player to hit the right notes more precisely to fill it to green.
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 introduces a "medley mode" which challenges the player to sing a string of short clips from various songs.
Many expansion discs are available for the Japanese version of the game, including an anime song collection and several volumes of J-Pop.
The PAL version of the game, titled Karaoke Stage, was released in Australia on March 31, 2005, and in Europe on April 22, 2005.
Karaoke Revolution Party was released in North America on November 8, 2005, on PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.
CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country was released in North America on March 28, 2006, on PlayStation 2.
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol was released in North America on January 2, 2007, on PlayStation 2.
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 was released on November 18, 2008, in the United States on PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.