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American Idol

American Idol is a music-based, rhythm-action game that will allow you to create, style, and train a contestant for the competition. Once styled and trained you'll see your contestant progress through the…

18 November 2003

American Idol is a music developed by Mobius Entertainment, released 18 November 2003 on Game Boy Advance.

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What American Idol is

American Idol is a music game developed by Mobius Entertainment and released in 2003. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

American Idol is a music-based, rhythm-action game that will allow you to create, style, and train a contestant for the competition. Once styled and trained you'll see your contestant progress through the auditions, various heats, and then, hopefully, make it to the grand final. You'll need quick fingers as you match the right combination of buttons to what's displayed on the screen helping your contestant sing a sweet harmony and dance to the rhythm of the song. Get it wrong and your voice fades and goes out of tune as the judges and later the audience grow unsettled.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the American Idol series

American Idol is the second of 3 entries we hold in the American Idol series. The next entry was American Idol: Double Dance Showdown in 2008.

See all 3 American Idol games in release order →

What it launched against

American Idol launched on 18 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

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When did American Idol come out?
American Idol was released on 18 November 2003 for Game Boy Advance.

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