Details - Description of game programs: ROCK STAR.

             
                                
   Well, now, as we promised in
at the very beginning of this section, one
of our authors will say a couple
words about the game "ROCKStAR".  This one
the person is better known to you not in
genre of game descriptions, and in the genre
writing novellas. The beginning of one
of which (by game "Star
legacy")you could see in
last issue of our magazine.  
                                
   So, I give him the floor.   
 ROCK STAR ATE MU HAmOtER    
                                
gra ROCK StAR refers to
genre MANAGEMENT, which
is gaining more and more popularity
popularity among users
SPECtRUm.  The manufacturer of this
the game is one of the best
companies today are
CODEmAStERS.  Like everyone else"code
master's" toys, this
The games have pretty good graphics and
sound design.            
   But let's get straight to it...
specifically to the program itself. Immediately
after loading the screen will show
a short story about how you
got into show business. If you have
difficult with English, then it's easy
correct - now I’ll tell you myself -
I’ll tell you the background, but in my own words
by you.                           
   You've been studying for a long time
because they processed drugs
ki into bubble gum and successfully pushed
them at the clothing market, which is about
store"CHILDREN'S WORLD" on the street
M. Gorky.  But sooner or later
everything comes to an end - yours
money evaporates along with
your employees, but you
Steve remained his faithful assistant and
50000 pounds sterling per car-
mane pants because you forgot
take them out of there.  These are the same
50000 and holdnear you
Steve.  Of course, for a long time
some 50000 pounds will not last
well, you and Steve are leaving
to America, where you start
exploit rock stars.   And
this is where the game begins.  
   The game is controlled using
KEmPStON-joystick, SINCLAIR
INtERFACE II (8, 9, 0) or class
viatures (P, L and ENtER).  After
AUtOPLAEY'a (or background)
a small menu will appear where you
will give you the opportunity to choose
number of hired artists.  And
you are a little apprehensivestart
choice, praying to God that history
didn’t happen again with bubble gum... 
   There are fifty artists in total. Here
they (the cost is indicated opposite the names
Most per week):                
                                
 1. WACKY JACKO 18000           
 2. tINA tURNOFF 15000          
 3. ELVIN DWIGHt 20000          
 4. BImBO BAGGINS 8000          
 5. IGGY CARRUSt 10000          
 6. DORISSEY 900                
 7. BILL COLLINS 30000          
 8. mARADONNA 17000             
 9. LUmmE 400                   
 10. SCRAtCH N SNIFFA 1000      
 11. SIDNEY SPARKLE 50          
 12. mINCE 18000                
 13. RICK GHAStLEY 400          
 14. DICK KNACKERED 21000       
 15. GRACEY CHAPPERSON 840      
 16. EDDY QUICKSILVER 9000      
 17. JOHN mICHAEL JARRS 25000   
 18. КАтЕ BUSHE 8500            
 19. SNOOZY SUE 840             
 20. PEtER GOBSmACKED 9500      
 21. FRANK ZIPPER 250           
 22. ROttON JOHNNY 5000         
 23. BONEHEAD 9000              
 24. RUPERt BEEtLE 26000        
 25. mEAtHEAD 4500              
 26. ANNY SmALLPOX 2500         
 27. BRYAN NYLON 13400          
 28. SNEEZY WONDERFUL 800 
 29. DINGO StRAPP 400           
 30. SADO 11000                 
 31. FREDDY GRUNt 4000          
 32. DEREK CLAUPtOUt 26000      
 33. BRUSE StRINGBEAN 9000      
 34. StIF PILCHARDS 920         
 35. ALISON NIGHtmARE 200       
 36. CRISPY RIND 950            
 37. mICHEL GORGE 15000         
 38. IZZY AZBEEN 3000           
 39. WItLESS HOUStON 12450      
 40. tItCHY BLACKHEAD 400       
 41. StRING 900                 
 42. HARRY HUmAN 600            
 43. RODNEY HOLLDER 450         
 44. tED NEWSAGENt 600        45. mIDGE SEWER 80             
 46. DOZY tROWEL 3000           
 47. HARVEY HEADBAND 7490       
 48. COD 8000                   
 49. HARLEY WOTTS 9000          
 50. JANE JEt 680               
                                
   The choice of stars is impressive.  What
worth one JOHN mICHAEL JARRS!
Well, and some other guys
you'll find out too. Over time.      
   When hiring, focus on
the price of the artist and your capabilities.
For example, if you hire an expensive
artist, and in a couple of weeks
fly down the drain. Hire cheap
wow - no places in the hit-
you won't have any parades, artist
you might get picky and
in general you will be kicked and thrown at
rotten tomatoes with this
"star".                      
   Although not all are cheap artists
bad, I must say. The best
I think it's cool and cheapDORIS-
SEYand exactlyI recommend him
for beginning showmen. You are the stars
branes, and a new menu appears on the screen:  
                                
 SPANKING NEW - new clothes    
 SECOND - slightly used   
 DODGU GEAR - pathetic cast-offs    
                                
   And such clothes cost accordingly
actually 2000, 1200 and 800 pounds.
Having finished with your clothes, you tumbled out-
you enter the new menu, main and
the most important thing:                  
                                
 PRACtICE - rehearsals           
 GIG - concerts                 
 PUBLICItY - publications         
 GIFtS - gifts for the artist        
                                
   Let's look at each of them
of these options in more detail.      
                                
   1. PRACtICE.                 
   At rehearsals your artist
rehearsing,as you already understood.
Teaches songs and stuff. Every day
rehearsals will cost you 5
lbs.  After each day rep-
tion Steve will give his opinion about
rehearsals.                      
                                
   2. GIG.                      
   Concerts may take place in
four places:                 
 2.1. PUBS - in pubs;        
   2.2. CLUBS - in clubs;       
   2.3. UNIVERSItEtS - to the universal
sites;                        
   2.4. StADIUmS - in stadiums.
                                
   Choosing a place to perform
you will be asked to name the price of the ticket
ta. Ticket prices offered to you
such: 2 pounds, 5 pounds, 10
pounds, 15 pounds and 20 pounds.
If you change your mind about the performance
Yes, then select the option CANCEL -
and you will find yourself in the main menu. 
   Having set the ticket price, all that remains is -
The last detail is to indicate
number of evenings where
your artist will be publicly legitimized
to get money. And again, if
you hesitate or change your mind, to
option at your service CANCEL.     
   Having finished with all this business
you can enjoy yours
concert and admire the
the satisfied face of your art-
Teesta.  After the concert you rule
on a brand new minibus to
my, listening to Steve's reports on
concerts - how many people there were and
how much money did you get?
Although you can see for yourself
changes in the column CASH (if
true story). And in the back seat there will be
hang out your ward...    
                                
   3. PUBLICItY.                
   Publications in newspapers.  This
nothing more than an advertisement for your
to the artist. But there are a couple of nuances here,
and I want to mention them.       
 While you have money, the cat is
lakal, advertise your
the artist can do so without fear.  But
some time passes, you
money appears and begins -
Xia...                           
   Advertising becomes a tool
killing your artist because
instead of the expected advertising maybe
a message will appear stating that
your artist played the game in the box
orgy time, or crashed in
plane crash, or was killed
bandit on a dark street.  B
In general, the messages are not pleasant
turn out.                     
   Advertising is considered successful
if the article is about your artistplaced on the first page.
If the article is on another page,
then it makes sense to advertise more
times.  But advertising can also be
besides you. This is the situation: you
they call on the phone, Steve picks up
the receiver and listens. On the screen it's
text in normal English
language.  If you don't know at all
English, look carefully
specifically on the text. If it doesn't have
words SPONSOR or RECORD, then
answer the call with consent,
since this is most likely suggested
the idea of a charitable con-
cert.  After the concert newspapers
They’ll write whatever advertisement you need!      
   4. GIFtS.                    
   Gifts for the artist are quite
varied in assortment and
price:                           
                                
 CARS - machine, 20000           
 JEWELS - jewelry, 10000  
 CLOtHES - clothes, 5000         
 DRINKS - drinks, 100          
 FOOD - food products, 10    
 COmICS - comics, 1            
                                
   Now let's talk about
phone calls. If you have
things will go okay, then
there will be concerts
good luck, they might call you
guys from the recording studio and
make a flattering offer -
let's say sign up
with us. Take a good look
how much for the recording do they give you?
they offer and how much interest
implementation will fall to you.  If
this proposal does not suit you
if, then select "no", and
Steve will professionally send them to
one good place.  I would recommend
urged you to agree to the call
from the third or fourth, so
like a studio after every call
increases the amount and percentage from
implementation, and this, of course,
it will be beneficial for you.              
   The second type of calls is quite
pleasant - this is SPONSORS. True,
there is one hereproblem - for now
you don't have enough money, they don't have two
they will blurt out to you, and as soon as your
capital will begin to grow, they will begin
call you and pester you -
bami be your sponsors.
Of course, the proud showman will send
them along with their money, but you
still agree that they are superfluous
a hundred or more thousand on the road are not
are lying around, so answer
SPONSORSthat you agree.     
   But let's get back to the call.
from the recording studio.  If you
answer in the affirmative, then ok-
getting married in a recording studio. Here
full service: you first
will suggest the type of disk, that is,
what disc will you burn-
available: 2-track, 4-track and
so on. Two tracks will cost
you at 2000 pounds and so on.
By selecting the disk type, you and
Steve finds himself behind the mixing desk
remote control and recording begins.
After each recorded composition,
tions Steve pushes titles to these
singles. Your job is to agree with
him or not.  If you agree,
then the single will be named as
Steve will call him, but if not,
then the name you will come up with -
do it yourself.                      
   Oh!  I completely forgot!  In order to
to get into the studio you need
select the option RECORD, which
will appear after your consent
with the studio.Now we can continue. Pos-
Le records you find yourself again
in the main menu, and the option RECORD
changes to RELEASE (sale).
But when all the singles are recorded,
one unfortunate thing may happen
case - the producer may request
charge you a million for recording
lbs.  If you have that kind of money
no or you just feel sorry for them
give, then answer this
the unfortunate producer is denied
sure and repeat the recording again
times.                            
                                
   RELEASE.                     
   Sale of recorded singles.
After selecting this option you
will ask you to choose what you want
sell: albums (not for sketches)
call, of course) or singles,
single songs (two songs per
hands!). Having focused on
what do you want to sell,
choose a song and play it
on sale.                      
   If things go badly and your
the single song does not fit into the hit
parade, that is, it makes sense to let in
selling another single.  Or make
to steal something cooler - to remove
video clip (mONStER SINGLE - how
will call him Steve).  Makes sense
answer in the affirmative, because
a video clip is a video clip. And then
you choose your producer:    
                                
 StIVEN SHEESEBURGEN - 3 million   
 CECIL BIDEt - 100000           
 BUSBY BERSERKRLY - 50000       
 WRIGLEY SCOtt - 10000          
 CLAVE - 5                      
                                
   Remember that the more expensive
producer, the better it will be
clip (from which it follows that CLA-
VE is a complete idiot, and messing with
it would be a waste of money and
time).  Having chosen a producer, you
choose a filming location:           
                                
 BAHAmS - 50000                 
 HOLLYWOOD - 20000              
 PINEWOOD - 10000               
 CRICLWOOD - 50                 
                                
   The case with the filming location is identical
similar to the case with producers - than
the more expensive the area, the better
you'll get a clip. Well, then, on-
after choosing a producer and location
filming, you will be asked to choose
the theme of the clip - here let us in
use your imagination, what a clip
want you to do.              
   When your songs will go on
around the country, then someone can help you
call and say that
such and such a studio in such and such a city
sort of illegally recording your
songs.  Here it’s up to you to decide what
how to do:                     
                                
   DO NOTHING - look at everything
through fingers;                  
   SUE tNE SCUm - file a complaint
to court;                          
   SEND and NOT BOYS ROUND - hire
strong guys to deal with
record pirates;           
   BUY - sell a single.         
                                
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this is the game ROCK STAR
ATE MU HAmOtER.  Still,
whatever you say, it’s nice
plunge into the world of business and
shake millions in your hands.
Although in virtual reality
sty... The version of this game that
placed in the application, downloaded
Available in 48K mode.  Here you go.
Now, it seems, that's it.  I wish you
have a nice time with this one
game and accumulate as much as possible
more money. Bye!..           
                                
                                
  © 1996 Okatov Dmitry, ATEK   
                                
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