Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

SCREENSTARSCharlie Chaplin, James Dean andMarilyn Monroe - unlikely subjects forcomputer games? Not according to USGold. Boss man Geoff Brown hassnapped up the rights to these famousnames. What we all want to know iswhat he is going to do with them. Startfinding out heretotally unique gameC with a whole newconcept. H This is your chance tobecome A a silent moviedirector R and produce theworld's greatest slapstickLcomedian Charlie Chaplin inan J epic production.E To start the game, you havea Cchoice of hilarious scripts torecreate.HAEach script will tell you howmany scenes you will have toproduce, P the characters andbackdrops. LI The next step is to selectfrom N a large choice yourbackdrop i scene, investigatethesprops room discoveringthe various articles you willaneed - and then cost yourfilm from a choice of buddingactors. Now you ore set forscene one and action,The action sequence playslike a level in a fost-movingarcade game.You control the amazingantics of Charlie Chaplin withyour joystick and ovoidgetting caught by theinevitable baddie.If you do get caught, thebaddie will hold on to you fora certain length of time actingas a penalty because eachscene is timed - and in themovie business time is money.And you don't have much.Once your scene has beenrecorded you may retire tothe edit suite. Here the sceneyou have just directed will beplayed back to you, if you likeit, then it's on to the nextscene, if you don't it will hitthe cutting room floor and youwill hove the chance to do are-take. But beware, asmentioned before - time ismoney and you will havebeen given a budget for theproduction of this film.Obviously, if you hove tore-shoot a scene, it will bemore costly and you could riskgoing over budget, turningsuccess into a failure.Remember - you have toproduce a box office hitlJust like working on C+ VGreally.Once all the scenes havebeen shot, depending on therequirements of the script,you ore ready to release it onthe eagerly awaiting public.You will see the cinema on theopening night with the nameof your film up in lights.Once inside the cinema thecrowd quieten, the curtainso.o, gnidraw bock and your veryown silent movie will berecreated before your eyes.Between each scene, astoryboord caption willappear and your block andwhite silent movie is complete!Now all that's left is thereaction from the audience ifthe applause is loud and long,you will be awarded higherbox office earnings. This is thecrucial time when you know ifyou've madb it!If you have not gone overbudget and have high boxoffice earnings you con makea sequel, with more scenes,more action and moreentertainment. As long asyou're making money, youwill be making movies.The disk version will havethe facility to store your silentmovie classics, so you mayplay them bock at anytime.The Atari ST version willgive you a review from acelebrated film critic in theVariety News.Charlie Chaplin will beavailable for the Commodore64, Spectrum, IBM PC,Amstrad and Atari ST.No news on the JamesDean or Marilyn games -but, as always, watch thisspace!