Create a Pop Sensation

aka: Wanna Be a Pop Star: Smash Hits
Moby ID: 64519

Description

Create A Pop Sensation is a single player, music making game.

In this game the player selects members of a band, rehearses a song, records it and then performs the song in concert. After the concert performance the song and band are rated to see if they have made the charts. Songs and bands are saved and can be reloaded and tweaked until there's a song that the player likes and/or which makes number one in the charts.

The band consists of a singer, drummer, keyboard player, and two guitarists one lead and one on base. Selection is easy as they it's just a case of clicking on an instrument, or microphone in the case of the singer, and then selecting a character from the set of icons provided. The singer is the only band member who appearance and singing style can be customised.
The major part of the game is the rehearsal which is where the song is constructed. Each song consists of eight sections, the intro, 1st verse, chorus, 2nd verse, chorus, bridge, and two more choruses. There are five predefined songs and the player places sections of each song into a grid marking the pieces that each player will play effectively making a new song by mixing sections of the five songs provided. So, for example, the keyboard player may play the intro for song one while the drummer and singer perform the intro for song three.
After constructing the song the band must record it so it's off to the studio. Here there are mixer controls that can raise or lower the volume of individual band members as well as adjusting the left/right balance. Additional sounds such as backing vocals or brass highlights can be added here too. Once the player has a final sound they record it and play it in concert. There's no player interaction at the concert phase. The full song is played through in a concert setting complete with an animated audience and after that the score/chart position is shown and that's it. The player may choose to return to the rehearsal or recording studio to re-engineer the song , or even fire band members or change the lead singer's style and appearance to see if they can push it higher up the charts.

The game's other features include printing band snapshots, printing the music of their song, and in-game help though this is restricted to voice only assistance. There is a detailed interactive manual but this run as a separate application that is accessed from the menu.

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  • A for Animation Ltd
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  • CN Studios[Leeds]
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Game added by piltdown_man.

Additional contributors: Karsa Orlong.

Game added March 23, 2014. Last modified February 22, 2023.