Rock Star Ate My Hamster

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Description

The player takes the role of Cecil Pitt, a wannabe rock star manager. They must choose from 1-4 rock stars (with names such as Tina Turnoff and Wacko Jacko) to manage by viewing their audition tapes. Once the player has chosen their artists then they have to choose what kind of gear to get them - spanking new, second hand, or dodgy. The dodgy gear is dirt cheap but the player might pay for their choice later on in the game.

To make the group a star the player has options such as practicing, publicity stunts, and buying gifts for their stars. Each action choosen advances the calendar by one day. The player has until December to achieve their ultimate aim of superstardom - represented by a line graph which rises or falls depending on the performance of the band's releases.

Once the player's band has recorded their first album the player can choose to release the single and/or the album. The single needs a video to go with it which costs varying amounts of cash depending on which director is chosen to direct it. The player can choose to go for publicity, but this can be risky as there is a chance that one of the rock stars will be in the papers as an ex-rock star who died in any of many strange ways (all that's missing is a 'bizarre gardening accident'). Publicity affects sales directly and also affects the crowds who attend the gigs. The player loses the game if either they run out of money or all of their rock stars die.

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Alternate Titles

• "Rockstar" -- Alternate title

Part of the Following Group

• Genre: Simulation - Music

User Reviews

Half of me says it's brilliant, half of me says it's terrible

Amiga

Martin Smith (81122)

Critic Reviews

Amstrad Computer User	Amstrad CPC	Jun, 1989	87 out of 100	87
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Jun, 1990	80 out of 100	80
Amstrad Action	Amstrad CPC	Nov, 1989	76 out of 100	76
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Apr, 1990	9 out of 12	75
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	Apr, 1990	9 out of 12	75
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amstrad CPC	Apr, 1989	8.8 out of 12	73
Power Play	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	72 out of 100	72
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Apr, 1990	71 out of 100	71
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	71 out of 100	71
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Aug, 1989	60 out of 100	60

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References

• "The Stun", a newspaper that appears in the game, is a parody of the popular tabloid paper from the U.K., The Sun.
• The title of the game is a pun on a famous article that appeared in The Sun on March 13, 1986, titled "FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER".