Hollywood High
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Hollywood High is a creative writing
game released in 1996 by Theatrix Interactive. It is the sequel to Theatrix's Hollywood
, which featured only animal cartoon characters. The game features a choice of 37 scenes and multiple human cartoon characters. Users input text and watch the characters read it. Although Theatrix Interactive has since become defunct, the program was picked up by Tom Snyder productions, a division of Scholastic Corporation. The software can also be bought online directly from the main site. The product, which is now over 13 years-old, was available in Windows (R) 95, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh (R) CD-ROM formats.
The seed for Hollywood High was planted when Theatrix asked users what type of game they would like to see next, and there was much enthusiasm for a computer game based on teenage life.
Hollywood High features nine teenage characters (four boys and five girls), a mother, an athletic coach and a baby sibling. Players may change the voices, names, and jobs/interests of the characters. The characters include:
You may change, however, the voices, names, and jobs/interests of the characters.
There are 55 settings available in all, including the mall, the bathroom, the beach, prom and the eye of a storm.
When Theatrix's Hollywood
and Hollywood High were installed on the same computer, the two could be combined by using a key received by calling Theatrix after launching the "Unlock Hollywood" program; however, since the developer is now defunct, this feature is no longer available, and Scholastic has not picked this back up, due to low demand.
Creative writing
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game released in 1996 by Theatrix Interactive. It is the sequel to Theatrix's Hollywood
Theatrix's Hollywood
Hollywood is a creative writing game released in 1995 by Theatrix Interactive. Users input text and can watch the characters read it. The game features a choice of 24 scenes and multiple cartoon animal characters...
, which featured only animal cartoon characters. The game features a choice of 37 scenes and multiple human cartoon characters. Users input text and watch the characters read it. Although Theatrix Interactive has since become defunct, the program was picked up by Tom Snyder productions, a division of Scholastic Corporation. The software can also be bought online directly from the main site. The product, which is now over 13 years-old, was available in Windows (R) 95, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh (R) CD-ROM formats.
The seed for Hollywood High was planted when Theatrix asked users what type of game they would like to see next, and there was much enthusiasm for a computer game based on teenage life.
Hollywood High features nine teenage characters (four boys and five girls), a mother, an athletic coach and a baby sibling. Players may change the voices, names, and jobs/interests of the characters. The characters include:
- Lily, a bubblegumBubblegumBubblegum is a type of elastic chewing gum, designed to be blown out of the mouth as a bubble.-History:In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum,...
-chewing girl with a blonde ponytailPonytailA ponytail is a hairstyle in which most or all of the hair on the head is pulled away from the face, gathered and secured at the back of the head with a hair tie, clip or similar device, and allowed to hang freely from that point. It gets its name from its resemblance to the undocked tail of a...
, identified in the Hollywood High promotional material as "Lily the ponytail girl" - Matt, a brown-haired grungeGrungeGrunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
aficionado, identified in the promotional material as "Matt the flannel shirt kid" - Gus, a blonde punk rockPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
er - Anna, a female basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player - Gary, an African-American nerdNerdNerd is a derogatory slang term for an intelligent but socially awkward and obsessive person who spends time on unpopular or obscure pursuits, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities. Nerds are considered to be awkward, shy, and unattractive...
in a red sweater and sporting a hi-top fadeHi-top fadeA hi-top fade is a style of haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very short and hair on the top of the head is very long . The hi-top has been a trend symbolizing the Golden Era of hip hop and urban contemporary music during the late 1980s and the early 1990s...
haircut - Baby, a baby in a high chair
- Glenn, an AsianAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
black-haired teen with a blue sweatshirt and hood - Ruth, a red-headed babysitter
- Ed, an Asian athletic coach
- Jenny, an African-American soccer player sporting the number 7
- Susan, a parent with a blonde ponytail
- Stella, an Asian class clown wearing a large blue hat
You may change, however, the voices, names, and jobs/interests of the characters.
There are 55 settings available in all, including the mall, the bathroom, the beach, prom and the eye of a storm.
When Theatrix's Hollywood
Theatrix's Hollywood
Hollywood is a creative writing game released in 1995 by Theatrix Interactive. Users input text and can watch the characters read it. The game features a choice of 24 scenes and multiple cartoon animal characters...
and Hollywood High were installed on the same computer, the two could be combined by using a key received by calling Theatrix after launching the "Unlock Hollywood" program; however, since the developer is now defunct, this feature is no longer available, and Scholastic has not picked this back up, due to low demand.