Hollywood Mogul

Carey DeVuono's Hollywood Mogul is a computer game released in 1993 that

Hollywood Mogul
allows players act as entrepreneurs to take charge of a movie studio. It was
conceived, designed and published solely by Carey DeVuono. An economic Developer(s) Hollywood Mogul
Company
simulation game, players can choose movie plots to use for a movie, set production
Publisher(s) Hollywood Mogul
budgets and select the talent as well. The game's goal is to create movies that sell
Company
well. Players must juggle the added concerns of movie budgets, cost over-runs, and
Platform(s) DOS, Microsoft
irritable actors and directors in order to succeed.
Windows
The original DOS version was written in Visual Basic.[1] A Microsoft Windows Release 1993, 1997, 2006
version was released in 1997. A sequel, Hollywood Mogul 3, was released in late Genre(s) Business simulation
2006. A pre-release was given to message board members and long-term fans on game
September 26, 2006. Mode(s) Single player

Contents
Game mechanics
Recognition
See also
References
External links

Game mechanics
Hollywood Mogul has five difficulty levels to choose from, each with higher annual budgets. A higher annual budget causes higher
monthly expenses, making it more difficult to keep the studio profitable, which provides a greater challenge to the player
.

New In Town ($125,000,000 Annual Budget)

Still Green ($250,000,000 Annual Budget)
On My Way ($500,000,000 Annual Budget)
Hollywood Player ($750,000,000 Annual Budget)
Hollywood Mogul ($1,000,000,000 Annual Budget)
Movies come in fifteen set genres, ranging from comedy to drama to science fiction, as well as six subgenres such as "farce" or
"slapstick". Movies can rise and fall depending on what genre they are and what time of year they are released.

Acting, screenwriting and directing talent also play a great role in the success of a film. More popular talent costs more to hire, but
have the benefit of raising the noticeability of a film. Likewise, production budget, special effects budgets and advertising play a big
role as well.

Recognition
Computer Gaming World's reviewer in April 1994 said that despite Hollywood Mogul's "crude visual look ... I have found myself
spending dozens of hours as a Hollywood bigwig rather than playing dozens of more expensive and graphically sexy games". Despite
the lack of limited or award season-oriented releases, he concluded that it "is a fascinating exercise for the detail-oriented gamer"
preferring statistics over action or visuals.[1] The magazine ranked Hollywood Mogul as one of the top three strategy games of all
time in the magazine's 20th anniversary issue.

In February 2002, it was inducted to the Hall of Belated Fame byHome of the Underdogs.

See also
The Movies

References
1. Wilson, Johnny L. (April 1994)."Sam Goldwyn Doesn't Live Here Anymore"(http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/in
dex.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117). Computer Gaming World. pp. 128–131.

External links
http://www.hollywood-mogul.com (Official website)
http://www.hollywoodmoviestudiogame.com/forum/index.php (Official message board)

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