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This must be the first computer game to come complete with 3D viewing specs.

Unfortunately the 3D effect is limited to the packaging, and the game is in fact mostly text-based, hi-res graphics being used for the title page, which is accompanied by a tuneful version of a very familiar melody.

As Peeko Sputberg, film entrepreneur, you must first find a backer and then set the level of play by setting your budget and time scale.

Since you have up to $50 million and 50 days to play with, a theoretical 25 billion levels of play are claimed!

The game then follows conventional lines as you work your way through many locations, which vary from the cutting room, to a jumbo jet in mid-Atlantic. The commands are clumsy as they have to be in two letter form, e.g. NO for North.

Every so often, you will be hit by events, good or bad, such as strikes or offers of finance.

No such random pattern is used to locate the film, though, and once you have found its location, there is little point in playing again, except perhaps to win acclaim from the critics or achieve box-office success.

E.C.