Rock Star Ate My Hamster is a simulator developed by Codemasters, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Rock Star Ate My Hamster is
Rock Star Ate My Hamster is a simulator game developed by Codemasters and released in 1988. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cecil Pitt and his sidekick, Clive, desperate to get out of the circus theatrics business turn to the world of rock music management. At start player can choose to hire up to four musicians to make up the band. There are a lot of musicians available, parodies of 80/90's pop music stars. The game's ultimate goal is to get four gold records within a year.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Rock Star Ate My Hamster launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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