Bi-Fi Roll - Action in Hollywood (DOS)

Bi-Fi Roll - Action in Hollywood

Platform: DOS Year: 1994 Developer: Freelance Development Online: Download

Bi-Fi Roll - Action in Hollywood is a point-and-click adventure. During his vacation job as a courier, the student Lukas has to deliver a screenplay directly to the managing director of a film studio, only to find that he disappeared. As he searches the building for him, he notices peculiar mishaps.

The game was an advertisement for a German snack brand and freeware from the beginning. It was praised for its moderate length and humor, cracking many puns on famous films and stars. In contrast, the advertising is unobtrusive and said by a few gamers to have had no effect on them.

Screenshots

The main menu. The options screen comes before the game. A cutscene recounts the story we are going to play out. Boy, can you be dishonest in adventures! An apple this day keeps no dentist away. Let's just stroll through the entire building!

Music

The music ranges from disco, over ominous and laid-back pop, to soft jazz, with a warm FM sound, complemented with digital drums, dominated by toms. Most songs are used in multiple rooms, either fitting, exaggerating or missing their mood. Though technically competent, it is unnoticed by reviewers and players alike.

If AdLib is selected instead of Sound Blaster, Silent Walking is heard with a very restrained drum beat and the other songs with no percussion at all. The game temporarily modifies the Sound Blaster 16 settings to match the volumes of the YM3812 chip and the samples.

The Amiga version has completely different, more detached music by Rudolf Stember.

Recording

All songs were recorded from the original game running on a Pentium 60 MHz with a Sound Blaster 16.

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Time for Action	Jochen Heß	2:57		Download
02	Mucho Sombrero	Jochen Heß	2:29		Download
03	Silent Walking	Jochen Heß	1:59		Download
04	All of the Crew	Jochen Heß	2:33		Download
05	Feeling Blue	Jochen Heß	3:37		Download
06	Movin' Onward	Jochen Heß	3:21		Download
07	Who's Afraid?	Jochen Heß	2:01		Download
08	Swinging Ding	Jochen Heß	2:17		Download
09	So Strange Here	Jochen Heß	3:53		Download
10	What's Up Now?	Jochen Heß	2:17		Download
11	Just a Melody	Jochen Heß	3:21		Download
12	TFA Victory Remix	Jochen Heß	3:29		Download

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Credits

• Ripper: Professor Chaos
• Recorder: Professor Chaos
• Game Credits:
  • Music: Jochen Heß
  • PSM 2.00 sound system (C) 1988-1994: Norbert Schmidt credited as N. Schmidt
  • PSM 2.00 sound system (C) 1988-1994: Jochen Heß credited as J. Heß

(Sources: 1, 2)

Game Rip

Format	Conversion	Download
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Audio Devices

Music
Sound

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Releases

Germany Title: Bi-Fi Roll - Action in Hollywood Platform: DOS Released: 1994-0?-?? Publisher: Bi-Fi

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/bi-fi-roll-action-in-hollywood - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/214971-bi-fi-roll-action-in-hollywood - GameFAQs.

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Notable Personnel	Rudolf Stember • Jochen Heß
Notable Companies	phenomedia • Freelance Development