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 bubblegum-chewing girl with a blonde ponytail, identified in the Hollywood High promotional material as "Lily the ponytail girl"
- Matt, a brown-haired grunge aficionado, identified in the promotional material as "Matt the flannel shirt kid"
- Gus, a blonde punk rocker
- Anna, a female basketball player
- Gary, an African-American nerd in a red sweater and sporting a hi-top fade haircut
- Baby, a baby in a high chair
- Glenn, an Asian 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 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.
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