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...million of you in North America have CD-ROM or Philips CD-i players, and that number is expected to double by year's end and treble by 1996. Get ready to hook up those players to your computers and home entertainment centers, fork over $25 to $100 a disk and jam with your favorite artist. Passivity is passe; tubby time is over. Here comes Interactive Rock...
...decide what to do next: Watch one of his music videos? Thumb through his old baby pictures? Choose various cuts by musicians from around the world and mix them together into your own jam session? Or "go backstage"; that requires a pass, which you earn while maneuvering through the disk. As Gabriel narrates, boxes of hypertext pop up alongside the images. If you click on Gabriel's passport, it shows his ! photograph morphing from infancy through adulthood into a skull. And if you dally in moving your mouse, he may chirp, "Click me!" Best advice: Don't be afraid...
...David Bowie. The first CD-ROM from this charismatic chameleon, Jump: David Bowie Interactive, to be released shortly, will be as theatrical as its star's performances: the disk will allow users to create their own music videos using songs from Bowie's Black Tie White Noise album. "It's like you're playing a live TV producer with five cameras," says software designer Ty Roberts. "You have to pick which one to use." Jump will also feature three Black Tie music videos...
...Elvis. The King is not dead -- we know that from reading Weekly World News -- but soon he will live, and sing, on the CD-ROM Virtual Graceland. Due out this summer, the Crunch Media disk allows users to roam freely through Presley's haunted mansion, room by room, in 360 degrees shots. Wander into the TV room and play Elvis' hits on his personal phonograph. Noodle on Elvis' piano, strum his guitar, open drawers by clicking on them. Just don't try peeking into Elvis' medicine chest; the bathroom is not open to the public...
...wants to play basketball, pure and simple. But our society almost demands him to rap, (his compact disk is a real Christmas treat) make movies, find a cure for cancer, and if there's time, teach young kids how they should lead their lives...