To be on Top

To be on Top is a music themed action game where the player’s aim is to
create a song that reaches the top ten of the charts. The game starts out on a
street where the player has direct control over a character from a side view
perspective. Along the street are various locations (homes, a disco, a
recording studio and a TV station) that can be visited. The buildings can not
however be entered in any order as some require specific qualifications and if
those are not fulfilled the player might lose the game. The game can also be
lost by bumping into one of the strange characters and vehicles that move
across the street.

To create the song the player first has to collect inspiration. This is done
through a mini game played on a TV screen and there are four different kinds
of inspiration that can be collected: bass lines, accompaniments, melodies and
sequences. The mini game involve moving a crosshair across and clicking on the
inspirations as they move around the screen. After that a keyboard is used to
put the song together. This is done by choosing and combining the different
inspirations. Once the song has been composed a synthesizer is used to create
a demo tape which is then brought to the studio where one of 16 drum sequences
can be added to the song. If the song reaches a top three position on the
charts the player will get an invitation to the TV studio. There the player
will perform the song on stage and has to get as many viewers as possible.