<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Dinamic	O
Multimedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controlling	O
reporters	O
Sue	O
Bergman	O
and	O
Ron	O
Ashman	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
seeks	O
to	O
unravel	O
a	O
mystery	O
surrounding	O
the	O
murder	O
of	O
Frankenstein	B-Application
's	I-Application
monster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
process	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
undertakes	O
a	O
globetrotting	O
journey	O
to	O
locations	O
like	O
Transylvania	B-Device
and	O
Egypt	O
,	O
while	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
and	O
interacting	O
with	O
characters	O
such	O
as	O
Count	O
Dracula	O
,	O
the	O
Invisible	O
Man	O
and	O
the	O
Mummy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
began	O
at	O
Pendulo	O
in	O
mid-1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
sought	O
to	O
heavily	O
improve	O
its	O
design	O
practices	O
,	O
graphics	O
production	O
and	O
engine	O
technology	O
over	O
those	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Igor	O
had	O
involved	O
six	O
people	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
required	O
roughly	O
40	O
contributors	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
outside	O
contractors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
Dinamic	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
worked	O
with	O
Spanish	O
new	O
wave	O
group	O
La	O
Unión	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
theme	O
song	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Spain	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
sold	O
250,000	O
units	O
and	O
helped	O
to	O
establish	O
Pendulo	O
as	O
an	O
important	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Longstanding	O
fan	O
demand	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
(	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
named	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
collects	O
items	O
,	O
converses	O
with	O
non-player	O
characters	O
and	O
solves	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
maneuvers	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
via	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
,	O
mousing	O
over	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
selecting	O
hotspots	B-General_Concept
with	O
which	O
to	O
interact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
,	O
executing	O
"	O
Talk	O
Joseph	O
"	O
will	O
begin	O
a	O
dialogue	B-Application
tree	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
features	O
a	O
nonlinear	O
system	O
of	O
progression	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
cannot	O
die	O
or	O
reach	O
a	O
dead-end	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
types	O
of	O
puzzles	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
include	O
those	O
based	O
on	O
timed	O
action	O
,	O
on	O
conversations	O
,	O
on	O
pixel	O
hunting	O
and	O
on	O
repeating	O
the	O
same	O
action	O
multiple	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
alternate-history	O
1950s	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
monsters	O
from	O
Golden	O
Age	O
monster	O
movies	O
exist	O
in	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
and	O
live	O
everyday	O
lives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movie	O
monsters	O
recreated	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
the	O
Mummy	O
,	O
the	O
Invisible	O
Man	O
,	O
the	O
Wolf	O
Man	O
,	O
Count	O
Dracula	O
and	O
Frankenstein	B-Application
's	I-Application
monster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
portrayal	O
of	O
Hollywood	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
directly	O
lampoons	O
famous	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
1931	O
Frankenstein	O
starring	O
Boris	O
Karloff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
she	O
notices	O
that	O
Frankenstein	B-Application
's	I-Application
monster	I-Application
(	O
"	O
Frankie	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
distressed	O
and	O
searching	O
for	O
the	O
Invisible	O
Man	O
,	O
so	O
she	O
attempts	O
to	O
interview	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mummy	O
resides	O
in	O
Egypt	O
,	O
while	O
Dracula	O
lives	O
in	O
Transylvania	B-Device
's	O
Mountains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spanish	O
developer	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
began	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
in	O
mid-1994	O
,	O
directly	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
debut	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
"	O
wanted	O
to	O
run	O
away	O
from	O
anything	O
like	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Pinilla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
's	O
co-founders	O
developed	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
script	O
full-time	O
for	O
between	O
three	O
and	O
six	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
,	O
Pinilla	O
and	O
Hernáez	O
also	O
purposely	O
increased	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
puzzles	O
compared	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Igor	O
:	O
they	O
saw	O
their	O
first	O
title	O
as	O
overly	O
short	O
and	O
easy	O
,	O
and	O
hoped	O
to	O
remedy	O
these	O
issues	O
in	O
their	O
next	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
estimated	O
an	O
average	O
playtime	O
of	O
around	O
100	O
hours	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
PC	O
Manía	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
began	O
developing	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
with	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
engine	O
used	O
by	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
,	O
a	O
project	O
coded	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
concerns	O
with	O
engine	O
quality	O
led	O
to	O
two	O
full	O
rewrites	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
underlying	O
technology	O
during	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
finishing	O
Igor	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
upgraded	O
that	O
title	O
's	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
future	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
version	O
employed	O
protected	B-Application
mode	I-Application
and	O
offered	O
support	O
for	O
voice-overs	O
,	O
enhanced	O
scrolling	O
,	O
a	O
320x200	O
screen	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
chose	O
to	O
rewrite	O
the	O
engine	O
again	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
used	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
that	O
ultimately	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
built	O
to	O
support	O
SVGA	O
and	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
640x480	O
,	O
was	O
coded	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Felipe	O
Gómez	O
Pinilla	O
summarized	O
that	O
"	O
quite	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
time	O
"	O
had	O
been	O
dedicated	O
to	O
engine	O
development	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
engine	O
and	O
game	O
design	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
"	O
started	O
from	O
scratch	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
animated	O
graphics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Pinilla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Including	O
the	O
voice	O
cast	O
,	O
roughly	O
40	O
people	O
contributed	O
to	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
outside	O
contractors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
backgrounds	O
took	O
roughly	O
one	O
year	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dinamic	O
subsequently	O
secured	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
La	O
Unión	O
's	O
record	O
label	O
,	O
Warner	O
Music	O
Group	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
condition	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
advertised	O
the	O
band	O
's	O
next	O
album	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
La	O
Unión	O
similarly	O
recalled	O
that	O
working	O
on	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
had	O
been	O
"	O
a	O
very	O
fun	O
experience	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
reported	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
pleased	O
with	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retrospect	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
labeled	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
a	O
difficult	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spain	O
's	O
game	O
development	O
industry	O
had	O
collapsed	O
after	O
the	O
golden	O
age	O
of	O
Spanish	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
8-bit	B-Application
era	I-Application
:	O
Francisco	O
Delgado	O
of	O
Micromanía	O
cited	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
Spanish-made	O
games	O
under	O
production	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Espunya	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
consensus	O
in	O
1997	O
that	O
Spanish	O
adventure	O
game	O
development	O
had	O
no	O
future	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
saw	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
as	O
a	O
hopeful	O
sign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dinamic	O
Multimedia	O
first	O
published	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
in	O
Spain	O
during	O
December	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
were	O
doubts	O
in	O
Spain	O
about	O
the	O
sales	O
potential	O
of	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
titles	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Rafael	O
Latiegui	O
noted	O
that	O
his	O
company	O
believed	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
low	O
cost	O
and	O
"	O
high	B-General_Concept
quality	I-General_Concept
"	O
would	O
spread	O
the	O
game	O
via	O
word	O
of	O
mouth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spanish	O
retailer	O
Centro	O
Mail	O
still	O
reported	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
as	O
its	O
fourth	O
best-selling	O
computer	O
game	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
May	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Navarro	O
of	O
MarcaPlayer	O
wrote	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
performance	O
in	O
Southern	O
Europe	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
success	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
best	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
had	O
failed	O
to	O
break	O
into	O
the	O
international	O
market	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
had	O
intended	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
from	O
the	O
start	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
global	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
interest	O
from	O
publishers	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
secure	O
a	O
release	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
launched	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
only	O
in	O
Spain	O
and	O
Italy	O
,	O
which	O
continued	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
lack	O
of	O
global	O
market	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
El	O
Mundos	O
2002	O
"	O
Los	O
Mejores	O
Videojuegos	O
del	O
Mundo	O
"	O
(	O
MVM	O
)	O
collection	O
,	O
games	O
that	O
the	O
newspaper	O
included	O
with	O
its	O
Sunday	O
edition	O
as	O
optional	O
purchases	O
for	O
€5	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Dinamic	O
Multimedia	O
had	O
gone	O
bankrupt	O
since	O
the	O
debut	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
Pendulo	O
partnered	O
with	O
FX	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
re-release	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
in	O
a	O
special	O
case	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
stickers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
noted	O
that	O
fans	O
had	O
"	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
...	O
been	O
insisting	O
on	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
making	O
a	O
collector	O
's	O
edition	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
become	O
difficult	O
to	O
find	O
in	O
Spain	O
since	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2002	O
MVM	O
collection	O
was	O
a	O
success	O
:	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
its	O
10	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
reached	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Spain	O
's	O
GameLive	O
PC	O
reported	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
was	O
still	O
"sell[ing]	O
well	O
six	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
HobbyConsolas	O
,	O
lifetime	O
sales	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
in	O
Spain	O
alone	O
totaled	O
250,000	O
units	O
by	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
drew	O
attention	O
in	O
Spain	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
release	O
from	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
struggling	O
game	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Manías	O
Jaime	O
Bono	O
and	O
PC	O
Top	O
Players	O
Daniel	O
Melguizo	O
both	O
cited	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
evidence	O
that	O
Spanish	O
games	O
were	O
coming	O
of	O
age	O
;	O
the	O
latter	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
successful	O
PC	O
Fútbol	O
in	O
this	O
regard	O
,	O
and	O
highlighted	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
technical	O
superiority	O
over	O
domestic	O
competitors	O
like	O
Dráscula	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
often	O
attracted	O
comparisons	O
to	O
LucasArts	O
 '	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
won	O
the	O
1997	O
"	O
Best	O
Spanish	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
from	O
the	O
radio	O
program	O
Game	O
40	O
,	O
as	O
voted	O
by	O
listeners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discussing	O
the	O
visuals	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
Bono	O
and	O
Melguizo	O
offered	O
praise	O
,	O
while	O
Garcia	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
presentation	O
is	O
simply	O
magnificent	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Sólo	O
Juegos	O
similarly	O
complimented	O
the	O
graphics	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
—	O
despite	O
the	O
"	O
outdated	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
neglected	O
"	O
interface	O
—	O
and	O
echoed	O
Garcia	O
's	O
and	O
Melguizo	O
's	O
approval	O
of	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
Jordi	O
Espunya	O
of	O
MeriStation	O
called	O
the	O
voices	O
uneven	O
and	O
cited	O
several	O
"	O
terrible	O
"	O
performances	O
among	O
the	O
good	O
ones	O
;	O
he	O
also	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
although	O
above	O
average	O
,	O
were	O
inferior	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
foreign	O
titles	O
like	O
The	B-Application
Curse	I-Application
of	I-Application
Monkey	I-Application
Island	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
César	O
Otero	O
of	O
MeriStation	O
later	O
said	O
that	O
they	O
"cause[d]	O
schisms	O
among	O
adventurers	O
,	O
with	O
those	O
who	O
defend[ed]	O
their	O
madness	O
and	O
those	O
who	O
condemn[ed]	O
the	O
absurdity	O
of	O
their	O
solutions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Garcia	O
found	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
puzzles	O
logical	O
,	O
and	O
Melguizo	O
praised	O
their	O
"	O
tight	O
difficulty	O
"	O
,	O
Espunya	O
called	O
them	O
frustrating	O
and	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
primarily	O
to	O
genre	O
veterans	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Just	O
Adventures	O
Michal	O
Necasek	O
sided	O
with	O
Espunya	O
on	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
and	O
found	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
visuals	O
"	O
adequate	O
"	O
but	O
its	O
sound	O
quality	O
low	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
HobbyConsolas	O
,	O
Clara	O
Castaño	O
Ruiz	O
said	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
became	O
"	O
a	O
benchmark	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
in	O
Spain	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
GameLive	O
PC	O
declared	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
without	O
a	O
doubt	O
[	O
one	O
of ]	O
the	O
two	O
best	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
"	O
ever	O
developed	O
in	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2010s	O
,	O
HobbyConsolas	O
likewise	O
named	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
Spanish	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
games	O
;	O
Ruiz	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
point-and-click	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
in	O
history	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MeriStations	O
César	O
Otero	O
recalled	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
disgraceful	O
moments	O
of	O
humor	O
in	O
history	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
nevertheless	O
still	O
amusing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
greater	O
commercial	O
and	O
critical	O
success	O
than	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
,	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
marked	O
a	O
turning	O
point	O
for	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Francisco	O
Delgado	O
of	O
Micromanía	O
wrote	O
in	O
2011	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
was	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
really	O
brought	O
fame	O
and	O
the	O
mass	O
market	O
to	O
"	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
while	O
Xan	O
Pita	O
of	O
El	O
Mundo	O
remarked	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
Pendulo	O
made	O
a	O
good	O
move	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
writer	O
for	O
MeriStation	O
named	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
signature	O
cartoon	O
visual	O
style	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
proceeded	O
to	O
carry	O
throughout	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
its	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
followed	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
with	O
the	O
Runaway	O
trilogy	O
—	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
Runaway	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Turtle	I-Application
and	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Twist	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
—	O
which	O
brought	O
the	O
company	O
international	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1998	O
,	O
Rafael	O
Latiegui	O
left	O
open	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
a	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
sequel	O
if	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
's	O
sales	O
and	O
reception	O
were	O
strong	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
told	O
MeriStation	O
that	O
"	O
we	O
have	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
ideas	O
left	O
 [ over ] 	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
put	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
because	O
of	O
time	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
soon	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
second	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
project	O
changed	O
shape	O
to	O
become	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
which	O
started	O
to	O
form	O
as	O
an	O
idea	O
in	O
summer	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
Latiegui	O
said	O
during	O
Runaways	O
development	O
that	O
Pendulo	O
was	O
still	O
considering	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Latiegui	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
vast	O
majority	O
"	O
of	O
those	O
laid	O
off	O
returned	O
for	O
Runaway	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
fan	O
requests	O
for	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
were	O
ongoing	O
throughout	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Runaway	O
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
pressure	O
from	O
fans	O
became	O
a	O
key	O
motivation	O
for	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
and	O
publisher	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
announced	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commentators	O
from	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
and	O
Jeux	O
Video	O
noted	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
close	O
similarity	O
to	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
retitled	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
conceived	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
as	O
a	O
high-definition	O
remake	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
increasingly	O
drifted	O
from	O
this	O
framework	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
borrowed	O
heavily	O
from	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
and	O
attempted	O
to	O
take	O
its	O
ideas	O
in	O
new	O
directions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	O
version	O
of	O
Hollywood	O
where	O
monsters	O
act	O
in	O
films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
tried	O
to	O
imbue	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
feminist	O
outlook	O
;	O
Monchan	O
called	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
a	O
bit	O
male	O
chauvinist	O
"	O
in	O
retrospect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
received	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
