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Ballyhoo

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About

Ballyhoo is a mystery text adventure in which you play a disillusioned circus goer who decides to help find the owner's kidnapped daughter.

Gameplay involves searching for clues in the circus arena, the tents and other back areas trying to locate the girl. The game features a "Standard" difficulty level.

The original Commodore 64 Grey Box Contents included:

  • The Traveling Circus That Time Forgot Inc. Official Souvenir Program
  • Circus Ticket (Sec.24 Row AA Seat 4)
  • Purple Circus Balloon
  • Advertising Card for Dr. Nostrum's Wondrous Curative

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Text

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk

Text Modes Supported

80×25

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard

Additional Hardware Supported

Printer

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 8088 / 8086

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Facts

Developer

Infocom

Publisher

Infocom

Released

1986

Platforms

PCDOSAmigaAtari STCommodore 64Apple IIAtari 8-bitTI-99/4ATRS-80Amstrad CPCTRS-80 CoCoMacAmstrad PCW

Standing

Top 30% by visits

Tags

Interactive fiction / text adventurePuzzle elementsDetective / mystery