Ballyhoo is an adventure developed by Infocom, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II and Atari 8-bit.
What Ballyhoo is
Ballyhoo is an adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1986. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, Texas Instruments TI-99 and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1985. It was released for ten different 8 and 16-bit platforms, including MS-DOS, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It is Infocom's nineteenth game. With a circus-themed plot, the game's tagline was "Big-time suspense under the Big Top!" The player's character is bedazzled by the spectacle of the circus and the mystery of the performer's life. After attending a show of Tomas Munrab's "The Travelling Circus That Time Forgot", the player loiters near the tents instead of rushing through the exit. Maybe some clowns will practice a new act, or perhaps at least one of the trapeze artists will trip…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ballyhoo launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.
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When did Ballyhoo come out?
Ballyhoo was released on 31 December 1986 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, Texas Instruments TI-99 and TRS-80.
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