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Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun

A corrupt businessman by the name of I.M. Tightwad, whom the circus owes $10,000, arrives on the scene with the intent of demolishing the circus unless it can pay up. He plans to build a set of luxury hotels…

31 December 1989

Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun is an arcade developed by Gray Matter, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun is

Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun is an arcade game developed by Gray Matter and released in 1989. It was published by Mindscape, Inc.. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A corrupt businessman by the name of I.M. Tightwad, whom the circus owes $10,000, arrives on the scene with the intent of demolishing the circus unless it can pay up. He plans to build a set of luxury hotels on the terrain. In a fit of desperation, the ringmaster organises a display of six events to raise money for the doomed circus: diving, juggling, trapeze, knife throwing, tightrope and the human cannonball. The performance in each event is judged by five clown judges, who offer money depending on the quality of the show. The businessman has no intention of letting the circus raise the cash though, and he sends his lackey, the evil Fiendish Freddy, to sabotage the acts. Each player is…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

Official trailer

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When did Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun come out?
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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