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Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival

Gus Goes to the Kooky Carnival is an educational game for children between three and eight. The player can explore six locations and trigger animations by clicking on items on screen. Gus' three buddies are…

31 December 1995

Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival is a point-and-click developed by Modern Media Ventures, released 31 December 1995 on Apple Pippin, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival is

Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival is a point-and-click game developed by Modern Media Ventures and released in 1995. It is available on Apple Pippin, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gus Goes to the Kooky Carnival is an educational game for children between three and eight. The player can explore six locations and trigger animations by clicking on items on screen. Gus' three buddies are hiding in each screen and speak to the player when found. Each location except the Ferris wheel additionally has an activity: Trailer: There is a map of the United States to America to find. By clicking on a state, the player learns a fact about the state. Animal Lounge: A card game with similarities to Concentration / Memory variants. Each of the two players have matching cards except one which is only present once. Each player chooses one of the other players' cards in turns and has to…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Loaded.

Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Loaded.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival come out?
Gus Goes to Kooky Carnival was released on 31 December 1995 for Apple Pippin, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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