Ballyhoo

Mystery Comedy Park

Ballyhoo
Author(s)	Jeff O'Neill
Publisher(s)	Infocom, Activision
Release date(s)	1985
Authoring system	ZIL
Platform(s)	Z-code 3
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Commercial
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Tough

How It Begins

The game begins immediately after the protagonist has finished an evening at the circus. Disillusioned by the bad seats, lackluster show, long lines and expensive prices, the protagonist finds themselves alone and free to wander the circus grounds as the employees go about their post-performance routine.

Notable Features

Ballyhoo was the first mystory that did not take place in a clock work world, but instead moves forward do to the players progress.

Infocom Versions

Release 97 (Infocom)

• Ballyhoo (Jeff O'Neill; publisher: Infocom; 1985; Z-code 3).
  • Release 97 / Serial number 851218
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Release 99 (Infocom)

• Ballyhoo (Jeff O'Neill; publisher: Infocom; 1986; Z-code 3).
  • Release 99 / Serial number 861014
  • Unreleased final internal version
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Activision Re-Releases

• Ballyhoo (release 97) is included on the following Activision collections:
  • The Lost Treasures of Infocom Volume I
  • The Infocom Collections: The Comedy Collection
  • Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom

Links

General info

• Ballyhoo - at Peter Scheyen's Infocom Homepage.
• Ballyhoo manual in PDF format - at The Infocom Documentation Project.
• Ballyhoo - at Wikipedia.
• Ballyhoo - at IFDB

Reviews

• Ballyhoo - at SPAG.

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