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Ballyhoo
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Ballyhoo Spurred by stinginess and your natural curiosity, you stick around after the show in the big top, hoping to catch a free after-hours performance. Perhaps you'll get a peek at an imprompu clown act, or watch the late-night feedings of...User reviews, credits, box image, screenshot, trivia, and other information.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId,1578/
High quality scans of box, circus program, ticket, balloon, and trade card.
http://infocom.elsewhere.org/dsinclair/ballyhoo/ballyhoo.html
Text of game announcement from Infocom's newsletter.
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The New Zork Times, Winter 1986 You always wanted to join the circus, didn't you? Heck, we all did. The only question was whether to put on clown makeup, walk the highwire, or brave the wild beasts. Now you get to do all these things, in...Capsule review. "An interesting game, but certainly not one of Infocom's more intense or defined."
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Ballyhoo Ballyhoo is very flavorful, and the usual Infocom descriptiveness shows up well in this game, which really brings a circus to life. The most unfortunate part of the game is the plot, which is quite confusing and hard to follow,...PDF file of scanned originial game manual.
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