Video game · 1985

Ballyhoo

Released 15 December 1985 on Texas Instruments TI-99…, Mac, TRS-80, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and 6 more

Developer: Infocom
Publisher: Infocom
Made in: Cambridge, United States
Genre: Adventure
Themes: Mystery

About Ballyhoo

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...

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

Texas Instruments TI-99…	15 December 1985
Mac	1986
TRS-80	1986
Amstrad CPC	1986
Commodore 64	1986
Amiga	1986
MS-DOS	1986
Apple II	1986
Atari ST	1986
Atari 8-bit computers	1986
Texas Instruments TI-99	1989