Ballyhoo (video game)

Did You Know?

• Compute!'s Gazette in 1986 praised the game's "surprisingly flexible" parser.
• The Lost Treasures of Infocom bundle omitted the final page of the souvenir program, which contained an ad for a classical music radio station.
• In the game, the player must tune a radio to AM 1170 to proceed.

Plot

The player's character, captivated by the spectacle of Tomas Munrab's "The Travelling Circus That Time Forgot", lingers near the tents after a show. Overhearing a conversation, the player learns that the circus owner has hired a drunken, inept detective to find his kidnapped daughter Chelsea. Munrab believes the kidnapping was an outside job, but the player's investigation reveals that the circus workers react with indifference, hostility, or even attempted murder. The player must dress as a clown, walk the high wire, and tame lions to solve the mystery.