<s>
Ballyhoo	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Jeff	O
O'Neill	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
circus-themed	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
ten	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ballyhoo	B-Application
was	O
labeled	O
as	O
"	O
Standard	O
"	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
is	O
bedazzled	O
by	O
the	O
spectacle	O
of	O
the	O
circus	B-Application
and	O
the	O
mystery	O
of	O
the	O
performer	O
's	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
attending	O
a	O
show	O
of	O
Tomas	O
Munrab	O
's	O
"	O
The	O
Travelling	O
Circus	B-Application
That	O
Time	O
Forgot	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
loiters	O
near	O
the	O
tents	O
instead	O
of	O
rushing	O
through	O
the	O
exit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
circus	B-Application
 '	O
owner	O
has	O
hired	O
a	O
drunken	O
,	O
inept	O
detective	O
to	O
find	O
his	O
daughter	O
Chelsea	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
kidnapped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
begins	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
abduction	O
,	O
it	O
soon	O
becomes	O
clear	O
that	O
the	O
circus	B-Application
workers	O
do	O
n't	O
appreciate	O
the	O
intrusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
unravel	O
the	O
mystery	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
engages	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
actions	O
straight	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
circus	B-Application
fan	O
's	O
dream	O
:	O
dressing	O
up	O
as	O
a	O
clown	O
,	O
walking	O
the	O
high	O
wire	O
,	O
and	O
taming	O
lions	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ballyhoo	B-Application
included	O
the	O
following	O
physical	O
items	O
in	O
the	O
package	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
in	O
1986	O
called	O
Ballyhoo	B-Application
"	O
richly	O
evocative	O
,	O
often	O
exasperating	O
,	O
and	O
very	O
clever	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Treasures	I-Device
of	I-Device
Infocom	I-Device
bundled	O
20	O
Infocom	O
releases	O
,	O
including	O
Ballyhoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
