Circus
Channel 8 Software 
, Digital Fantasia , Molimerx 1982
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Brian Howarth, Wherner Barnes
- Systems:
- SAGA
- Platforms:
- C64/128 , Spectrum, BBC/Electron , Atari 400/800, Dragon 32/64 , Oric/Atmos, TRS-80 , C16/Plus4
- Related:
- Mysterious Adventures [1: Golden Baton, The, 2: Time Machine, The, 3: Arrow of Death part 1, 4: Arrow of Death part 2, 5: Escape From Pulsar 7, 6: Circus, 7: Feasibility Experiment, 8: Wizard of Akyrz, The, 9: Perseus & Andromeda, 10: Ten Little Indians, 11: Waxworks]
- Entered by:
- Gunness, Alastair, dave
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 12-04-2011
Synopsis
To obtain graphics on a Dragon requires the computer to be in Dragon 64 mode, otherwise the game is text only.
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- Solution
- by Gunness
- Hints
- by Gunness, Ken Hart
- Further Info:
- Search at Atari 8-bit Forever
- Search at Atari Mania
- Search at BBC Games Archive
- Search at Dragon Wiki
- Search at Gamebase64
- Search at IFDB
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Oric Site
- Search at Plus/4 World
- Search at The Dragon Archive
- Search at The Tipshop
- Search at World of Spectrum
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Circus is a surprisingly spooky game. Your car is out of gas and grinds to a halt near a deserted circus. While exploring the circus looking for some gazoline a shy clown asks you for a final favour. The game is very old-school; primitive parser, simple and slooow graphics and very sparse prose. Yet I think it should be played since it is one of the best Channel 8/Brian Howarth games in the Mysterious Adventures series. If you only play one of these Circus is a good choice. (Note: at one point a timer in the game makes it difficult to play the game in an accelerated emulator. It's when the clown appears; you won't see him if the emulator is set too fast.)
Interesting. I find that Circus is one of the least effective games in the series. But it does have its spooky moments :-)