Circus

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Circus
by Wherner Barnes and Brian Howarth

Episode 6 of Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures
Mystery/Travel
1982

(based on 3 ratings)
1 review

About the Story

"What appears to be a circus in full swing from the distance suddenly becomes as silent as the grave as you open the gate into the field. Nevertheless you must find some petrol for your car, so here goes...
Games converted to Inform using scott2zip by Bjorn Gustavsson, and the Inform compiler v5.5 on 4/6/98."
[--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: Unknown
License: Former commercial
Development System: Inform 6
Baf's Guide ID: 543

IFIDs:	ZCODE-1-980406-F5A2
	ZCODE-1-041209-F23C

TUID: bdnprzz9zomlge4b

Editorial Reviews

Baf's Guide

A very odd early adventure using the Scott Adams interpreter. Your car runs out of gas outside an abandoned circus, and your ostensible goal is to get going again. For some reason this involves utterly destroying the circus. Despite the illogical plot, this is a straightforward game with logical puzzles and only a few guess-the-verb problems. May be best suited to novices.

-- R. Serena Wakefield

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