Username: Password:
RegisterForgotten Password

Ballyhoo (Ballyhoo_Infocom.txt)

BALLYHOO
Written by Jeff O'Neill (Infocom)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)

(Start in the wings), S (to connection), LIFT MIDGET (so he can have a drink of water from the
fountain), SW (back yard), LOOK IN CAGE, W (to the prop tent where you hear voices), HIDE, WAIT,
WAIT (you hear Chelsea has been kidnapped), E, E (near white wagon), GET POLE, N, N, N (performance
ring), U (platform), E (onto the tightrope using the pole to balance), E, E, E, E, E (platform), GET
BALLOON, W, W, W, W, W, W, D (you drop the pole), D, GET POLE, S, S, W (beside big top), GET MASK, S
(back yard), OPEN BALLOON, INHALE HELIUM, HELLO GUARD (the turnstile opens), S, W, WEAR MASK, KNOCK
ON DOOR (of the trailer - Chuckles the clown opens it), S (clown alley), EXAMINE ASHTRAY, GET ASH (a
scrap of newsprint is revealed), GET NEWSPRINT, READ NEWSPRINT, CLOSE DOOR (it'll be okay
unless somebody tips him off about shoving Annie Oakley under the old front by the elephant tent...
you are stripped of your mask and thrown out).

N, CRAWL UNDER TENT (inside prop tent), GET WOOD (you hurt yourself on the wood and say...), OUCH,
OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH (or try some other words here), E, NE, N, NE (under the bleachers), EXAMINE
GARBAGE (you find a ticket), GET TICKET, PUNCH OUT BLUE DOT, SW, S, EXAMINE TURNSTILE, PUT TICKET IN
SLOT, E, READ BANNER (this way to Egress), S, SE (menagerie nook), LOOK IN CAGE, GET KEY WITH POLE,
UNLOCK CAGE, OPEN CAGE, N, GET ALL (headphones and bucket), EXAMINE HEADPHONES (has an inbuilt tape
player), REWIND TAPE, S, PLAY TAPE, NW, N, W (through the turnstile), SW, W, EXAMINE TRAILER, READ
SIGN, UNLOCK COMPARTMENT, OPEN COMPARTMENT, GET WHIP, W, N, E (the tape stops), REWIND TAPE, NE,
INSERT TICKET IN SLOT, E, E, E, N (fat lady), EXAMINE TINA, SE, GET STOOL, SW, S, W, W, W, N

N (performance ring), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, EXAMINE LIONS, W (lion's den), WHIP SMOOTH LION,
WHIP SMOOTH LION, WHIP SMOOTH LION, OPEN GRATE, THROW MEAT IN PASSAGE, E (the lions go through the
grate after the meat), W, CLOSE GRATE, DROP WHIP AND STOOL, MOVE STAND (you see a cigarette case
which you pick up), E, S, S, SW (back yard), GIVE CASE TO HARRY (he tells you it belongs to Andrew),
NE, INSERT TICKET IN SLOT, REMOVE CLOWN MASK, E, E, S (Jennifer's boudoir), SHOW CASE TO JENNY,
TELL JENNY ABOUT CASE.

N, N (hypnotist's parlour), GIVE TICKET (Rimshaw - he punches your ticket and asks what you
want), HYPNOTISE ME (....you are at standing room only), WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (a hawker appears),
BUY GRANOLA BAR, GIVE MONEY TO HAWKER, GET UP, E, U, E, D, E, U, E, D (in the wings), S (connection
- there is a long line of suckers here), ENTER LINE, WAIT, WAIT (another shorter line forms), LEAVE
LONG LINE THEN ENTER SHORT LINE, WAIT, WAIT (others push in), LEAVE LONG LINE (really?), YES, ENTER
SHORT LINE (it's now long), LEAVE LONG LINE THEN ENTER IT (others leave and you are at the
front - you get a frozen banana), BITE BANANA, THROW BANANA (the monkey runs after it), N (to the
wings where the hawker is), ASK HAWKER ABOUT BAR (he tells you that the guy who was next to you has
it), U, W, D, W, U, W, D, W (the bar is thrown at you but falls... you are back in the
hypnotists' parlour), GET UP, S, W (midway entrance), CRAWL UNDER TENT (under the bleachers),
EXAMINE GARBAGE, GET BAR (granola).

S, E, E, N, SE (fat lady), SHOW BAR, TALK TO TINA, SHAKE HANDS, SW (west half of fat lady), GET
RADIO, S, W, W, S, SE, DROP ALL EXCEPT TAPE, GET RADIO, U (to the top of the cage - you see a rope
ladder), U (on the tent), EXAMINE RADIO, TURN DIAL TO 1170 (you have found some soothing music),
RECORD TAPE, WAIT (14 times), TURN RADIO OFF, REWIND TAPE, D, D (you are told you have died but it
is exaggerated), GET ALL, PUT CHEESE IN TRAP, NW, UNLOCK DOOR THEN OPEN IT, W (inside mahler's
cage), PLAY TAPE (it soothes the savage beast), DIG IN STRAW, OPEN TRAP DOOR (you see a
compartment), GET RED RIBBON, E, CLOSE DOOR THEN LOCK IT.

N, W, SW, W (inside prop tent), DROP TRAP, E, W (nothing yet), E, W (mouse is now here), CATCH MOUSE
IN BUCKET, E, NE, INSERT TICKET IN SLOT, E, S, E (the elephant backs you off), GET MOUSE, SHOW MOUSE
TO ELEPHANT (he takes a step backwards), E (the elephant backs you off again), SHOW MOUSE TO
ELEPHANT (the mouse runs off), WAIT (the elephant thunders out and stampedes through the fence),
DROP ALL, SW through the damaged fence), U (on the wagon), OPEN PANEL, LOOK THROUGH PANEL (see Mr.
Munrab), KNOCK ON DOOR (Mr. Munrab steps outside to look around), CLIMB THROUGH PANEL, LOCK DOOR (to
prevent Munrab returning before you've finished), EXAMINE DESK, GET SPREADSHEET, MOVE DESK (so
it is under the panel and you can climb on it), U (through the panel to on the wagon), READ
SPREADSHEET, D, NE, GET ALL, SW, W (back yard), ASK HARRY ABOUT EDDIE (that's Chuckles's
real name), E, NE.

SE, SHOVE TICKET UNDER FRONT (a secret panel in the sideshow front slides open), E (blue room), GET
TICKET, OPEN PANEL (you decided instead to have a bet... do you want another card?), Y (do you want
another card?), N (you lose), LOOK UNDER TABLE (you see a trembling midget hand pull the table cloth
back down), OPEN PANEL (it slides open), W, NW, SW (you see Comrade Thumb), NE, SE, SHOVE TICKET
UNDER FRONT (the panel opens), E (back to the blue room), LIFT CLOTH, GET SUITCASE, WAIT (you see
the dealer approaching with Billy Monday), WAIT (the thugs confront you), W, DROP ALL, U, U (top of
tent), E, S, W (a metal shaft is thrust upwards through the canvas), GRAB SHAFT, PULL SHAFT
(that's fixed him), D, D, GET ALL, NW.

N (midway entrance - you see a detective lying in the sawdust), EXAMINE DETECTIVE (he has a fever),
W (connection), FILL BUCKET WITH WATER, S, NE, N, THROW WATER AT DETECTIVE (he wakes up), ASK
DETECTIVE ABOUT GIRL (he puts a ransom note and a trade card on the ground), DROP BUCKET, GET CARD,
GET NOTE, READ NOTE, COMPARE NOTE WITH NEWSPRINT (cut from the same newspaper), E, S
(Jennifer's), U (wardrobe closet), GET ALL (shawl-jacket combo and dress-suit combo), U, N, W,
W, SW, W, S, E, SHOW RIBBON TO EDDIE, SHOW NEWSPRINT TO EDDIE, SHOW NOTE TO EDDIE, SHOW CARD TO
EDDIE, SHOW SPREADSHEET TO EDDIE.

EXAMINE DRESS (it has a pocket), LOOK IN POCKET (you find a veil), WEAR DRESS, WEAR SHAWL, GET VEIL,
WEAR VEIL, KNOCK ON DOOR (of the trailer), E, CLOSE DOOR (as you close the door you notice a crowbar
leaning against the wall), GET CROWBAR, OPEN DOOR, MOVE MOOSE (revealing an opening leading to a
crawl space), W, W, OPEN DOOR (with the crowbar), S (clown alley), CALL THUMB (he doesn't
understand), GET THUMB, N, E, E (back inside the trailer), PUT THUMB IN HOLE (he goes easily through
the opening), DROP CROWBAR, TURN ON RADIO (it emits a circle of light... Thumb has found the girl),
GET GIRL, W, N, E.

NE, N, W, N, N (performance ring), CLAP HANDS (the roustabout is hypnotised), TELL ROUSTABOUT TO GET
NET, REMOVE SHAWL (the roustabout returns with the net), REMOVE DRESS, REMOVE VEIL, DROP ALL EXCEPT
RADIO, W (lion's den), GET STAND, E, DROP STAND, CLIMB STAND, U (platform - the radio is now
playing classical music), DROP RADIO, D, GET POLE, CLIMB STAND, U, GET RADIO, U, E, E, E, W, W, W, W
(a message comes over the radio... "Pledge week for WPDL"... the announcer repeats that
she will not play a certain piece by Vivaldi until one more caller phones in a pledge), DROP RADIO,
D, S, S, S, ENTER WAGON (white), CALL WPDL (your pledge is taken), OUT, N, N, N, CLIMB STAND, U, GET
RADIO (it is playing classical music again), E, E, E, E, E (the Mahler drops the girl into the net,
but the cheers interrupt his listening pleasure and he bounces you off... you catch a wire and are
left hanging), JUMP (into the safety net).

CONGRATULATIONS
You have saved the travelling circus that time forgot.

Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/

*****************************************************
Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive:
http://solutionarchive.com