Ballyhoo: The Traveling Circus That Time Forgot on the Commodore 64 is an Infocom text adventure set in a rundown nighttime circus where, after the crowd leaves, you overhear that the owner’s young daughter Chelsea has been kidnapped and the hired detective is useless. You sneak among darkened tents, wagons, and animal cages, talking to a suspicious cast of clowns, acrobats, trainers, and drunks, using disguises and performing circus tricks—like tightrope walking and lion taming—to gain access to new areas and information. Played entirely in text with Infocom’s rich parser, it’s a closed-circle mystery in a seedy, slightly surreal big-top setting where you must piece together subtle clues to unmask the kidnapper and rescue Chelsea before the circus shuts down for good.