- At the Carnival
Infobox VG| title = At The Carnival
developer = Cliff Johnson
publisher =
released =1989
genre =Puzzle game
modes =Single Player
platforms =Apple Macintosh , DOS At The Carnival is a1989 computer puzzle game by Cliff Johnson.It was intended to be the first of a series of games called "Puzzle Gallery"; however, publisher
Miles Computing went out of business before any further games could be made."At The Carnival" is a collection of games similar to some in
The Fool's Errand , but with enhanced user interfaces. (For example, theword search puzzles have tools to highlight individual lines in all directions.) Theendgame puzzle is simpler compared to Fool's Errand and3 in Three , and consists merely of a crossword puzzle filled by key words found in other solved puzzles.Story
The game has no overarching story as such; each puzzle shows a small section of "Hazard Park", an
amusement park with woeful disdain for its customers. Completing the puzzles in a particular section displays the fate of the unfortunate guests who rode a particular ride.Release Information
The original version of the game was for
Apple Macintosh ; a port toMS-DOS was made, but it is not as visually appealing due to the lower resolution available toIBM PC -class machines at the time (320×200VGA vs. 512×342 minimum on Macintoshes). Cliff Johnson strongly recommends playing the Macintosh version instead of the MS-DOS version, using an emulator such asExecutor orBasilisk II if necessary.Puzzles
Some of the major puzzle types in the games include:
*Jumble s - mixed-up words to be reordered.
*Word search es - find words hidden in a grid of letters
*Cryptogram s - decipher encrypted phrases
*Crossword s - fill answers into boxes based on specified clues. (Not full-sized crossword puzzles.)
*Word grid s - rearrange 9 letters into a grid to make words in allhorizontal , vertical, anddiagonal directions.
*Polygon s - fitpentomino -like polygons into a grid; letters on the polygons spell out words.
*Jigsaw puzzle s - rearrange cut-up pictures to remake the original
*Concatenation s - several buttons concatenate letters to the current phrase; find the correct order to build a complete phrase
*Maze s - various types of mazes that must be navigated
*XOR displays - a set of buttons XORs various shapes together; the right combination of buttons will produce a wordExternal links
* [http://www.thefoolandhismoney.com/02-at-the-carnival/index.htm Official Site] , including downloadable versions for Macintosh and MS-DOS
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