A corrupt businessman by the name of I.M. Tightwad, whom the circus owes $10,000, arrives on the scene with the intent of demolishing the circus unless it can pay up. He plans to build a set of luxury hotels on the terrain. In a fit of desperation, the ringmaster organises a display of six events to raise money for the doomed circus: diving, juggling, trapeze, knife throwing, tightrope and the human cannonball. The performance in each event is judged by five clown judges, who offer money depending on the quality of the show. The businessman has no intention of letting the circus raise the cash though, and he sends his lackey, the evil Fiendish Freddy, to sabotage the acts.
Each player is represented by a circus animal (tiger, lion, bear, etc.)
The game was similar to many of the multi-event sports games of the time such as Epyx' California Games, Winter Games and Summer Games. However, Fiendish Freddy differed not only by its surroundings (circus events) offering a comedy element, it also...
Here I am scrolling through new Steam releases and... There's that clown. That clown who, in an odd little way, represents one of the milestones of my gaming childhood.
You see, kids... Circa 1990, good old Commodore had decided to relaunch the C64 to appeal to the console market. And since it seemed console users essentially wanted a computer with...
Good old days.
This game was spooky and weird when I was a kid and it's still the same today.
