Fiendish Freddys

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun is a nice black-humor sports game to play. A corrupt businessman, to whom the circus that the player owns owes $10k, arrives on the scene with the intention to demolish the circus and plans to build an array of luxury hotels on the terrain, unless our hero can pay up the debt. In a fit of desperation, the show-master organizes 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 sets his lackey, the evil Fiendish Freddy, loose to steal the show.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The CPC version has nice and colorful graphics, although a drawback would be the slow action and the limited frame-rate during gameplay. The introductory theme is good and funny while the game includes a few funny sound effects and music during gameplay. All tunes are taken from the original release.