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The game is based on the ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' series by Creator/ICOMSimulations, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' (it's actually something of a prequel to it). The game is also a sequel to a similar NES ''[=MacVenture=]''-styled game called ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}'', with him announcing the development of another game called ''Themeire'' on Halloween of this game's release, which later turned out to be an official direct sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' called ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2023 Beyond Shadowgate]]''.
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The game is based on the ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' series by Creator/ICOMSimulations, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' (it's actually something of a prequel to it). The game is also a sequel to a similar NES ''[=MacVenture=]''-styled game called ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}'', with him announcing the development of another game called ''Themeire'' on Halloween of this game's release, which later turned out to be an official direct sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' called ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2023 ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2024 Beyond Shadowgate]]''.
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The game is based on the ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' series by Creator/ICOMSimulations, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' (it's actually something of a prequel to it). The game is also a sequel to a similar NES ''[=MacVenture=]''-styled game called ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}'', with him announcing the development of another game called ''Themeire'' on Halloween of this game's release, which later turned out to be an official direct sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' called ''Beyond Shadowgate''.
''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2023 Beyond Shadowgate]]''.
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The game is based on the ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' series by Creator/ICOMSimulations, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' (it's actually something of a prequel to it). The game is also a sequel to a similar NES ''[=MacVenture=]''-styled game called ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}'', with him announcing the development of a sequel another game called ''Themeire'' on Halloween of this game's release.
release, which later turned out to be an official direct sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' called ''Beyond Shadowgate''.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: What does the ringmaster do for sneaking into the circus without paying (as the tickets are all sold out)? He sends you to another world on a life-and-death errand. Sure, sneaking into a show is bad, but one would expect something like calling the police at most. [[spoiler:He does try to kill you later himself and it turns out he's actually a demon, though. After you defeat the Magician, the Costumed Woman/Princess explains that the Magician sent you to the other world to get the Magic Lamp for him so that he could take over both your and her worlds and after that the Magician would kill you.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: What does the ringmaster do for sneaking into the circus without paying (as the tickets are all sold out)? He sends you to another world on a life-and-death errand. Sure, sneaking into a show is bad, but one would expect something like calling the police at most. [[spoiler:He does try to kill you later himself and it turns out he's actually a demon, though. After you defeat the Magician, ringmaster, the Costumed Woman/Princess explains costumed woman/princess of the desert kingdom reveals that the Magician ringmaster sent you to the other her world to get the Magic Lamp for him so that he could take over both your and her worlds and after that the Magician ringmaster would kill you.you. And that if she had not intervened with his teleportation magic, then that would have surely happened and all would have been lost for both you and the costumed woman/princess of the desert kingdom.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: What does the ringmaster do for sneaking into the circus without paying (as the tickets are all sold out)? He sends you to another world on a life-and-death errand. Sure, sneaking into a show is bad, but one would expect something like calling the police at most. [[spoiler:He does try to kill you later himself and it turns out he's actually a demon, though. After you defeat the Magician, the Costumed Woman/Princess explains that the Magician sent you to the other world to get the Magic Lamp for him so that he could take over both your and her worlds and after that the Magician would kill you.]]
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** Using the "Polypheme" spell when you're not next to a stone foot and you end up lost in an endless desert, where you die.
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** Using the "Polypheme" spell when you're not next to a stone foot and you end up lost in an endless desert, where you die. Or die by hitting your head on the ceiling if you use it indoors.
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sequel called ''Themeire'' on Halloween of this game's release.
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* FastForwardMechanic: The "Saf" spell advances time by six hours, which is used frequently for puzzles that can only be solved during a specific time and the player wouldn't want to walk from place to place 12 times to pass the six hours.
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* {{Retraux}}: This game released in the 2010s tries to look like the series of NES ports of ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' games. There are even some fuzzy lines like in the old televisions at the beginning.
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* {{Retraux}}: This game released in the 2010s 2020 tries to look like the series of NES ports of ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' games. There are even some fuzzy lines like in the old televisions at the beginning.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: What does the ringmaster do for sneaking into the circus without paying (as the tickets are all sold out)? He sends you to another world on a life-and-death errand. Sure, sneaking into a show is bad, but one would expect something more like calling the police at most. [[spoiler:He does try to kill you later himself and it turns out he's actually a demon, though.]]
* GlamourFailure: [[spoiler:The ringmaster shows his true form as a demon after you give the musical instrument to the costumed woman.]]
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* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The ringmaster shows his true form as a demon after you give the musical instrument to the costumed woman.]]
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* LighterAndSofter: When compared to the creator's previous adventure game of this style ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}''. The atmosphere is more relaxing as it focuses more on adventure than sci-fi horror, the locations are fantastical and colorful rather than the grey sci-fi ship, the plot is generally more lighthearted if still mysterious, [[spoiler:and the ending is genuinely happy]]. There are still plenty of moments of tension and gruesome ways to die, though.
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* LighterAndSofter: When compared to the creator's previous adventure game of this style ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}''. The atmosphere is more relaxing as it focuses more on adventure than sci-fi horror, the locations are fantastical and colorful rather than the grey sci-fi ship, the plot is generally more lighthearted if still mysterious, [[spoiler:and the ending is genuinely happy]]. There are still plenty of moments of tension and gruesome ways to die, though.
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* LighterAndSofter: When compared to the creator's previous adventure game of this style ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}''. The atmosphere is more relaxing as it focuses more on adventure than sci-fi horror, the locations are fantastical and colorful rather than the grey sci-fi ship, the plot is generally more lighthearted if still mysterious, [[spoiler:and the ending is genuinely happy]]. There are still plenty of moments of tension and gruesome ways to die, though.
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* AchievementSystem: There are 20 Challenges which also act as achievements to earn, for things like progress, beating the game without dying, discovering certain things, or dying in certain ways.
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* PiranhaProblem: Trying to take a seashell results in you getting bitten by a swarm of piranha.
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* BlackHoleBelly: The Baksheesh Anteroom guardian can use its giant mouth and eats you, making you go to the vacuum of space.
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[[caption-width-right:256:Doesn't this [[VideoGame/{{Uninvited}} look familiar]]?]]
''Spectacle'' is an AdventureGame by [=GraphMetal=] for computers running Windows released in 2020.
You play as an unnamed man at a workhouse. One day, he receives a letter with an ad for the Spectacle circus. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance, so he goes there immediately. Unfortunately, tickets are all sold out. He goes to the back of the tent, finds a silver poket watch, and enters backstage through a hole. A ringmaster who is also a magician and a woman in a costume find him, with the former punishing him with an errand - not working for the circus, but a matter of life-and-death. First, he must go into the box next to the ringmaster. He does so and gets transported to a whole new world - a desert kingdom, full of magic, dangerous creatures, and mysteries. Now the real adventure begins...
The game is first-person, with a graphics window on the top-left, the inventory on the top-right, and the text/interface at the bottom. You can MOVE from screen to screen, EXAM. things, TAKE whatever might be useful, USE items, OPEN doors/books, and TALK to things (assuming they want to talk and not kill you), and there's a SELF option which is used if you need to wear something for instance. The game can be saved and loaded at almost any time. There are plenty of ways to die, but it's not much of a consequence (aside from occasionally having something potentially scary covering the screen and a grisly death description), as you are just moved back to the previous room.
The game is based on the ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' series by Creator/ICOMSimulations, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' (it's actually something of a prequel to it). The game is also a sequel to a similar NES ''[=MacVenture=]''-styled game called ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}'', with him hinting at the possibility of a third game.
The gameplay trailer can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qKiH4ytwVQ here]].
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!!This game provides examples of:
* {{Autosave}}: Defied, the game specifically mentions that it doesn't autosave and you should save before quitting.
* BigBad: The ringmaster, since he causes the plot by sending you on a life-and-death errand for just sneaking into the circus to the desert kingdom and [[spoiler:you face off against him in the final confrontation.]]
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The costumed woman/princess of the desert kingdom, since she came to Earth to find someone who could help her find the magical instrument and defeat the [[BigBad ringmaster/demon]], and she plays the magical instrument to reveal his true form for you to defeat. The creator's Twitter account also implies she's the one who left the silver watch behind the tent to make you enter it.]]
* BlackHoleBelly: The Baksheesh Anteroom guardian can use its giant mouth and eats you, making you go to the vacuum of space.
* CeilingSmash: The wind from the well is so strong, it causes you to fly up to the ceiling and smash your head on it, causing death. You also smash the ceiling upon using Polypheme indoors.
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: The loose rock in the Khaki Mud Wall is brown, unlike the other rocks which are grey.
* DeathByMaterialism: Take any item in the dungeon's Treasure Room that is not the lamp and you'll be punished for your greed with the door closing, making you spend the rest of your life surrounded by treasures. A similar situation happens when you wish for endless wealth.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying just sends you back to the previous screen.
* DeathOfAChild: The death of a young prince was so much it weakened the king's resolve, causing the wizard's curse to return to the kingdom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: What does the ringmaster do for sneaking into the circus without paying (as the tickets are all sold out)? He sends you to another world on a life-and-death errand. Sure, sneaking into a show is bad, but one would expect something more like calling the police at most. [[spoiler:He does try to kill you later since he's actually a demon, though.]]
* ElementalEmbodiment: A flame spirit appears in the Yajna Gaol. It'll burn you if you do something wrong with it, but the magical gusts from the well get rid of it.
* EyeBeams: The manticore fires lethal lasers from its eyes as soon as it sees you. The meteor shards absorb the impact, also lifting its curse.
* HitFlash: Certain events cause a "CRASH!" to cover the screen.
* InUniverseGameClock: You have a stopwatch which shows you the current in-game time. It advances by 30 minutes with every move between screens. Many things depend on it, including doors and the scenery.
* LonelyAtTheTop: You can ask the genie to become a king. Unfortunately, it's a long dead kingdom, there is nothing to rule over, nothing to live for.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Quite a few monsters waiting kill you, plus plenty of ways to die from other causes. Most deaths from monsters also show a closeup of them.
* MagicMusic: In the final confrontation, [[spoiler:you give the magical instrument to the woman who plays music that reveals the true demonic form of the ringmaster, then you finish him off with a flute.]]
* MessageInABottle: You find a letter which has an elaborate illustration in a bottle floating near the waterfall. The piranhas won't let you simply take the bottle, though.
* NorthIsColdSouthIsHot: Inverted. The North Field is a tropical, hot area, while the South Field is more forest-like and temperate.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The ringmaster shows his true form as a demon after you give the musical instrument to the costumed woman.]]
* PiranhaProblem: Trying to take a seashell results in you getting bitten by a swarm of piranha.
* PressXToDie:
** Using the "Polypheme" spell when you're not next to a stone foot and you end up lost in an endless desert, where you die.
** You can also impale yourself with the sabre or the polearm.
* RandomlyGeneratedLevels: The dungeon's room and trap layout is randomly generated.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: There's a pair of menacing red eyes in a cave in Begger's Crawl. Coming near them reveals they belong to a dangerous purple creature ready to eat you for a snack.
* {{Retraux}}: This game released in the 2010s tries to look like the series of NES ports of ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' games. There are even some fuzzy lines like in the old televisions at the beginning.
* SceneryPorn: The game ditches typical 8-bit palette limitations to make some breathtaking sceneries. The first locations you visit with the greens and lush trees are a prime example.
* SdrawkcabName: The "Niahc" spell, used to make chains rise in a will. This is a reference to the "Epor" spell in ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}''.
* SnakeCharmer: You have to use the flute and make the cobra entranced with its melody. It's still not safe to try and walk past it, but it'll become vulnerable.
* ThreeWishes: Defied by the genie. When you point out to him that genies grant three wishes, he tells you that you read too many fables and he will only grant one wish.
* TimedMission: You have to beat the dungeon within x*30 seconds, with x being the number of fireflies that you have in your lantern. It's not beatable with only one firefly, so you need two at least, but you can have up to five.
* TimeStandsStill: The "Overload Clock" spell (shortened to "O. Clock") stops the in-game time from passing for a bit and makes certain bugs catchable. Don't think this stops monsters from killing you, though.
* VSign: The end screen has [[spoiler:the costumed woman/princess of the desert kingdom]] show the v-sign, yet another reference to ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' where the player's sister does so.
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[[caption-width-right:256:Doesn't this [[VideoGame/{{Uninvited}} look familiar]]?]]
''Spectacle'' is an AdventureGame by [=GraphMetal=] for computers running Windows released in 2020.
You play as an unnamed man at a workhouse. One day, he receives a letter with an ad for the Spectacle circus. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance, so he goes there immediately. Unfortunately, tickets are all sold out. He goes to the back of the tent, finds a silver poket watch, and enters backstage through a hole. A ringmaster who is also a magician and a woman in a costume find him, with the former punishing him with an errand - not working for the circus, but a matter of life-and-death. First, he must go into the box next to the ringmaster. He does so and gets transported to a whole new world - a desert kingdom, full of magic, dangerous creatures, and mysteries. Now the real adventure begins...
The game is first-person, with a graphics window on the top-left, the inventory on the top-right, and the text/interface at the bottom. You can MOVE from screen to screen, EXAM. things, TAKE whatever might be useful, USE items, OPEN doors/books, and TALK to things (assuming they want to talk and not kill you), and there's a SELF option which is used if you need to wear something for instance. The game can be saved and loaded at almost any time. There are plenty of ways to die, but it's not much of a consequence (aside from occasionally having something potentially scary covering the screen and a grisly death description), as you are just moved back to the previous room.
The game is based on the ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' series by Creator/ICOMSimulations, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' (it's actually something of a prequel to it). The game is also a sequel to a similar NES ''[=MacVenture=]''-styled game called ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}'', with him hinting at the possibility of a third game.
The gameplay trailer can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qKiH4ytwVQ here]].
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!!This game provides examples of:
* {{Autosave}}: Defied, the game specifically mentions that it doesn't autosave and you should save before quitting.
* BigBad: The ringmaster, since he causes the plot by sending you on a life-and-death errand for just sneaking into the circus to the desert kingdom and [[spoiler:you face off against him in the final confrontation.]]
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The costumed woman/princess of the desert kingdom, since she came to Earth to find someone who could help her find the magical instrument and defeat the [[BigBad ringmaster/demon]], and she plays the magical instrument to reveal his true form for you to defeat. The creator's Twitter account also implies she's the one who left the silver watch behind the tent to make you enter it.]]
* BlackHoleBelly: The Baksheesh Anteroom guardian can use its giant mouth and eats you, making you go to the vacuum of space.
* CeilingSmash: The wind from the well is so strong, it causes you to fly up to the ceiling and smash your head on it, causing death. You also smash the ceiling upon using Polypheme indoors.
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: The loose rock in the Khaki Mud Wall is brown, unlike the other rocks which are grey.
* DeathByMaterialism: Take any item in the dungeon's Treasure Room that is not the lamp and you'll be punished for your greed with the door closing, making you spend the rest of your life surrounded by treasures. A similar situation happens when you wish for endless wealth.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying just sends you back to the previous screen.
* DeathOfAChild: The death of a young prince was so much it weakened the king's resolve, causing the wizard's curse to return to the kingdom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: What does the ringmaster do for sneaking into the circus without paying (as the tickets are all sold out)? He sends you to another world on a life-and-death errand. Sure, sneaking into a show is bad, but one would expect something more like calling the police at most. [[spoiler:He does try to kill you later since he's actually a demon, though.]]
* ElementalEmbodiment: A flame spirit appears in the Yajna Gaol. It'll burn you if you do something wrong with it, but the magical gusts from the well get rid of it.
* EyeBeams: The manticore fires lethal lasers from its eyes as soon as it sees you. The meteor shards absorb the impact, also lifting its curse.
* HitFlash: Certain events cause a "CRASH!" to cover the screen.
* InUniverseGameClock: You have a stopwatch which shows you the current in-game time. It advances by 30 minutes with every move between screens. Many things depend on it, including doors and the scenery.
* LonelyAtTheTop: You can ask the genie to become a king. Unfortunately, it's a long dead kingdom, there is nothing to rule over, nothing to live for.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Quite a few monsters waiting kill you, plus plenty of ways to die from other causes. Most deaths from monsters also show a closeup of them.
* MagicMusic: In the final confrontation, [[spoiler:you give the magical instrument to the woman who plays music that reveals the true demonic form of the ringmaster, then you finish him off with a flute.]]
* MessageInABottle: You find a letter which has an elaborate illustration in a bottle floating near the waterfall. The piranhas won't let you simply take the bottle, though.
* NorthIsColdSouthIsHot: Inverted. The North Field is a tropical, hot area, while the South Field is more forest-like and temperate.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The ringmaster shows his true form as a demon after you give the musical instrument to the costumed woman.]]
* PiranhaProblem: Trying to take a seashell results in you getting bitten by a swarm of piranha.
* PressXToDie:
** Using the "Polypheme" spell when you're not next to a stone foot and you end up lost in an endless desert, where you die.
** You can also impale yourself with the sabre or the polearm.
* RandomlyGeneratedLevels: The dungeon's room and trap layout is randomly generated.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: There's a pair of menacing red eyes in a cave in Begger's Crawl. Coming near them reveals they belong to a dangerous purple creature ready to eat you for a snack.
* {{Retraux}}: This game released in the 2010s tries to look like the series of NES ports of ''VideoGame/MacVenture'' games. There are even some fuzzy lines like in the old televisions at the beginning.
* SceneryPorn: The game ditches typical 8-bit palette limitations to make some breathtaking sceneries. The first locations you visit with the greens and lush trees are a prime example.
* SdrawkcabName: The "Niahc" spell, used to make chains rise in a will. This is a reference to the "Epor" spell in ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}''.
* SnakeCharmer: You have to use the flute and make the cobra entranced with its melody. It's still not safe to try and walk past it, but it'll become vulnerable.
* ThreeWishes: Defied by the genie. When you point out to him that genies grant three wishes, he tells you that you read too many fables and he will only grant one wish.
* TimedMission: You have to beat the dungeon within x*30 seconds, with x being the number of fireflies that you have in your lantern. It's not beatable with only one firefly, so you need two at least, but you can have up to five.
* TimeStandsStill: The "Overload Clock" spell (shortened to "O. Clock") stops the in-game time from passing for a bit and makes certain bugs catchable. Don't think this stops monsters from killing you, though.
* VSign: The end screen has [[spoiler:the costumed woman/princess of the desert kingdom]] show the v-sign, yet another reference to ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'' where the player's sister does so.
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