Bad Day On The Midway

1995 · Nintendo Switch · MS-DOS · Inscape

Bad Day on the Midway is a 1995 CD-ROM game written and directed by The Residents , animated and designed by Jim Ludtke, developed and published by Inscape . In March, 2022, the game's copyright holder Cryptic Corporation and former Inscape CEO Michael L. Nash allowed the game to be released as freeware . The game takes place in the titular Midway where the player first takes control of Timmy, an easily amused 10-year-old boy, but is soon able to switch perspective and control to a number of different characters as they navigate through the fair. The goal isn't made very clear, as the game is considered first and foremost to be more of an interactive narrative and visual experience, but there are various way s to die during gameplay, and multiple endings can be achieved depending on which characters are left alive at the end of one in-game day.