Lost In Translation/Circus
Circus | |
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Manufacturer | Exidy |
Released | 1977 |
Control Method |
Paddle |
Main CPU | M6502 (@ 705.562 kHz) |
Sound CPU | Mono Discrete components |
Video Details |
Raster (Horizontal) 248 x 256 pixels 57.00 Hz 2 Palette colours |
Screens | 1 |
ROM Info | 13 ROMs 6,656 bytes (6.50 KiB) |
MAME ID | circus · circusse |
About The Game
POP! POP! POP! Pop the balloons and score points. A wall of yellow, green and blue balloons will appear at the top of the screen. You must pop balloons by catching a clown on the teeter-totter and bouncing him up to the balloons.
Technical
Circus came in an upright dedicated cabinet, and may have also been available in a cocktail configuration as well. Circus machines had white sides with red painted sideart of several balloons in flight. The front of the machine was decorated with a large ornate monitor bezel that also doubled as a marquee (or nameplate), this bezel showed several clowns in a circus scene and had the game title spelled out with multicolored balloons. The control panel was unadorned, save for an analog spinner and a start button. The whole machine was finished off in black t-molding. Once inside the machine, you can see that it uses a black and white monitor with a colored overlay (to make the balloons have color).
Trivia
Circus was one of the first games produced by Exidy that used a CPU (6502) to control the game logic instead of hand-crafted hard-coded logic circuits.
At least 13,000 units, possibly as many as 20,000, were produced.
A bootleg was made by Sub-Electro.
Scoring
- Successful jump : 10 points
- Popping Yellow Balloon : 20 points
- Popping Green Balloon : 50 points
- Popping Blue Balloon : 100 points
- Bonus for Clearing Yellow Balloon Row : 200 points
- Bonus for Clearing Green Balloon Row : 500 points
- Bonus for Clearing Blue Balloon Row : 1,000 points plus free jump
Staff
- Designed And Programmed By
- Edward Valeau
- Howell Ivey
Cabinet and Artwork
Ports
- Consoles
- Atari 2600 (1978)
- Computers
- VTech Laser-VZ
- Tandy Color Computer (1982, "Clowns & Balloons")
- Commodore C64
- Commodore Vic-20
Soundtrack Releases
Album Name | Catalogue No. | Released | Publisher | Comments |
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Classic in Game Music - Legend Compilation Series | SCDC-00463[1] | 2005-09-21 | Scitron Discs | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | ALR-6012[2] | 1978-11-25 | Alfa Records | Vinyl version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | ALR-6020[3] | 1979-07-25 | Alfa Records | Vinyl version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | SP 736[4] | 1979-05-30 | Horizon | Vinyl version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | ALCA-286[5] | 1992-03-21 | Alfa Records | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | MHCL-203[6] | 2003-01-22 | Sony Music House | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | ALCA-5214[7] | 1998-01-15 | Alfa Records | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | 32XA138[8] | 1987-03-25 | Alfa Records | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | MHCL-204[9] | 2003-01-22 | Sony Music House | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | ALCA-9037[10] | 1994-06-29 | Alfa Records | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | TOCT-24233[11] | 1999-09-22 | Toshiba EMI | CD version. |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | ALC-1511[12] | 1978-11-25 | Alfa Records | Cassette version. |
References
- ↑ Classic in Game Music - Legend Compilation Series (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (Vinyl) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (Vinyl) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (Vinyl) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (CD) at the VGMdb
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra (Cassette) at the VGMdb