Circus (video game)

Circus
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Exidy
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Edward Valeau
Howell Ivy[4]
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Block breaker
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns

Circus is a block breaker arcade video game released by Exidy in 1977, and distributed by Taito in Japan.[2] The game is a re-themed variant of Atari, Inc.'s Breakout, where the player controls a seesaw and clown in order to pop all the balloons in the level. The game has been copied and released under different names by numerous other companies in both the United States and Japan.

  1. ^ "Coin Machine" (PDF). Cash Box. December 31, 1977. p. 150.
  2. ^ a b c "サーカスタイトー販売" [Circus Taito Sales]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Circus, Exidy, Inc. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ "circus, video game at arcade-history". arcade-history.com. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-05-25.