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Circus Charlie

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Platform Famicom Year 1986
Publisher Konami Developer Konami
Region JP Language English
Tags Action, Two Player, Japan Only, Circus, Arcade Conversion
Platform Famicom
Year 1986
Publisher Konami
Developer Konami
Region JP
Language English
Tags Action, Two Player, Japan Only, Circus, Arcade Conversion

Play as a clown jumping over obstacles in increasingly difficult stages to collect the most points.
 
Good Bad
  • Charming and unique circus theme
  • Cute graphics
  • Different music per stage that is upbeat and cheerful
  • Responsive controls
  • Includes a "B" mode which increases the difficulty
  • Very simple gameplay (left, right, and jump)
  • Only five stages that repeat
  • Repetitive gameplay with little variety
  • Lacks the sixth stage from the arcade version
Good
  • Charming and unique circus theme
  • Cute graphics
  • Different music per stage that is upbeat and cheerful
  • Responsive controls
  • Includes a "B" mode which increases the difficulty
 
Bad
  • Very simple gameplay (left, right, and jump)
  • Only five stages that repeat
  • Repetitive gameplay with little variety
  • Lacks the sixth stage from the arcade version
 
6 Circus Charlie isn't going to win an award for gameplay, but what it has works well and its unique theme and simple controls make for a light game with a reasonably good level of difficulty.

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