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Circus

Description

Clowns bounce around on a seesaw and pop balloons.

Circus was produced by Exidy in 1977.

Exidy released 57 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Exidy was based in United States.

Other machines made by Exidy during the time period Circus was produced include: Old Time Basketball, Death Race, Alley Rally, Destruction Derby, Hockey Tennis, Score, Attack (Exidy), Robot Bowl, Super Death Chase, and Car Polo

Specs

Name	Circus
Developer	Exidy (United States)
Year	1977
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7340
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Skill
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Circus Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Rotary: Analog
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Circus Bezel Image
PCB	Circus PCB Image

Video Clips

Circus (Exidy 1977)

Exidy Circus

Game Play

One of the characters walks off one of the platforms and falls. You move the see-saw to make him land on the free end, catapulting his partner up into the balloons. You burst the balloons by hitting them from below or above. The trick is to get the man bouncing around among the balloons before falling back to earth and hopefully you repeated the process by catapulting the other man back into the fray.

Circus KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.78 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 2.80

Overall Like	3.00
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 2.75

Gameplay	2.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	2.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Circus Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 40 known instances of this machine owned by Circus collectors who are active members. Of these, 36 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Circus machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Circus.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 10 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Service Manual - Circus Manual — **Service Manual**
(23 pages, 2 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 49; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 49; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (87781906-6b5e-498b-b575-3102a17423f2)

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