Board:
Pos Score Name Date Lups
10 017
video
image
GAR
ZilchSr
2021-07-12 500
3 019
image
a
arasalkan (HS)
2017-11-21 142
2 940
image
T
TonyDanger (HS)
2017-01-03 128
4 2 653
image
k
killersquirel (HS)
2013-10-29 107
5 619
image
s
swlovinist (HS)
2013-10-14 23
Rules
General Rules: Left difficulty switch setting must remain in the A/Expert position throughout gameplay.
Right difficulty switch setting may be in any position at any time.
Must be played on a real 2600-compatible console or expansion module. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. No continues. No use of trainers, cheats, auto-fire (when not default present in-game) , game saves, or cheat codes. Can be overruled by the Specific Rules.
It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to:
- excessively point farm
- use glitches or other game exploits
Specific Rules:
⚙️ Game 1-1
∙ Breakout Circus (no moving barriers)
∙ Clown rebounds horizontally and vertically off balloons
∙ Cleared balloon rows regenerate immediately
👤 One player only.
🔢📈 Score chase. Highest score is best

⏪ Left difficulty switch setting must remain in the position indicated by the leaderboard category:
🅰 A / Expert: Clowns bounce and travel faster
🅱 B / Novice: Clowns bounce and travel slower
⏩ Right difficulty switch setting has no effect in a one-player variation, and can therefore be in any position at any time.

🌈 Color/BW switch: Switches display palette between Color and Black & White.

🔄 Rollover: 10,000
🏆 Maxout: None

✒️ Mike Lorenzen
©️ Atari, Inc.
🗓 1980

🌎 NTSC only
∙ PAL plays 16.7% slower horizontally and 1.2%–7.4% slower vertically, giving PAL a reflex advantage.
📦 Can use any released version
🔀 This game is known by 2 names, and all qualify for this track (within their respective NTSC / PAL timing categories):
✅ Circus Atari (CX2630)
✅ Circus (Sears Tele-Games 49-75122)

📖 Instruction manual: https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/manuals/vcs/vcs_manuals.html
💾 ROM: Publicly released here: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-circus-atari_7257.html

G 10.28.26
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