Board:
Pos Score Name Date Lups
8 828
video
image
GTi
GTi 🎱
2023-07-24 400
5 591
video
GAR
ZilchSr
2019-04-02 238
341
video
image
PAS
el_pasi
2023-08-02 14
4 65
video
image
OFP
Omargeddon
2018-07-13 3
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.
No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, auto-fire (when not default present in-game), emulator save states, or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. No continues.
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 2-1
∙ Breakout Circus (with 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

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