Circus
Circus was one of the first games produced by Exidy that used a CPU (6502) to control the game logic instead of hand-crafted hard-coded logic circuits. It ran on a black & white monitor with a color overlay…
1 December 1977
Circus is an adventure developed by Exidy, released 1 December 1977 on Arcade.
What Circus is
Circus is an adventure game developed by Exidy and released in 1977. It was published by Data East. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Circus was one of the first games produced by Exidy that used a CPU (6502) to control the game logic instead of hand-crafted hard-coded logic circuits. It ran on a black & white monitor with a color overlay that gave each row of balloons at the top of the screen a different color. It was designed and programmed by Edward Valeau and Howell Ivey of Exidy in 1977. Circus came in an upright dedicated cabinet, and may have also been available in a cocktail configuration as well. Circus machines had white sides with red painted sideart of several balloons in flight. The front of the machine was decorated with a large ornate monitor bezel that also doubled as a marquee (or nameplate). This bezel…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Circus — frequently asked questions
When did Circus come out?
Circus was released on 1 December 1977 for Arcade.
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