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Circus Caper

The single-player, side-scrolling action game takes the player through various levels, each with a circus theme, fighting various enemies and bosses until he finally defeats the ringmaster and save his sister…

1 August 1990

Circus Caper is a platform developed by Advance Communication Company, released 1 August 1990 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Circus Caper is

Circus Caper is a platform game developed by Advance Communication Company and released in 1990. It was published by Toho. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The single-player, side-scrolling action game takes the player through various levels, each with a circus theme, fighting various enemies and bosses until he finally defeats the ringmaster and save his sister. The player start out in the game with little life and few weapons, but he can collect various icons to increase how many direct hits that he can withstand, keys to open doors, along with various circus items to shoot as projectiles. Many of the levels can be avoided altogether by just walking backwards and back through the curtain from where the player begins. This will take him right to that level's boss battle. Bonus levels include such fun things as guiding a bear to jump over…
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Circus Caper come out?
Circus Caper was released on 1 August 1990 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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