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Comic Circus

An arcade style game where you play as a bunch of clowns trying to perform a circus act where they use acrobatics to catch doves. The game is divided into three stages. In the first stage you control two…

31 December 1985

Comic Circus is an arcade developed by Epoch, released 31 December 1985 on Epoch Super Cassette Vision.

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What Comic Circus is

Comic Circus is an arcade game developed by Epoch and released in 1985. It is available on Epoch Super Cassette Vision only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An arcade style game where you play as a bunch of clowns trying to perform a circus act where they use acrobatics to catch doves. The game is divided into three stages. In the first stage you control two clowns using a seesaw to catch doves. In the second stage you control two clowns bouncing the third on a trampoline to catch the doves. In the third stage you control a bouncy pillow trying to help one of your clown friends bounce to catch the doves, near the top of the screen two additional clowns are performing acrobatics and will catch the bouncing clown if he makes it up there, which will help you reach the high perching doves.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Comic Circus launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did Comic Circus come out?
Comic Circus was released on 31 December 1985 for Epoch Super Cassette Vision.

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