F1 Circus
The first game in Nichibutsu's Formula One top-down racing series. F1 Circus is a top-down Formula 1 racing game and the first game in Nihon Bussan's F1 Circus series. It was first released on the PC Engine in…
F1 Circus is a racing developed by Make Software, released 14 September 1990 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Family Computer.
What F1 Circus is
F1 Circus is a racing game developed by Make Software and released in 1990. It was published by Nichibutsu. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Family Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The first game in Nichibutsu's Formula One top-down racing series. F1 Circus is a top-down Formula 1 racing game and the first game in Nihon Bussan's F1 Circus series. It was first released on the PC Engine in 1990, but a modified version - also partially based on this game's sequel, F1 Circus '91 - would later be released on the Famicom in 1992. As with every other game in the series, the game was never localized in North America or Europe. The game uses the real life names of drivers and teams from Formula 1, like Nigel Mansell and Ferrari. The series would continue to acquire the various licenses needed to use real names from Formula 1.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Formula 1 series
F1 Circus is the 20th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. It arrived 6 months after Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing. The next entry was Grand Prix Circuit in 1990.
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