game
| title | Continental Circus (US set 1) |
| set name | contcrcu |
| manufacturer | Taito America Corporation |
| year | 1987 |
| genre | Driving (hof) |
| category | Driving / Race (chase view) (hof) |
| driver status | imperfect |
| driver source | taito_z.c |
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| rating |   68% after 21 votes |
| parent | Continental Circus (World) |
| other clones | Continental Circus (US set 2) |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 4096 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 320x224 |
| frequency | 60.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | stereo |
controls
| players | 1 |
| nplayers | 1P |
| controls | 2 way joystick |
| buttons | 7 |
| coin slots | 2 |
hardware
| cpu | 68000 @ 12MHz |
| cpu | Z80 @ 4MHz |
| cpu | 68000 @ 12MHz |
| audio | YM2610 @ 8MHz |
| audio | Volume Filter |
| audio | Volume Filter |
| audio | Volume Filter |
| audio | Volume Filter |
data
| version added | .053 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change(s) | none since version .53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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cabinet art
| cabinet | contcirc.png contcirc.png |
| control panel | contcirc.png |
| flyer | contcrcu.png |
| PCB | contcirc.png |
additional information
| info | 0.53 [David Graves] 0.37b11 [David Graves] TODO:
Turbo Pole Position Pole Position II TX-1 Driving Force WEC Le Mans 24 Continental Circus Final Lap Final Lap 2 Final Lap 3 Final Lap R Super Monaco GP Super Monaco GP (Mega-Tech) F1 Exhaust Note Grand Prix Star F-1 Grand Prix Star II Racing Beat Ground Effects Virtua Racing Daytona USA Daytona USA 2 Daytona USA 2 Power Edition Ace Driver Driver's Edge Racin' Force Indianapolis 500 Slipstream Sega Touring Car Championship Super GT 24h LeMans 24 Romset: 5769 kb / 19 files / 1.89 zip |
| history | Continental Circus (c) 1987 Taito. A Formula One racing game in which the player races over a number of International Grand Prix circuits, trying to complete each lap before the time limit expires. Continental Circus features Pit-stops and dynamic weather; the latter in the form of rain. If the player's car is hit by either a rival car or strikes a trackside barrier, the car will be damaged and begin to smoke. The player must 'pit' at the earliest opportunity to get the car repaired, otherwise the fire will spread and the car will eventually explode. Should the player's car have a second collision before the Pit-stop is reached, the car to explode, wasting precious time before a replacement car appears. Contintal Circus' Grand Prix tracks are as follows : BRAZIL / Brazil GP - Qualified Rank 80 AMERICA / U.S.A GP - Qualified Rank 60 FRANCE / French GP - Qualified Rank 50 MONACO / Monaco GP - Qualified Rank 40 GERMANY / Germany GP - Qualified Rank 30 SPAIN / Spain GP - Qualified Rank 20 MEXICO / Mexico GP - Qualified Rank 10 JAPAN / Japan GP - Qualified Rank 3 - TECHNICAL - Taito Z System hardware Board Number : K1100351A Prom Stickers : B33 Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 4096 Players : 1 Control : Steering wheel Buttons : 8 - TRIVIA - Like Nintendo's 1981 classic, "Donkey Kong", Continental Circus was the victim of a mistake during the translation from Japanese to English. The game was orginally to be called 'Continental Circuits'. All the artwork on the US games was later corrected to say 'Continental Circuit' but the original Taito PCBs are clearly labeled with the epithet, 'Circus'. Note : F1 is often called the 'F1 circus' because it is like a big circus that travels to different cities across different continents. Continental Circus was unique at the time in that certain cabinets came supplied with a '3D visor', through which the player viewed the action. The visor, similar in outward appearance to the one used in Atari's "Battlezone", produced a simple but effective 3D effect. This effect could be disabled by the arcade operator via the dip switch settings. This game was released outside US 2 years later (in 1989). The race car driven by the player is the 1987 Camel-sponsored Honda/Lotus 99T Formula 1 car as driven by Ayrton Senna (1960-1994) and Satoru Nakajima. Sponsor names such as 'Camel' and 'DeLonghi' are misspelled deliberatly to prevent copyright infringement under Japanese law. Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Kyukyoku Tiger : G.S.M. Taito 2 - D28B0008) on 21/11/1988. - TIPS AND TRICKS - Fast Start : Hold Speed Low+Accelerator, tires will smoke. - STAFF -
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