Circus Charlie

Short description: 1984 video game

Circus Charlie

North American arcade flyer

Developer(s)| Konami
Publisher(s)|

* JP: Konami
* NA: Centuri

Platform(s)| Arcade, Commodore 64, MSX, Famicom
Release|

* NA: March 1984
* JP: April 1984

Genre(s)| Action
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist. is a 1984 action video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in North America by Centuri in March 1984 and in Japan in April 1984.[1] The player controls a circus clown named Charlie in six different circus-themed minigames. It was released for MSX in the same year, followed by ports to the Famicom in 1986 by Soft Pro and the Commodore 64 in 1987.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 1.1 Levels
* 1.2 Versions
* 2 Reception
* 3 Legacy
* 3.1 Other media
* 4 Notes
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Gameplay

Famicom screenshot

In the game there are six regular stages (plus an extra stage) of differing tasks that are to be completed by Charlie. Grabbing money bags, performing dangerous tricks, avoiding enemies, completing stages, etc., earns Charlie points. After the sixth stage is completed, the game starts over again but with a faster pace and more difficult (but exactly the same in terms of task to be completed) levels.

Charlie also races against time. Bonus points are awarded according to the time remaining, but running out of time will cost the player a life.

### Levels

The standard Arcade version has 6 levels in total. Levels 1, 2, 4 and 5 have 5 sublevels. Level 3 contains 7 sublevels. Each sublevel gets more difficult. Level 6 also has 5 sublevels, but repeats as long the user has lives.

* Level 1: Ride on a lion and jump through flaming rings.
* Level 2: Tightrope walking whilst jumping over monkeys.
* Level 3: Jump between trampolines and beware the knife throwers and fire breathers. In sublevel 3 and 6 the trampolines are placed in a swimming pool and the knife throwers and fire breathers are replaced by jumping dolphins. This level is not present in the MSX and Famicom/NES ports of the game.
* Level 4: Jump from ball to ball.
* Level 5: Ride a horse and jump over trampolines and walls.
* Level 6: Swing from one trapeze to the next.

### Versions

In arcades, there's a "Level Select" version of the game, in which the player can choose any of the stages to play, but only a limited number of times each, whereupon the level will become unselectable. There is no "ending" to the game—after the first five levels have each been played to their limit, the player then repeats the trapeze stage until all their lives are exhausted.

The Famicom version just like MSX port drops the trampoline stage, but offers a "B" mode, in which all the levels are repeated with added difficulty.

The music comes from "American Patrol" and "The Blue Danube".

## Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Circus Charlie on their May 15, 1984 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[2]

## Legacy

In Mikie, another Konami arcade game, headbutting the teacher's desk from below three times in the classroom stage will make Circus Charlie appear, giving the player extra points.

Circus Charlie was included on the compilation Konami 80's Arcade Gallery (known as Konami Arcade Classics in North America), for both an arcade re-release and for the Sony PlayStation. It was also released along with other Konami classic games on the Nintendo DS compilation Software:Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. The game was released for the Wii U's Virtual Console on June 24, 2015. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in August 2016.[3][4]

### Other media

* Circus Charlie is one of the video games that were adapted into a manga titled Susume!! Seigaku Dennou Kenkyuubu, published in the Gamest comics collection from April 1999, drawn by Kouta Hirano.

## Notes

## References

1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006) (in ja). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 26, 113. ISBN 978-4990251215.
2. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (236): 29. 15 May 1984.
3. ↑ Calvert, Darren (2020-08-13). "Nintendo Download: 13th August (North America)" (in en-GB). https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/08/nintendo_download_13th_august_north_america.
4. ↑ Moyse, Chris (2020-08-09). "Roll up for this week's Arcade Archives release, Circus Charlie" (in en-US). https://www.destructoid.com/roll-up-for-this-weeks-arcade-archives-release-circus-charlie/.

## External links

* Circus Charlie entry at the Centuri.net Arcade Database

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