Game

Continental Circus 1989

Developed by Taito, Taito

  • Racing, Simulator, Arcade, Action

Continental Circus, released as Continental Circuit in North America, is a racing simulation arcade game, created and manufactured by Taito in 1987. It was later ported to various home computers in 1989, including the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It was then released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC as part of Taito Legends. The arcade version of this game comes in both upright and sit-down models, both of which feature shutter-type 3D glasses hanging above the player's head. According to Computer and Video Games in 1988, it was "the world's first three dimensional racing simulation." The home conversions of Continental Circus lack the full-on 3D and special glasses of the arcade version, or the detailed graphics, but retain the essential gameplay structure.

RacingSimulatorArcadeAction2.5dmotorsportsstereoscopic 3d3-d glassesArcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC

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Plot-driven, grave, earnest and cool.

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  • gravecomic
  • earnestironic
  • cooloverwhelming
  • warmbleak

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