Video game · 1989

Circus Caper

Released 8 August 1989 on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Developer: Advance Communication
Publisher: Toho
Made in: Japan, Japan
Genre: Platform
Themes: Action

About Circus Caper

The single-player, side-scrolling action game takes the player through various levels, each with a circus theme, fighting various enemies and bosses until he finally defeats the ringmaster and save his sister. The player start out in the game with little life and few weapons, but he can collect various icons to increase how many direct hits that he can withstand, keys to open doors, along with various circus items to shoot as projectiles. Many of the levels can be avoided altogether by just walking backwards and back through the curtain from where the player begins. This will take him right to that level's boss battle.

Summary: IGDB.