Circus Linux! 1.0.3 review

"Circus Linux!" is a clone of the Atari 2600 game "Circus Atari," produced by Atari, Inc.

License: GPL OS: Mac OS X File size: 1759K Developer: Bill Kendrick Price: $0.00 Updated: 05 Dec 2005

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"Circus Linux!" is a clone of the Atari 2600 game "Circus Atari," produced by Atari, Inc. (which is itself a clone of an earlier arcade game named, simply "Circus").

The object is to move a teeter-totter back and forth across the screen to bounce clowns up into the air.
When they reach the top, they pop rows of balloons and then fall back down.

(The gameplay is similar to the classics "Breakout" and "Arkanoid.")

Here are some key features of "Circus Linux!":
Game Modes:
One- and two-players
Two-player cooperative
Barriers mode
Bouncy balloons mode
Clear-all mode
Graphics:
Colorful, cartoon-like images
Animated objects and background
Nearly 70 objects on screen at once
Fullscreen mode
Random circus acts in the background
Sound:
Upbeat circus-style music
Many cartoonish sound effects
Sound and music volume controls
Controls:
Mouse
Keyboard
Joystick
Real Atari 2600 Paddle controllers!