To read the manual for this game, go here.You control an acrobat on a moving see-saw, launching your fellow acrobat into the air to pop balloons and defy gravity in an act that would’ve done old Barnum proud! But what goes up must come down, and your airborne acrobat, if he doesn’t bounce upward upon impact with more balloons, will plummet at alarming speed. You have to catch him with the empty end of the see-saw, thus catapulting the other acrobat into a fresh round of inflatable destruction.
This is a Magnavox clone of Atari's
Circus Atari, made all the better by the sponsorship of Barnum & Bailey.
Also known as
Jumping Acrobats.
Reviewer:
Andybeargrr
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June 1, 2018
Subject:
Average Acrobats
If you have played Circus Atari, then you've already played this. Aside from a few graphical differences the game play is pretty similar, unless you happen to have the Voice module for the Odyssey2. This provides a man's voice hurling insults and panicky suggestions at you throughout the game. Words like, WATCH OUT!, TURKEY!, and OUCH! give the game a bit of needed depth but with the limited voice samples repeating themselves over and over again, this can get a bit old. However, I do recommend using this with the Voice. It's a fun game, but for a lot of replay value you may want to look elsewhere.
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