Manoau2002 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Standard Settings - One Player Round - Ends Sept. 30/14 at 8:00 a.m. forum time Are you clown enough to brave all five circus acts? Step right up! Step right up! See the amazing Charlie the Clown perform death-defying stunts for your amusement! Jumping through fiery hoops on the back of a lion, evading wild monkeys on a tightrope, walking on balloons, riding a horse across a field of suspended trampolines, swinging from rope to rope high above the ground, there's no challenge crazy enough for Charlie! Guide Charlie and help him reach the end of each stage, and rack up points along the way! One wrong move and it's bye bye Charlie! Mess up too many times and Charlie will get fired! In an effort to raise money to fund his Opcode Games projects (most notably his Super Game Module), Eduardo Mello had previously been auctioning off some prototypes of SG-1000 and MSX ports on eBay. They sold rather well, but the downside is that having only five ColecoVision cartridges of each prototype meant that only five people could play and enjoy each game. In early March 2011, Eduardo contacted me and offered me his unreleased SG-1000 and MSX ports, so that they may be published by Team Pixelboy, including his MSX port of Circus Charlie. I gladly accepted, and now you can add this high-quality game to your collection! The rom file for circus charlie is available freely here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220081-team-pixelboy-news-bulletin-december-25th-2013/?hl=%20team%20%20pixelboy%20%20news%20%20bulletin Season Totals (To end of Round 1) northcoastgamer 100 spiceware 55 darthkur 54 ed1475 44 Electric Adventures 37 colecovision 35 roadrunner 25 jblenkle 25 Donpedro 20 s.baz 10 patbb 10 manoau2002 6 Edited September 19, 2014 by Manoau2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patbb Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) 44,670 Tips: Did you know that you can do a short and a long jump? Short and Long press on fire button. Level 1: I always do Long (high) Jumps. Just have to wait at a few spots to align the hoop and fire barrel. Level 2: Short jump for single monkey, long jump when I need to jump over a slow and the fast monkey ... wait as long as possible before jumping. Level 3: Short jump all the way except when jumping on the platform at the end of the stage. Level 4: Go very slow, joystick to the left. Only jump on trampoline you can't go under. When there's two trampoline next to each other, most of the time you will be able to go under the second one (all except one I think) ... try to jump on the left edge of the first one so that you land on the horse without hitting the next one. Level 5: I don't have a clue Edited September 25, 2014 by patbb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Circus Charlie - 24,690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 32900 Level 4. I bone-headedly hit F12 thinking to get a screenshot The control of long and short jumps seems a bit inconsistent. the only way that (i think always) works for me is to let go of direction & then tap direction right before I tap the button (short jump), or hold direction & then hold down button (long jump). if I hold direction & tap the button, sometimes I get a long jump (bad) & if I tap direction & hold down button I sometimes get a short jump (bad). I've gotten to level 5 using continues but burned lives in L4. I'll try your L4 tip, patbb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 The control of long and short jumps seems a bit inconsistent. the only way that (i think always) works for me is to let go of direction & then tap direction right before I tap the button (short jump), or hold direction & then hold down button (long jump). if I hold direction & tap the button, sometimes I get a long jump (bad) & if I tap direction & hold down button I sometimes get a short jump (bad). I've gotten to level 5 using continues but burned lives in L4. I'll try your L4 tip, patbb! I changed the fire button key from Ctrl to Z in my emulator and it's a lot easier to manage for the short vs long press. It's not perfect but better. I don't have any issues with holding down in a direction. Anybody knows if a manual is available somewhere, I would like to see if they have something specific for short/long jump. I tried to find the MSX manual but no luck. I wonder why they did not use the 2 fire buttons, probably something to do with the MSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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S.BAZ Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 level 5 -- you gotta time letting go to drop down on to the bouncey-drum, then time your jump back up to the next rope. I don't think it's possible to just swing along catching the ropes without dropping down. more practice needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 70,620. Stage 2 with the monkeys and stage 5 were the trickiest. It's all about timing and getting the various jumping heights down. Both fun and aggravating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Manoau2002 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Round Totals northcoastgamer 70620 darthkur 48090patbb 45510s.baz 32900colecovision 27550manoau2002 25550jblenkle 24690spiceware 17050roadrunner 14550 Round Points northcoastgamer 100darthkur 68patbb 64s.baz 47colecovision 39manoau2002 36jblenkle 35spiceware 24roadrunner 21 If anyone notices any errors send me a pm so I can correct them. Thanks. Edited October 5, 2014 by Manoau2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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