Continental Circus

Continental Circus
Commodore 64 Cover
Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	Taito
Designer(s)	Unknown
Composer(s)	Zuntata
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC
Release	Arcade JP: 1987 NA: 1987 EU: 1988 Amiga EU: 1989 Amstrad CPC EU: 1989 Commodore 64 NA: 1989 EU: 1989 MSX EU: 1989 ZX Spectrum EU: 1989 PS2, Xbox, PC 2005
Genre(s)	Racing simulation
Mode(s)	1 player
Cabinet	Upright or Sit-Down
Arcade system	Taito Z System
Display	Raster (Horizontal), 320x240 resolution, 4096 colors on screen, 32,768 color palette

Continental Circus 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.

The in-game vehicle is the 1987 Camel-sponsored Honda/Lotus 99T Formula One car as driven by Ayrton Senna and Satoru Nakajima. Due to licensing reasons, sponsor names such as "Camel" or "DeLonghi" are intentionally misspelled to prevent copyright infringement under Japanese law.