<s>
Clowns	B-Application
and	I-Application
Balloons	I-Application
is	O
a	O
circus-themed	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Frank	O
Cohen	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Datasoft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
1977	O
arcade	O
game	O
Circus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variant	O
of	O
Breakout	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
a	O
trampoline	O
to	O
catch	O
a	O
bouncing	O
clown	O
who	O
pops	O
rows	O
of	O
balloons	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
with	O
his	O
head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object	O
of	O
Clowns	B-Application
and	I-Application
Balloons	I-Application
is	O
to	O
move	O
a	O
trampoline	O
under	O
a	O
clown	O
and	O
bounce	O
him	O
high	O
enough	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
to	O
burst	O
all	O
the	O
balloons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
trampoline	O
's	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
movement	O
with	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
or	O
paddles	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
simple	O
theme	O
,	O
Clowns	B-Application
and	I-Application
Balloons	I-Application
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
great	O
fun	O
,	O
and	O
inspired	O
hours	O
of	O
frenzied	O
joystick	B-Device
twisting.	O
"	O
</s>
