<s>
Continental	B-Application
Circus	I-Application
is	O
a	O
racing	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
created	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	B-Application
,	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
were	O
published	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
comes	O
in	O
both	O
upright	O
and	O
sit-down	O
models	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
feature	O
shutter-type	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
glasses	I-Algorithm
hanging	O
above	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
three	B-Application
dimensional	I-Application
racing	O
simulation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
home	O
conversions	O
of	O
Continental	B-Application
Circus	I-Application
lack	O
the	O
full-on	O
3D	O
and	O
special	O
glasses	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	B-Application
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PC	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
in-game	O
vehicle	O
is	O
the	O
1987	B-Application
Camel-sponsored	O
Honda/Lotus	O
99T	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
car	O
as	O
driven	O
by	O
Ayrton	O
Senna	O
and	O
Satoru	O
Nakajima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continental	B-Application
Circus	I-Application
does	O
not	O
have	O
music	O
during	O
the	O
race	O
,	O
but	O
plays	O
intro/outro	O
music	O
for	O
each	O
race	O
in	O
the	O
vein	O
of	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
arcade	O
pre-orders	O
surpassed	O
Taito	O
's	O
previous	O
hit	O
Operation	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
(	O
1987	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Continental	B-Application
Circus	I-Application
on	O
their	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
1988	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
most-successful	O
upright	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
it	O
reached	O
number-two	O
on	O
the	O
monthly	O
Coinslot	O
dedicated	O
arcade	O
game	O
chart	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
behind	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
January	O
1989	B-Application
issue	O
of	O
Sinclair	O
User	O
gave	O
it	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
1988	B-Application
"	O
Cock-Up	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
Continental	B-Application
Circus	I-Application
appearing	O
to	O
spell	O
"	O
circuit	O
"	O
incorrectly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
home	O
conversion	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
went	O
to	O
number	O
2	O
on	O
the	O
UK	O
sales	O
chart	O
,	O
behind	O
Sega	O
's	O
Power	B-Application
Drift	I-Application
.	O
</s>
