<s>
Nightmare	B-Application
Circus	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Funcom	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Tec	O
Toy	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Brazil	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
via	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
in	O
December	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Night	O
comes	O
,	O
and	O
suddenly	O
there	O
appears	O
,	O
via	O
the	O
psi-energy	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Jester	O
,	O
a	O
ghostly	O
apparition	O
of	O
the	O
destroyed	O
circus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USA	O
magazine	O
Next	O
Generation	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
detail	O
than	O
many	O
other	O
platform	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
its	O
potential	O
significance	O
was	O
reduced	O
since	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
was	O
starting	O
to	O
be	O
supplanted	O
by	O
other	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
intended	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
in	O
late	O
1995	O
was	O
indeed	O
cancelled	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
later	O
appeared	O
in	O
that	O
region	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
