F1 Circus (エフワン サーカス) is a series of Formula One-based racing video games developed and published by Nichibutsu starting on the PC Engine in 1990.

F1 Circus
Front cover of the PC Engine version of F1 Circus, the first version of the first game in the series.
Genre(s)Simulation-style racing games
Developer(s)Nihon Bussan
Make Software (Famicom title)
Micronics (Mega Drive title)
Cream (Super Famicom titles)
Publisher(s)Nichibutsu

Games edit

The following is a list of games released in the series. None of the series was released outside Japan. The initial games did not feature any licensing, with F1 Circus Special - Pole to Win and Super F1 Circus featuring only Team Lotus license, as Nichibutsu was a sponsor of the team at the time; Super F1 Circus Limited was the first in the series with a full FIA/FOCA license, but the last two games in the series, Super F1 Circus Gaiden and Formula Circus, featured completely fictional teams.

Japanese title English title System Year Season featured
エフワン サーカス F1 Circus PC Engine
Famicom
September 14, 1990
February 7, 1992
1990 (TG-16)
1991 (FC)
エフワン サーカス'91 F1 Circus '91 PC Engine July 12, 1991 1991
エフワン サーカス エムディ F1 Circus MD Sega Mega Drive December 20, 1991 1991
エフワン サーカス・スペシャル ポールトゥウイン F1 Circus Special - Pole to Win PC Engine Super CD-ROM² June 26, 1992 1992
スーパー エフワン サーカス Super F1 Circus Super Famicom July 24, 1992 1991
スーパー エフワン サーカス リミテッド Super F1 Circus Limited Super Famicom October 23, 1992 1992
エフワンサーカス'92 F1 Circus '92 PC Engine December 18, 1992 1992
スーパー エフワン サーカス2 Super F1 Circus 2 Super Famicom July 29, 1993 1993
F1サーカスCD F1 Circus CD Sega Mega-CD March 18, 1994 1991-1993
スーパー エフワン サーカス3 Super F1 Circus 3 Super Famicom July 14, 1994 1994
スーパー エフワン サーカス外伝 Super F1 Circus Gaiden Super Famicom July 7, 1995 N/A
フォーミュラ・サーカス Formula Circus PlayStation May 2, 1997 N/A

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