F1 Circus MD

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F1 Circus MD

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Nihon Bussan

Developer: Nihon Bussan, Micronics

Original system(s): PC Engine

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-12-20	¥7,5007,500	T-71013

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F1 Circus MD (Ｆ１サーカスＭＤ) is a 1991 racing game by Nihon Bussan for the Sega Mega Drive in their F1 Circus series, which also contains a Mega CD game.

A North American release appears to have been planned, with a prototype of the localised version, simply titled F1 Circus since being leaked onto the internet.

Gameplay

The game is a typical Formula 1 racing game. In World Championship mode, you are limited to a predefined course set, but you may choose your team, lap count, vehicle specifics, etc. Races are presented in a top-down view. accelerates, breaks, shifts down, shifts up, and opens a menu.

Magazine articles

Main article: F1 Circus MD/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[6]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[7]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[8]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[9]

Games-X (UK)

90

^[10]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[11]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

90

^[3]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[12]

Mega Action (UK)

88

^[13]

Mega Action (UK)

74

^[14]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[4]

Power Play (DE)

40

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[5]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

71

^[18]

	73
Based on 16 reviews

F1 Circus MD

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	5d30befb
MD5	211d119a11102a8feccc78e2231a54b5
SHA-1	2efb8d46163e785a57421e726991328024ecd2a7

512kB

1991-08

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf, page 81
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:Joystick FR 024.pdf, page 123 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 024.pdf_p123" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaTech UK 03.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 03.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 110
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 81
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
↑ Famitsu, "1991-11-15,22" (JP; 1991-11-01), page 41
↑ Games-X, "6th-12th February 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 5
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-04), page 90
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
↑ Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 64
↑ Power Play, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-15), page 134
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 68

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p81-1] File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf, page 81

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-2] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85

[:File:Joystick_FR_024.pdf_p123-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:Joystick FR 024.pdf, page 123 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 024.pdf_p123" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaTech_UK_03.pdf_p34-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaTech UK 03.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 03.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p36-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 110

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p81-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 81

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p129-8] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0153.pdf_p41-9] Famitsu, "1991-11-15,22" (JP; 1991-11-01), page 41

[:File:GamesX_UK_41.pdf_p5-10] Games-X, "6th-12th February 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 5

[11] Hippon Super, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-04), page 90

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-03.pdf_p83-12] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p64-13] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64

[:File:MegaAction_UK_05.pdf_p64-14] Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 64

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1992-05.pdf_p134-15] Power Play, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-15), page 134

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-16] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 68

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F1 Circus MD

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References