F1 Circus MD

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F1 Circus MD
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Nihon Bussan
Developer:
Original system(s): PC Engine
Sound driver: SMPS Z80
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥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. A accelerates, B breaks, Up shifts down, Down shifts up, and C opens a menu.

Magazine articles

Main article: F1 Circus MD/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №1992-01, p79[1]
76 №, p83[2]
90 №41
60 №1992-01, p90
90 №24, p123[3]
88 №1, p64
74 №5, p64
80 №3, p34-36[4]
85 №4, p36[5]
84 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
10 reviews
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]
Sega Mega Drive
73
Based on
16 reviews

F1 Circus MD

Mega Drive, JP
F1CircusMD MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
F1CircusMD MD JP CartTop.jpg
F1CircusMD MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 5d30befb
MD5 211d119a11102a8feccc78e2231a54b5
SHA-1 2efb8d46163e785a57421e726991328024ecd2a7
512kB 1991-08 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf, page 81
  2. File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
  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
  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
  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
  7. Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 81
  8. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
  9. Famitsu, "1991-11-15,22" (JP; 1991-11-01), page 41
  10. Games-X, "6th-12th February 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 5
  11. Hippon Super, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-04), page 90
  12. Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
  13. Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
  14. Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 64
  15. Power Play, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-15), page 134
  16. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  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