Nightmare Circus

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To do

  • Get in touch with this Reddit user.
  • Create Nightmare Circus/Tweaker
  • Was the Sega Channel release broadcast to the UK as well? An edit on the game's Wikipedia article claims so, and I wouldn't imagine that'd be fabricated...
  • Also, the Wikipedia article has a couple of new (I think) magazine articles/refs/etc.

CartridgeCulture (talk) 05:16, 29 October 2022 (EDT)

User:CartridgeCulture learns basic formatting

Nightmare Circus dismystified - Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHTfV6e_hXE

Having a lot of trouble with both the proper text link, and the reference for this YouTube video. EDIT: Thank you for this and for fixing that youtube link! CartridgeCulture (talk) 02:01, 20 March 2021 (EDT)

Template:Ref ... to add your signature (with date and time) to a conversation, add four tildes (~) at the end of each of your replies (in the not too distant past, you just needed to click on an icon at the top of the page to add your signature , but this feature is "broken" and still needs to be fixed) --Asagoth (talk) 00:03, 20 March 2021 (EDT)

Is there a style guide for this wiki? Also is there a list of these special codes that we use for replacing words with other things? ALSO could you assist me in adding an Interviews section to this page, and then adding this into it?: https://segaretro.org/Interview:_Stefano_Arnhold_(2015-11-16)_by_Sega-16 I know there’s a wway to do it all properly and cleanly but I have no idea how to do it. Thanks if you can, appreciate all the help too c;

Image tagging, Sega Retro templates, Help page... another good way to learn is to see how others do it (just look for a similar page to see how it was edited) ... if you have any more doubts about something just ask our Experts Black Squirrel and SorachiJirachi‎ a.k.a. BSonirachi on Sonic Retro (Wiki Sysops) and Hivebrain (Administrator)... I'll add an interview section to Stefano Arnhold's page for you... and again... don't forget to add your signature at the end of each of your replies...Asagoth (talk) 07:11, 20 March 2021 (EDT)

Some observations...

In the back cover the story is told this way... :

  • "The maniac Jester resurrected the El Diablo traveling carnival (it says "parque de diversões" which in Portuguese means "theme park"... a "traveling carnival" would be a "parque de diversões itinerante"... but that's exactly what we have in Nightmare Circus... a traveling carnival) from the flames of hell. Now, terrifying demons roam the carnival, spreading fear and destruction where once there were children and lots of fun.
  • Only, Raven a native (American) with mystic and telepathic powers can defeat Jester and his followers in this carnival. Well, "fun" is not the most appropriate word to define this place..."--Asagoth (talk) 22:48, 22 December 2021 (EST)
Thank you, this is awesome. I wanted text confirmation that Raven was Native American. Also those refs are so cool. I saw the missing photo of the dev team too, so sad :( Maybe if I send enough emails I can find whoever has the original :p 20:51, 23 December 2021 (EST)
His brother is called White Eagle (player 2 on 2 player mode)... yep... it hurts when cool stuff gets lost... so sad... by the way... Leto Diablo is in fact Jester... I just don't know why TecToy made such a mess with the villain's name...--Asagoth (talk) 21:06, 23 December 2021 (EST)

Nightmare Circus/Tweaker

The Tweaker is Nightmare Circus ' user-accessible debug mode, allowing players precise control over everything from hitboxes, gravity, timing, and nearly every single gameplay variable used in the Mega Drive game's object oriented-like programming. It is unlocked after completing the main game as a means to extend replay value and creatively experiment with the gameplay structure. It can also be unlocked via a button combination, but if this is done before completing the main game, it will not be recognized as being "fully-cleared".

Controls

The Tweaker is only usable with a Six Button Control Pad.

Control table here.

Variables

  • Scene Selection
    • Title Screen
    • Options Screen
    • 1-on-1 Combat Screen
    • The Carnival
      • Amusements
        • House of Fun
          • Entrance Room
            • Jack in the Floor
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Toy Cannon
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Tumbling Jack
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
            • Zeppelin
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • See-Saw Room
              • X-Amplitude
              • Y-Amplitude
              • Speed
            • Active Limit
            • Dude Movement Rate
            • Turning Region Radius
            • Drop Trapdoor Delay
            • Rotten Wood Lifetime
            • Active Limit
          • Elevator Room
            • Jack in the Floor
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Toy Cannon
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Tumbling Jack
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
            • Zeppelin
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • See-Saw Room
              • X-Amplitude
              • Y-Amplitude
              • Speed
            • Active Limit
            • Dude Movement Rate
            • Turning Region Radius
            • Drop Trapdoor Delay
            • Rotten Wood Lifetime
            • Active Limit
          • Room of Ladders
            • Jack in the Floor
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Toy Cannon
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Tumbling Jack
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
            • Zeppelin
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • See-Saw Room
              • X-Amplitude
              • Y-Amplitude
              • Speed
            • Active Limit
            • Dude Movement Rate
            • Turning Region Radius
            • Drop Trapdoor Delay
            • Rotten Wood Lifetime
            • Active Limit
          • Rotating Room
            • Jack in the Floor
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Toy Cannon
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Tumbling Jack
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
            • Zeppelin
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • See-Saw Room
              • X-Amplitude
              • Y-Amplitude
              • Speed
            • Active Limit
            • Dude Movement Rate
            • Turning Region Radius
            • Drop Trapdoor Delay
            • Rotten Wood Lifetime
            • Active Limit
          • See-Saw Room
            • Jack in the Floor
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Toy Cannon
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Tumbling Jack
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
            • Zeppelin
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • See-Saw Room
              • X-Amplitude
              • Y-Amplitude
              • Speed
            • Active Limit
            • Dude Movement Rate
            • Turning Region Radius
            • Drop Trapdoor Delay
            • Rotten Wood Lifetime
            • Active Limit
          • Bridge
            • Jack in the Floor
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Toy Cannon
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • Tumbling Jack
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
            • Zeppelin
              • Active Limit
              • Ambush Radius
              • Materialization Interval
            • See-Saw Room
              • X-Amplitude
              • Y-Amplitude
              • Speed
            • Active Limit
            • Dude Movement Rate
            • Turning Region Radius
            • Drop Trapdoor Delay
            • Rotten Wood Lifetime
            • Active Limit
        • Hall of Mirrors
          • Hall of Mirrors I
            • Active Limit
            • Initial Materialization Delay
            • Maximum Materialization Delay
            • Materialization Delay Reduction
            • Minimum Materialization Delay
          • Hall of Mirrors II
            • Active Limit
            • Initial Materialization Delay
            • Maximum Materialization Delay
            • Materialization Delay Reduction
            • Minimum Materialization Delay
        • Kaleidoscope
          • Doppelganger
            • Initial Materialization Delay
            • Ambush Radius
          • Mirror Drum
            • C-PSI
            • Speed
            • Damage Factor
            • Impact Factor
            • Shard
              • Active Limit
              • Life Time (Lifetime?)
              • Damage Factor
              • Speed
          • Minimum Speed
          • Speed Limit
          • Cycle Speed
          • Exit Delay
          • Doppelganger (different?)
            • Clone Special Ability
              • Active Limit
              • Materialization Interval
      • Rides
        • Twin Wheels
          • Roadie
            • Materialization Interval
          • Falling Punter
            • Materialization Interval
            • Random Interval Extension
            • I-PSI
            • Airspeed Limit
            • Damage Factor
            • Impact Factor
          • Chair Fire
            • Probability
            • Lifetime
            • Damage Factor
          • Active Limit
          • Initial Speed
          • Acceleration
          • Speed Limit
          • 1 on 1 Combat Speed Limit
          • Animation I-PSI Usage Rate
          • Fire Heat
          • Fire Burn Rate
          • Rotten Wood Lifetime
        • Wall of Death
          • Crawler
            • Materialization Interval
            • Ambush Radius
          • Nasty Crawler
            • Materialization Interval
            • Ambush Radius
          • Active Limit
          • Entry Delay
          • Music Tempo Change
          • Time to Reach Speed Limit
          • Gravity Change
          • Y/Z Gravity Change
          • Maximum Weak-Metal Lifetime
          • Speed Limit
          • Minimum Weak-Metal Lifetime
          • Weak-Metal Collapse Rate
          • Animation I-PSI Usage Rate
          • Mimimum Speed
          • Exit Delay
        • Dodgems Rink
          • Roadie
            • Total Number
            • Active Limit
            • Materialization Interval
            • Ambush Radius
          • Helter Skelter
            • Ambush Radius
          • Dodgem Car
            • Animation I-PSI Usage Rate
            • Acceleration
            • Friction
            • Speed Limit
            • Brake Speed
            • Control Loss Bump Speed
            • Impact Damage Factor
          • Electric Rail
            • Spark Interval
            • Damage Factor
          • Exit Delay
          • Helter Skelter (different?)
            • Haste Special Ability: Tornado
              • Failure Probability
              • I-PSI Usage Limit
              • Acceleration
              • Friction
              • Speed Limit
              • Deceleration
              • Lifetime
      • Roller Coaster
        • Roller Coaster
          • Roller Coaster Car
            • Active Limit
            • Materialization Interval
            • Initial Speed
            • Acceleration
            • Friction
            • Impact Speed Threshold
            • Crash Speed Threshold
            • Dematerialization Delay
          • Roadie
            • Active Limit
            • Materialization Interval
            • Ambush Radius
          • Random Points Change Rate
          • Tower Transition Duration
          • Pre-winch Delay
          • Winch Speed
        • Work Yard
          • Bumper
            • C-PSI
          • Wheel
            • Total Number
            • Active Limit
            • Materialization Interval
            • Maximum Height
            • X-Speed
            • Y-Speed
            • Dematerialization Position
            • Damage Factor
            • Impact Factor
            • Rightmost Trigger Position
            • Leftmost Trigger Position
          • Wrench
            • Total Number
            • Active Limit
            • Materialization Interval
            • Maximum Height
            • X-Speed
            • Y-Speed
            • Dematerialization Position
            • Damage Factor
            • Impact Factor
            • Rightmost Trigger Position
            • Leftmost Trigger Position
          • Exit Delay
          • Chainsaw
            • Combat
              • Kata
                • Travel Speed
              • Nails
                • Travel Speed
    • The Ticket Office
      • Exit Delay
        • Ying Yang Brother
          • Puppeteering Special Ability
            • Puppets per Brother
    • The Circus
      • Body-Snatching Act
        • Bar Morph
          • Total Number
          • Active Limit
        • Pole Morph
          • Total Number
          • Active Limit
        • Ring Morph
          • Total Number
          • Active Limit
        • Rope Morph
          • Total Number
          • Active Limit
        • See-Saw Morph
          • Total Number
          • Active Limit
        • Trampoline Morph
          • Total Number
          • Active Limit
        • Coalescence Theshold
        • Coalescence Theshold Reduction
        • Morph Egg
          • Hatch Delay
          • Dematerialization Delay
          • Fall
            • Damage Factor
            • Impact Factor
          • Roll
            • Damage Factor
            • Impact Factor
      • Maggot-Men Act
        • Turntable
          • Acceleration
          • Speed Limit
        • Turntable Knife
          • Materialization Interval
          • Target Change Interval
          • Damage Factor
        • Maggot-Man
          • Total Number
          • Aggressiveness
          • Fatal Number of Bites
        • Hydra
          • Initial Materialization Delay
      • Final Act (only available once all other stages are cleared)
        • The Jester
          • Initial Materialization Delay
          • Ambush Radius
        • Burning Debris
          • Initial Materialization Delay
          • Materialization Delay Reduction
          • Minimum Materialization Delay
          • Lower Speed Limit
          • Upper Speed Limit
          • Fire Burn Rate
          • Big Debris
            • Probability
            • Damage Factor
          • Medium Debris
            • Probability
            • Damage Factor
          • Small Debris
            • Probability
            • Damage Factor
        • Fire Burn Rate
        • The Jester (different?)
          • General
            • I-PSI Reserve
          • Special Ability
            • Animate Special Ability
              • Animate Fire Probability
            • Haste Special Ability: Tornado
              • Acceleration
              • Friction
              • Speed Limit
              • Deceleration
              • Lifetime
            • Transform Special Ability
              • Minimum Transformation Delay
              • Maximum Transformation Delay
              • I-PSI Usage Rate
              • Chainsaw Proportion
              • Doppelganger Proportion
              • Helter-Skelter Proportion
              • Ying Yang Brother Proportion
              • Hydra Proportion
              • Jester Proportion
    • The Completion
  • Operational Control
    • Tactics Editor
    • Tactics Interrupt Time Editor
    • Music
    • Sound Effects
    • Materializations
    • Scene Restart
    • Player 1
      • Vulnerable/Invulnerable
      • Corporeal PSI
      • Incorporeal PSI
      • Incorporeal PSI Capacity
      • Special Ability
    • Player 2
      • Vulnerable/Invulnerable
      • Corporeal PSI
      • Incorporeal PSI
      • Incorporeal PSI Capacity
      • Special Ability
  • Global Variables
    • Raven
      • General
        • Incarnation Rate
        • C-PSI
        • Weakness C-PSI Threshold
        • I-PSI
        • Weakness PSI Threshold
        • 1-on-1 Combat C-PSI
        • 1-on-1 Combat I-PSI
        • Animation I-PSI Usage Rate
        • Bodysnatching I-PSI Usage Rate
      • Combat
        • Power
        • Co-op Move Height Radius
        • Co-op Move Height Range
        • Co-op Move Width Radius
        • Co-op Move Width Range
        • Air Back Kick
        • Air Kick
        • Air Punch
        • Back Flip
        • Back Handspring
        • Cartwheel
        • Chain Roll
        • Clothesline
        • Co-op Flip
        • Co-op Spin
        • Co-op Spin Flip
        • Crawling Headbutt
        • Crouch Kick
        • Crouch Punch
        • Donkey Kick
        • Double Kick
        • Elbow Spin
        • Headbutt
        • Kick
        • Kick Flip
        • Knee
        • Ladder Kick
        • Ladder Punch
        • Ladder Slide
        • Overhead Stomp
        • Piggyback Flip
        • Piggyback Handspring
        • Pike
        • Pivot Pike
        • Pivot Stomp
        • Pole Flip
        • Pole Kick
        • Pole Slide
        • Pole Spin
        • Punch
        • Spin
        • Standing Overhead Stomp
        • Super Upper Cut
        • Sweep
        • Swing
        • Torpedo
        • Upper Cut
        • Wall of Death Kick
        • Wall of Death Kick Down
        • Wall of Death Punch
        • Wall of Death Punch Up
      • Recoil
        • Draw-Back Threshold
        • Draw-Back Speed
        • Fall-Back Threshold
        • Fall-Back Speed
        • Back-Recovery Speed
        • Prone Delay
        • Topple-Back Threshold
        • Topple-Back Speed
        • Hard Landing Torelance
        • Landing Topple Torelance
        • Landing Run Threshold
        • Landing Control Loss Threshold
        • Perching Control Loss
        • Pivot Control Loss X-Speed
        • Pivot Control Loss Y-Speed
        • Slide Friction
        • Slide Friction Damage Factor
        • Wall Impact Tolerance
        • Dazed Threshold
        • Dazed Duration
        • Burning Duration
      • Travel
        • Travel Backwards Speed
        • Push Speed
        • Random Travel Duration
        • Travel Speed
        • Initial Run Speed
        • Run Acceleration
        • Maximum Run Speed
        • Jump Up Y-Speed
        • Jump X-Speed
        • Jump Y-Speed
        • Acceleration
        • Air Friction
        • Air Speed Limit
        • Hand-Walk Speed
        • Climb Chimney Speed
        • Ladder Climbing Speed
        • Pole Climbing Speed
        • Wall of Death X-Speed
        • Wall of Death Y-Speed
      • Special Ability
        • Spirit: Spirit Door
        • Spirit: Spirit Warrior Projective (Projectile? Also verify if this is listed on the same line as Spirit Warrior)
        • Incaration (Incarnation?)
        • Animate
        • Clone
        • Haste: Rush Mode
        • Haste: Tornado
        • Puppeteering
        • Hydrastrength
        • Bodysnatch
    • White Eagle
      • General
        • Incarnation Rate
        • C-PSI
        • Weakness C-PSI Threshold
        • I-PSI
        • Weakness PSI Threshold
        • 1-on-1 Combat C-PSI
        • 1-on-1 Combat I-PSI
        • Animation I-PSI Usage Rate
        • Bodysnatching I-PSI Usage Rate
      • Combat
        • Power
        • Co-op Move Height Radius
        • Co-op Move Height Range
        • Co-op Move Width Radius
        • Co-op Move Width Range
        • Air Back Kick
        • Air Kick
        • Air Punch
        • Back Flip
        • Back Handspring
        • Cartwheel
        • Chain Roll
        • Clothesline
        • Co-op Flip
        • Co-op Spin
        • Co-op Spin Flip
        • Crawling Headbutt
        • Crouch Kick
        • Crouch Punch
        • Donkey Kick
        • Double Kick
        • Elbow Spin
        • Headbutt
        • Kick
        • Kick Flip
        • Knee
        • Ladder Kick
        • Ladder Punch
        • Ladder Slide
        • Overhead Stomp
        • Piggyback Flip
        • Piggyback Handspring
        • Pike
        • Pivot Pike
        • Pivot Stomp
        • Pole Flip
        • Pole Kick
        • Pole Slide
        • Pole Spin
        • Punch
        • Spin
        • Standing Overhead Stomp
        • Super Upper Cut
        • Sweep
        • Swing
        • Torpedo
        • Upper Cut
        • Wall of Death Kick
        • Wall of Death Kick Down
        • Wall of Death Punch
        • Wall of Death Punch Up
      • Recoil
        • Draw-Back Threshold
        • Draw-Back Speed
        • Fall-Back Threshold
        • Fall-Back Speed
        • Back-Recovery Speed
        • Prone Delay
        • Topple-Back Threshold
        • Topple-Back Speed
        • Hard Landing Torelance
        • Landing Topple Torelance
        • Landing Run Threshold
        • Landing Control Loss Threshold
        • Perching Control Loss
        • Pivot Control Loss X-Speed
        • Pivot Control Loss Y-Speed
        • Slide Friction
        • Slide Friction Damage Factor
        • Wall Impact Tolerance
        • Dazed Threshold
        • Dazed Duration
        • Burning Duration
      • Travel
        • Travel Backwards Speed
        • Push Speed
        • Random Travel Duration
        • Travel Speed
        • Initial Run Speed
        • Run Acceleration
        • Maximum Run Speed
        • Jump Up Y-Speed
        • Jump X-Speed
        • Jump Y-Speed
        • Acceleration
        • Air Friction
        • Air Speed Limit
        • Hand-Walk Speed
        • Climb Chimney Speed
        • Ladder Climbing Speed
        • Pole Climbing Speed
        • Wall of Death X-Speed
        • Wall of Death Y-Speed
      • Special Ability
        • Spirit: Spirit Door
        • Spirit: Spirit Warrior Projective (Projectile? Also verify if this is listed on the same line as Spirit Warrior)
        • Incaration (Incarnation?)
        • Animate
        • Clone
        • Haste: Rush Mode
        • Haste: Tornado
        • Puppeteering
        • Hydrastrength
        • Bodysnatch
    • Level Difficulty
      • Level2 Power Factor
      • Level3 Power Factor
      • Level4 Power Factor
      • Level5 Power Factor
      • Level6 Power Factor
      • Level7 Power Factor
    • 1-on-1 Combat Screen
      • Rounds
    • Acceleration due to Gravity
    • Landing Tolerance
    • Impact Damage Factor
    • Clear Space Radius
    • Close Space Radius
    • Incarnation C-PSI Limit
    • Jester Loan I-PSI Threshold
    • Jester I-PSI Loan Amount
    • Boss Dematerialization Duration