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* ResetButton: Out-of-game, in fact. Enabling the "Tweaker" mode, the player can reset the stage they are in by inputing a command in the 6-button controller. This allows Raven to restart the stage with full health.

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* DebugRoom: More of a Debug ''Mode''. With the "Tweaker" option in the Options Menu, the player can alter and control pretty much everything of the game, including hitbox, stage selection, enemies' respawn.

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* DebugRoom: More of a Debug ''Mode''. With the "Tweaker" option (called "U-Program" on the cover) in the Options Menu, the player can alter and control pretty much everything of the game, including hitbox, stage selection, enemies' respawn.



* TornadoMove: One of the abilities Raven obtains from the bosses is a Tornado Move (in this case, from the ferris wheel boss). With this ability, he can spin so fast he becomes a tornado, but it can dizzy him.

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* TornadoMove: One of the abilities Raven obtains from the bosses is a Tornado Move (in this case, from the ferris wheel boss). With this ability, he can spin so fast he becomes a tornado, but it can dizzy him.him.
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'''Nightmare Circus''' is a [[UsefulNotes/{{SegaGenesis}} Sega Genesis]] video game, released late into its shelf life in 1996.

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'''Nightmare Circus''' is a [[UsefulNotes/{{SegaGenesis}} Sega Genesis]] video game, game with a strong [[Main/{{HorrorVideoGames}} horror bent]], released late into its shelf life in 1996.
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* Main/Contortionist: The enemies of "The Maggot-Men Act" (one of the last stages) are a bunch of contortionists whose bizarre abilities allow them to crawl inside tight ducts. The stage boss is a green-clad contortionist named Hydra.

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* Main/Contortionist: Main/{{Contortionist}}: The enemies of "The Maggot-Men Act" (one of the last stages) are a bunch of contortionists whose bizarre abilities allow them to crawl inside tight ducts. The stage boss is a green-clad contortionist named Hydra.
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* LifeMeter: This game's life meter is unconventional: instead of the usual hearts or a green health bar, Raven's life is indicated by the outline of a crouching man, filled with a red colour.
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* Contortionist: The enemies of "The Maggot-Men Act" (one of the last stages) are a bunch of contortionists whose bizarre abilities allow them to crawl inside tight ducts. The stage boss is a green-clad contortionist named Hydra.

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* Contortionist: Main/Contortionist: The enemies of "The Maggot-Men Act" (one of the last stages) are a bunch of contortionists whose bizarre abilities allow them to crawl inside tight ducts. The stage boss is a green-clad contortionist named Hydra.
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* Contortionist: The enemies of "The Maggot-Men Act" (one of the last stages) are a bunch of contortionists whose bizarre abilities allow them to crawl inside tight ducts. The stage boss is a green-clad contortionist named Hydra.
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* CoOpMultiplayer: Surprisingly, the game allows for 2-player co-op mode, where the players control two Ravens (one with inverted colours).

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* CoOpMultiplayer: Surprisingly, the game allows for 2-player co-op mode, where the players control two Ravens (one Ravens, one with a black jacket and white shirt, and another with inverted colours).colours.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The game itself lacks cutscenes and in-game texts that explain the story.
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'''Nightmare Circus''' is a Sega Genesis video game, released late into its shelf life in 1996.

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'''Nightmare Circus''' is a [[UsefulNotes/{{SegaGenesis}} Sega Genesis Genesis]] video game, released late into its shelf life in 1996.

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* KnifeThrowingAct: After defeating the bosses of the big top stage (two serrated-fan wielding goons), Raven can choose of two stages. The "Maggot-Men Act" begins with him tied to a wooden board and knifes being thrown at him. To escape the trap, the player must rotate the board so that the knifes strike Raven's knots and release him.

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* KnifeThrowingAct: After defeating the bosses of the big top stage (two serrated-fan wielding goons), Raven can choose one of two stages. The "Maggot-Men Act" begins with him tied to a wooden board and knifes being thrown at him. To escape the trap, the player must rotate the board so that the knifes strike Raven's knots and release him.


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* RedIsViolent: The final boss, Jester, is a evil clown clad in red garments.

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* CircusOfFear: One of the stages involves Raven going to the big top and facing knife-throwers, annoying trapeze artists, an evil contortionist,

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* CircusOfFear: One of the stages involves Raven going to the big top and facing knife-throwers, annoying trapeze artists, an evil contortionist, and finally the Big Bad himself.
* CompetitiveMultiplayer: Another game mode allows player 2 to control the stage bosses.
* CoOpMultiplayer: Surprisingly, the game allows for 2-player co-op mode, where the players control two Ravens (one with inverted colours).
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* KnifeThrowingAct: After defeating the bosses of the big top stage (two serrated-fan wielding goons), Raven can choose of two stages. One begins with him tied to a wooden board and knifes being thrown at him. To escape the trap, the player must rotate the board so that the knifes strike Raven's knots and release him.

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* KnifeThrowingAct: After defeating the bosses of the big top stage (two serrated-fan wielding goons), Raven can choose of two stages. One The "Maggot-Men Act" begins with him tied to a wooden board and knifes being thrown at him. To escape the trap, the player must rotate the board so that the knifes strike Raven's knots and release him.

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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Apart from the circus stage, Raven fights his way through a deadly roller coaster, a ferris wheel on fire, and a

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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Apart from the circus stage, Raven fights his way through a deadly roller coaster, a ferris wheel on fire, and a labyrinthine funhouse.



* CircusOfFear: One of the stages involves Raven going to the big top and facing

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* CircusOfFear: One of the stages involves Raven going to the big top and facing knife-throwers, annoying trapeze artists, an evil contortionist,


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* KnifeThrowingAct: After defeating the bosses of the big top stage (two serrated-fan wielding goons), Raven can choose of two stages. One begins with him tied to a wooden board and knifes being thrown at him. To escape the trap, the player must rotate the board so that the knifes strike Raven's knots and release him.
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* HallOfMirrors: After the player traverses the labyrinth section of the "amusements" stage, he enters a hall of mirrors with WraparoundBackground, and fights [[Main/{{EvilDoppelganger}} evil, ghostly copies of himself]] that come out of the mirrors.
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* TornadoMove: One of Raven's abilites he obtains from the bosses is that he can spin so fast he becomes a tornado, but it can dizzy him.

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* TornadoMove: One of Raven's abilites he the abilities Raven obtains from the bosses is that a Tornado Move (in this case, from the ferris wheel boss). With this ability, he can spin so fast he becomes a tornado, but it can dizzy him.
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* SpectacularSpinning: Still in the ferris wheel section, Raven has to pass through a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Up_(ride) round-up]], by using the centripetal force in his favour.
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* PermaDeath: Aside its difficulty and Byzantine gameplay, the player has only one life and no continues. [[spoiler:In normal mode, that is.]]

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* PermaDeath: Aside its difficulty and Byzantine gameplay, the player has only one life and no continues. [[spoiler:In normal mode, that is.]]]]
* TornadoMove: One of Raven's abilites he obtains from the bosses is that he can spin so fast he becomes a tornado, but it can dizzy him.
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* DebugRoom: More of a Debug ''Room''. With the "Tweaker" option in the Options Menu, the player can alter and control pretty much everything of the game, including hitbox, stage selection, enemies' respawn.

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* DebugRoom: More of a Debug ''Room''.''Mode''. With the "Tweaker" option in the Options Menu, the player can alter and control pretty much everything of the game, including hitbox, stage selection, enemies' respawn.

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* DebugRoom: More of a Debug ''Room''. With the "Tweaker" option in the Options Menu, the player can alter and control pretty much everything of the game, including hitbox, stage selection, enemies' respawn.



* PermaDeath: Aside its difficulty and Bizantyne gameplay, the player has only one life and no continues. [[spoiler:In normal mode, that is.]]

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* PermaDeath: Aside its difficulty and Bizantyne Byzantine gameplay, the player has only one life and no continues. [[spoiler:In normal mode, that is.]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Before Jester burned down the circus, it was known as "Circo del Diablo" (Spanish for "The Devil's Circus").

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Before Jester burned down the circus, it was known as "Circo del Diablo" (Spanish for "The Devil's Circus").Circus").
* PermaDeath: Aside its difficulty and Bizantyne gameplay, the player has only one life and no continues. [[spoiler:In normal mode, that is.]]
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* ChainsawGood: The boss of the roller coaster section is a largen man with a chainsaw for a hand.

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* ChainsawGood: The boss of the roller coaster section is a largen large man with a chainsaw for a hand.
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* ChainsawGood: The boss of the roller coaster section is a largen man with a chainsaw for a hand.
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* MonsterClown: The BigBad is a demonic clown named Jester.

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* MonsterClown: The BigBad is a demonic clown named Jester.Jester.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Before Jester burned down the circus, it was known as "Circo del Diablo" (Spanish for "The Devil's Circus").
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* InsuranceFraud: In the backstory, the Jester, while he was still alive, burned his whole circus to the ground in order to cash in the insurance money.
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'''Nightmare Circus''' is a Sega Genesis video game, released late into its shelf life in 1996.

Raven, a young Native American, returns to the circus where he lost his relatives in an arson. When night comes, the spectral circus appears before him, inviting him in to face its deadly dangers and release the souls consumed in the fire.

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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Apart from the circus stage, Raven fights his way through a deadly roller coaster, a ferris wheel on fire, and a
* CircusOfFear: One of the stages involves Raven going to the big top and facing
* MagicalClown: Jester, the last boss, can shapeshift into the previous bosses to fight Raven. Also, it is implied that he summoned the ghostly circus with his evil powers.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The player character, Raven, is a Native American with Main/PsychicPowers (called PSI in-game).
* MonsterClown: The BigBad is a demonic clown named Jester.

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