Continental Circus
Sega Genesis · 1987
About this game
Dark Continent is a single-player shareware recreational text adventure in which the player travels to Africa in search of a fabulous jewel.
The game starts on day three of the expedition.
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The native bearers have run off taking the supplies and all the money.
Alone in a strange country with no possessions the player's task is to find King Solomon's diamond and get back home to England.
The game is entirely text based.
With the exception of special commands such as U, D, N, S, E, and W which are abbreviations for GO UP, GO DOWN, GO NORTH, etc, all commands consist of two words such as GET THING or GO PLACE.
The game can be saved by typing SAVE GAME.
Running under DOS the game runs in a single window.
It runs in Windows by opening a DOS window in which there are two panels.
The game plays in the left hand panel while the right pane contains the copyright information.
About Sega Genesis
Known as the Mega Drive outside North America, the Sega Genesis (1988/1989) was Sega's most successful console and Sonic the Hedgehog's original home, fueling the "console wars" era against Nintendo's SNES. Genesis cartridge collecting is well-established: common sports and platformer titles are affordable, while sports-license and later-era games with smaller print runs can carry a meaningful premium.
Gamevaro tracks Continental Circus for Sega Genesis with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.
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Rarity & condition
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Is Continental Circus rare?
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What's the difference between loose, CIB and sealed for Continental Circus?
Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.