Circus Lido (Japan)
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Circus Lido is a single-screen puzzle action game for the TurboGrafx-16’s Japanese PC Engine counterpart. You control Leon, a chameleon who catches creatures with his tongue and feeds them to carnivorous plants. Clearing the creatures from a room opens the way out.
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Gameplay
Move around the platforms, line up your tongue with a creature, and hold it until you can spit it into a hungry plant. Catching something is only part of the solution: you also need a route to a useful firing position. Leon cannot jump, so vertical movement relies on using his tail to grab suitable platforms above him. Some sections of the layout can slide, changing where you can climb and which passages connect. That makes the room itself part of the puzzle, rather than just a backdrop for catching enemies. The stages are not timed, leaving room to study how platforms, creatures, and plants relate to one another. A successful route brings every required creature to a plant and leaves Leon able to reach the exit. Each room asks you to combine movement planning with accurate tongue and tail use.
Good to know
The Japan label identifies the Japanese release, with Japanese text and menus. Its platform layout may resemble a jumping game, but Leon’s tail-based climbing is central to solving the stages.
How to Play Circus Lido (Japan)?
Catch creatures with Leon’s tongue and spit them into carnivorous plants. Use his tail and movable platforms to reach every part of the room and open the exit.
Game Controls
Arrow keys act as the D-pad and Enter is Start; the other action buttons are mapped to keyboard keys in the player.
