Carnival

Manufacturer: UPL
Year: 1980
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Vertical
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Buttons: Rotational (left, right)
Buttons: 1 [Shoot]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Carnival Description

A shooting gallery game. Fire a gun at owls, bunnies, ducks, pipes, bonus letters, and other positive or negative bonus items.

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Cabinet Information

The cabinet has woodgrain sides, a color monitor overlay and an orange marquee that lists the manufacturer as Gremlin/Sega.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

HINT: Avoid shooting the bunnies and owls until you have cleaned the pipes and bonus letters. Every spot you free up by shooting one of these harmless low-point creatures creates a gap that can be filled with bullet-eating, low point, dangerous ducks. Shoot those bullet boxes above all else!

Game Introduction

Shoot your gun at the moving carnival targets.

Miscellaneous

Play a JAVA emulated version of the game by visiting http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer/JCarnival.html

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Common - There are 27 known instances of Carnival owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 24 of them are original dedicated machines, it is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,121 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 5 VAPS members currently looking for Carnival.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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Manuals

Owners Manual 61 Pages, 5732 KB File.

Carnival - Title screen image

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