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Title: Let's Compare Carnival
Post by: TrekMD on May 27, 2014, 04:29:25 AM
Carnival is a fixed shooter arcade game created by Sega in 1980 that has the distinction of being the first video game with a bonus round.  The goal of the game is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding running out of bullets. Here is a video looking at a few home versions of the game...

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Title: Re: Let's Compare Carnival
Post by: TL on May 28, 2014, 09:56:42 AM
I am a huge fan of Carnival, always loved this game  :45:

The Intellivision version looks pretty decent, somewhere between the 2600 and Coleco as you would expect.
Title: Re: Let's Compare Carnival
Post by: TrekMD on May 28, 2014, 12:02:55 PM
The ColecoVision version is really the best in the group.  The Intellivision version plays good but I find the fact that that music gets interrupted by the shots annoying.  I wonder why that was programmed that way.
Title: Re: Let's Compare Carnival
Post by: TL on May 28, 2014, 12:09:59 PM
Yeah I find that strange too, it's something that bugs me in games.
Title: Re: Let's Compare Carnival
Post by: TrekMD on May 28, 2014, 12:32:43 PM
And it can't be a capabilities thing.  The Inty has enough sound channels to handle sound effects and music at the same time. I wonder if the issue is related to the EXEC.