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The Atari 2600 was first released in North America in September 1977 and featured 9 launch titles: Air-Sea BattleBasic MathBlackjackCombatIndy 500Star ShipStreet RacerSurround and Video Olympics. The final licensed Atari 2600 game released in North America was Secret Quest in 1989, and the final licensed game released in Europe was Klax and Acid Drop in 1990 and 1992. Even with their 1980s limited colors and block graphics these games are still entertaining to play today! We have over 500 Atari 2600 games for you to play online for free using our Atari 2600 Javascript Emulator.

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Instructions and Keyboard Controls towards bottom of page.
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Start Game

Carnival

INSTRUCTIONS:
If you grew up in the 80’s you shouldn’t need instructions!! You might find some help at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_2600_games and look up the game you need assistance playing.

CONTROLS:
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Begin/Restart Game
Arrow Keys – Move
Space bar to fire/action button


TRANSCRIBED ORIGINAL ATARI GAME MANUAL AND INSTRUCTIONS
**-** Front Page **-**

     The Official                             Guide No. 78091
       C A R N I V A L
         by SEGA (R)


   Cartridge Instructions

     < Picture of a Bear holding a target >

   * For one or two players    * For color or black-and-white TV

                                                  C O L E C O

**-** Page 2 **-**

   G A M E  D E S C R I P T I O N

    < Same picture of a Bear holding a target >

Step right up and prove your skill at hitting targets in this
challenging carnival shooting gallery.  Take aim to build up
your score with careful choice of targets, but watch out for
the bullet-eating ducks!

  G E T T I N G  R E A D Y  T O  P L A Y

* Make sure the Video Computer System(TM) is connected to
  the TV, and the power supply is plugged in.

* Be sure that you have plugged the controllers into the jacks
  at the rear of the Video Computer System(TM)

* Insert cartridge as shown, then turn On/Off switch to ON.
  (ALWAYS TURN THE ON/OFF SWITCH TO OFF WHEN
   INSERTING OR REMOVING A CARTRIDGE)

**-** Page 3 **-**

   ATARI(R) Video Computer System(TM)

    

    

**-** Page 4 **-**

  U S I N G  Y O U R  C O N T R O L S

     

1. CONTROL STICK: Push the Control Stick right or left to
   move the gun.

2. RED BUTTON: Press the red button to fire the gun.

  H E R E ' S  H O W  T O  P L A Y

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: Set the Left and Right Difficulty Switches to Position A.

STEP 1:  Getting Started

After power is turned on, a demonstration of the game is
shown on the screen.  Press the Red Button on the left controller
or the Game Reset switch to start the one-player game.

To select a two-player game, press the Game Select switch for
two-player, then press Game Reset.

STEP 2:  Fire away!

Rack up points by firing bullets at the moving targets:

   * Owls            * Ducks
   * Rabbits         * Extra-Bullet Boxes

But be careful how you aim.  Your bullet supply is limited.

**-** Page 5 **-**

   

                         ------------------------------------------
Players Score Indicator -|-------------> 0 0 0 0 0                |
                         ------------------------------------------
                 Pipes  -|------------->  #--I--#                 |
     Plus-Minus Target  -|-> + 3 0 0       #####                  |
                         |   -------              ----------------|
                         | O     D                 O  R  R        |
   Extra-Bullet Target  -|---> [8]                  D        O    |
                         | R  R       D                 R         |
           Flying Duck  -|-------------->  X                      |
                         |                                        |
                   Gun  -|--------------> L                       |
                         ------------------------------------------
Bullet Supply Indicator >|##############################          |
                         ------------------------------------------

  * The O's look like owls, the D's look like ducks, the R's look
    like Rabbits.  The [8] is a box with an 8 in it.  The X looks
    like a duck flying, and the L looks like a hand gun point up.

                           S T R A T E G Y

DUCKS BITE THE BULLETS

What out! Ducks that you don't hit can fly down from the
bottom row to eat ten of your bullets!

Special Strategy: Make sure you use up at least eight bullets
before hitting the Extra-Bullet target.  Your bullet supply can
never show more than 40 bullets.

PIPE DREAMS

Eight on-target hits clear the pipes from the screen.  Hit the
same color pipes with the two consecutive shots and you get four
time the pipe score value.

Special Strategy: Knock out the pipes early in the game, while
avoiding the moving targets.  If the pipes remain in view while
you are hitting moving targets, ducks, ducks and more
ducks start coming out!

**-** Page 6 **-**

WIN SOME - LOSE SOME

Score extra points or bullets by hitting the plus-minus target
when the plus sign shows.  But look out!  If the minus-sign is
showing when the target is hit, the points or bullets are sub-
tracted from your score or bullet supply.

THE END

Clear the rack of all moving targets and pipes to move on to
the next higher level of game play.  The game ends when the
last bullet is fired.

To replay the type of game you have playing, press the
Game Reset switch.

                              SCORING

        Points scored for each target are listing according to
        level of play:

     TARGET           LEVEL:   1         2         3        4

     Pipe                     200       200       200      200
     Bottom Row                20        30        40       50
     Middle Row                40        50        60       70
     Top Row                   60        70        80       90
     Extra Bullet               8         8         8        8

Hit two pipes of the same color with two consecutive shots for
a score of 200 points for the first pipe and 800 points for the
second.

After you clear the gallery, 50 points are added to your score
for each bullet remaining at the bottom of the screen.  The
maximum number of bullets you can have in the Bullet Supply
is 40.

       < Pictures of targets, Rabbit, Owl, Duck, Owl, Rabbit >

**-** Page 7 **-**

  T H E  F U N  O F  D I S C O V E R Y

This instruction booklet will provide the basic information you
need to get started playing CARNIVAL(R), but it is only the
beginning!  You'll find that this cartridge is full of special fea-
tures to make CARNIVAL(R) exciting every time you play.
Experiment with different techniques - and enjoy the game!

  9 0 - D A Y  L I M I T E D  W A R R A N T Y

     

**-** Back Cover **-**

     

 All returns must be directed to:  Coleco Industries, Inc.
                                   Consumer Electronics Department
                                   P.O. Box 47
                                   Amsterdam, New York 12010
                                   Attention: Consumer Quality Manager


                     C O L E C O

CARNIVAL(R) and Sega(R) are trademarks of Sega Enterprises,
Inc. (C) 1980 Sega Enterprises, Inc.

Atari(R) and Video Computer Systems(TM) are trademarks of Atari,
Inc.

Sears Video Arcade(TM) is a trademark of Sears Roebuck & Co.

Package, Program and Audiovisual (C) 1982 Coleco Indus-
tries, Inc. Amsterdam, New York, 12010


             Printed in U.S.A.

**--** END of Instructions **-**


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Carnival Arcade Game Emulated on the Atari 2600. Play Carnival in your web browser or mobile phone. This Atari 2600 console emulator provides very accurate Carnival gameplay. Carnival is a classic 1980s Atari 2600 video game.