Play At the Carnival Online

Fisher-Price released At the Carnival in 1989 as part of their MS-DOS Classic Games series, a collection aimed at younger players during the era of simple, colorful PC entertainment. It was a time when many families first brought computers into their homes, and games like this offered straightforward, cheerful fun without complex commands or steep learning curves.

You control a cursor to interact with various classic carnival games, such as ring toss, duck shooting, and balloon popping. The main objective is to score as many points as possible across these mini-games, testing your timing and accuracy with the mouse or keyboard. Signature mechanics include aiming and firing projectiles with a slight delay that mimics the physical challenge of real carnival games, and navigating between different attraction screens with clear visual and auditory feedback. The pacing is relaxed, and the difficulty stays gentle, making it easy to pick up and play in short sessions. It feels like a cheerful, low-stakes visit to a digital fairground.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".