Play Carnival Shooter Online

Ducks zip across the screen in that jittery Atari way—you wrestle the joystick to line up shots, cursing when they slip past. Hits feel earned, misses sting, just like the old carnival booths.

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Game Overview

Ever played one of those old carnival shooting galleries where the ducks just won’t sit still? That’s basically Carnival Shooter in a nutshell—except it’s on the Atari 2600, and you’re using a joystick instead of a plastic rifle. The targets zip across the screen in that janky, charming way only Atari sprites can, and somehow, missing feels just as frustrating as it did back in the day.

It’s not some lost masterpiece—just a simple, homebrew shooting game someone cooked up for fun. But there’s something weirdly satisfying about lining up shots with that chunky pixel cursor. If you’ve got a soft spot for rough-around-the-edges retro stuff, it’s a neat little time-waster between rounds of Space Invaders.