Barker Bill's Trick Shooting is a NES shooter made by Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

. It was released in 1990. It is based on the cartoon show titled Barker Bill's Cartoon Show

Barker Bill's Cartoon Show

Barker Bill's Cartoon Show was the first network television weekday cartoon series, airing on CBS from 1953 to 1955. The 15 minute show was broadcast twice a week, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 5 P.M...

, which was created by Paul Terry

Paul Terry (cartoonist)

Paul Houlton Terry was an American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and one of the most prolific film producers in history...

 in . Barker Bill's Cartoon Show was one of the earliest cartoon shows produced for television (formerly they were typically shown in cinemas and theaters only). Paul Terry, famous for his Terrytoons

Terrytoons

Terrytoons was an animation studio founded by Paul Terry. The studio, located in suburban New Rochelle, New York, operated from 1929 to 1968. Its most popular characters included Mighty Mouse, Gandy Goose, Sourpuss, Dinky Duck, Deputy Dawg, Luno and Heckle and Jeckle; these cartoons and all of its...

 cartoons, bundled them together and had them presented by Barker Bill, a circus ringleader. Barker Bill was a static image and voiced by a presenter before the actual cartoons began.

Gameplay

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting consists of four carnival-type game modes in which the player uses a Zapper

NES Zapper

The NES Zapper, also known as the Beam Gun in Japan, is an electronic light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Japanese Famicom. It was released in Japan for the Famicom on and alongside the launch of the NES in North America in October 1985...

to shoot various objects with your zapper for points. The game modes consist of:

• Balloon Saloon

The player attempts to shoot balloons flying away while avoiding hitting the dog.

• Flying Saucers

Barker Bill and his assistant Trixie will toss plates across the screen. Shoot the plates while avoiding Bill, Trixie, and the parrot.

• Window Panes

Assorted objects will fall down a screen full of windows, but some of the windows are closed, blocking the player's shots. He can only hit objects through open windows.

• Fun Follies

This involves progressing through the previous three in turn followed by two additional stages:

• Trixie's Shot (first seen in stage 4)

Trixie walks around the screen and occasionally presents coins. Shoot the coins while trying not to hit her or the parrot. After playing Trixie's Shot, the player will go to a slot machine; this is the only way to win extra chances in Fun Follies. Diamonds that the player collected in earlier stages (which do not give him extra chances in Fun Follies) allow for more winning lines and a better chance at a big prize.

• Bill's Thrills (first seen in stage 9)

Bill will throw objects high up. They'll be coming down on Trixie. Hit them before they reach Trixie, but be careful of the parrot again.

The player will start each game with ten chances. Except during Fun Follies, he can gain a life by shooting a diamond. The player lose one chance for committing each of the following:

• Failing to hit a target.
• Hitting the wrong thing (such as a person or animal).

The game is over when the player runs out of chances.

External links

• Barker Bill's Trick Shooting at NinDB