Duck Shoot recreates the classic fairground shooting gallery experience in a digital format. Players control a gun at the bottom of the screen, aiming to shatter six plates positioned at the top while navigating four rows of moving targets in between. The game challenges players to balance their primary objective of breaking plates with the opportunity to score bonus points by hitting other moving objects. Adding to the challenge, ducks periodically swoop down, depleting the player's limited ammunition if they reach the bottom. A special duck traversing the top of the screen can restore shot plates if it completes its journey, introducing a strategic element to the gameplay. The game continues until the player exhausts their ammunition, which is visually represented by a bar beneath the gun, creating a constant tension between accuracy and resource management.
Look, I like it and it was worth the $4 AUD I paid for it on the sale, but I mean you have to have a REAL fondness for the arcade game Carnival like I do. It's not a patch on Coleco's version of Carnival, so I will state that now, and the Vic 20 game is superior to the C64 game, as the C64 version is BRUTAL and I thought I was doing something wrong...
All I can say is, the C64 version requires you to shoot down the 8 plates located on the top of the stage to progress. I was able to get to level 3 and figured, "okay, this was fun."
Then I realized the title screen hints the player to attempt to beat the author's score of 49,000+ points and reach level 25. So I decided to save-scum until I got to level...
