Underplayed Gems

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (1990)

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting cover
Developer
Nintendo, Nintendo R&D1
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres
Shooter, Arcade

How it feels

A Nintendo Zapper light-gun shooting gallery set in a cartoon carnival, offering breezy casual target practice fun.

casualarcade-stylecarnivallight gunretrofamily-friendly

About

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting was developed and published by Nintendo for the NES in 1990. It was loosely based on the cartoon show "Barker Bill's Cartoon Show", popular in the 1950s. The game is essentially a shooting gallery taking place in a carnival, utilizing Nintendo's Zapper gun. It was relatively successful, but was not regarded as a breakthrough game.

Screenshots

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