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Graphics: 2 Sound: 2 Replay Value: 1 Notes: 1- or 2-player game. Never tripped my trigger. (Ooh, a bad pun!) Does not work on Intellivision II. Screen Shots

Move and shoot. Not much here. Carnival does offer a nice variety of colors, but that's about all I can say for this game. I've never been able to get into this game at all. It just seems lame. Sure, it's not really any different than Space Invaders at a basic level, but it just doesn't work for me. I never played this game enough to find out if it has the 'bonus' screen where you shoot the target on the bear. The sad thing is that on the Atari VCS, Imagic decided to make a clone–Shootin' Gallery. I'm glad they never got around to porting that one to the Intellivision.

A total of seven Carnival box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	2488	1982	U.S.A.	Has 'PLAYS LIKE THE REAL ARCADE GAME' text; standard 'Intellivision' banner; small top flaps have proof of purchase w/ part number on one and date of manufacture on the other
	Coleco	2488	1982	U.S.A.	Has artwork next to picture of arcade machine; standard 'Intellivision®' banner; small top flaps have proof of purchase w/ part number on one and date of manufacture on the other; has barcode on back; 'NOT FOR USE WITH INTELLIVISION®II' sticker on front
	Coleco	R56425	1982	Canada	French-Canadian; has 'PLAYS LIKE THE REAL ARCADE GAME' text; standard 'Intellivision' banner; part number was hidden on internal flap on bottom (found because it's a mashed-up box)
	CBS Electronics	7630-7R1 ICI 244503	1983	England	International edition; submitted by Hankster; main tab of top flap has additional part number 60.244503.68; main tab of bottom flap has part number 3P4091; proof of purchase also uses the ICI 244503 number
	CBS Electronics	7630-7A	1983	Holland	U.K. edition with bear holding target and flying duck
	CBS Electronics	7630-7 D	1983	Holland	German edition; artwork shows bear and birds flying at observer; submitted by Hankster
Image not available.	CBS Electronics	N/A	None		NEED DETAILS; German edition; artwork shows bear holding target birds flying duck

Reportedly, a ROM variant was released (Europe only?) that fixed the 'Intellivision II' bug. This version may come in beige case, rather than the black one. I have a copy in a beige case that has a label that lists Intellivision II (see Labels section) but it's not reliably playable on an Intellivision II. I can get it to work by jiggling the cartridge a little, but it never works on a simple reset. This also seems to work with the other copies I have in the more common black case, with the standard label that does not mention Intellivision II.

A total of seven Carnival manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	78092	1982	U.S.A.	Note IntelliVision (upper-case 'V')
	Coleco	78092B	1982	U.S.A.	Note IntelliVision (upper-case 'V')
	Coleco	91858	1982	U.S.A.	Lists that the game can be used with Intellivision II on the front cover; note Intellivision spelled with lower-case 'v'
	Coleco	56696	1982	Canada	French-Canadian release with English and French as a single back-to-back manual, flip over to view other language; note IntelliVision (upper-case 'V')
	CBS Electronics	2L2055 60.244503.71	1983		International edition; no origin printed on the manual; monochrome blue / grayscale
	CBS Electronics	2L 1916	1983		English edition; no origin printed on the manual
Image not available.	CBS Electronics	N/A	None		German edition; blue text and artwork; need part number, origin, etc.

Several revisions were made to the Carnival manual for the English-language version. The ones I've spotted so far appear below. The most interesting one actually lists the Intellivision II on its cover, and has instructions for use with the Intellivision II. See the ROMS section for more info. Note also that the capitalization of Intellivision is corrected - from 'IntelliVision' to 'Intellivision'.

In rev. B, the bear shown on page 2 had a more nicely painted target than in the original and later Intellivision II revision. The Intellivision II version also has the 'GETTING READY TO PLAY' text relocated from page 3 in the first two revisions to the bottom half of page 2.

In rev. B, the instructions for inserting the cartridge became more explicit. Were users really that dense? The 'Inty 2' revision also has instructions for using the game on the Intellivision II console.

The colors changed for steps 1, 2, and 3 to emphasize the topic of each step, and the Inty 2 version shows pictures for both types of controllers. You know, they were so different that it's easy to see why people were confused by the Intellivision II controller. The color scheme went back to the original version, too.

The list of targets you can shoot was rearranged between the original and 'B' and 'Inty 2' versions to make room for a more detailed reminder about running out of bullets. Also, the NOTE text was changed to be green instead of black.

The 90-Day Warranty was drastically overhauled.

The back cover was the continuation of the warranty text, and was therefore also changed. Revision B and the Inty 2 revision have the same warranty text, but the copyright info was changed at the bottom. Specifically, the reference to the Sears Super Video Arcade was removed. They also changed the capitalization of Intellivision from the incorrect 'IntelliVision' the the correct 'Intellivision'.

A total of two Carnival overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	N/A	None		Custom overlay designed by Psycho Stormtrooper
	Reaper	7630-7R1	None		Part of the CBS Overlay Pack (2017)

A total of seven Carnival label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Standard black label; game logo upside down on edge; word wraps: of, Enter-, of, a, Printed, 1982, York
	Coleco	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Found on tan cartridge case; claims the game works with Intellivision II as well - so it's either a ROM variant or an early release prior to discovery of the incompatibility with Intellivision II; glossy black label; game logo right side up on edge; word wraps: of, Enter-, of, 1982, York
	Coleco	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	English label from a French-Canadian copy; standard black label; game logo upside down on edge; word wraps: of, Enter-, of, Coleco, Montréal
	Coleco	N/A	1982	Canada	French version from French-Canadian copy of game
	CBS Electronics	4L2279 CI 244503	1983	England	International label with U.K. English
	CBS Electronics	4L2279 CI 244503	1983	England	International U.K. label from an eBay auction by vintage-vermin; appears to be variation of the label included in multi-lingual box (note different placement of CI 244503)
	CBS Electronics	4L2159	1983	England	Standard U.K. label

	Coleco's ever-so-fancy title screen.
	Actually, this isn't all that bad.

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