Oh the carnival, a place where love blooms and whimsy thrives. It’s also the birthplace of the shooting gallery, at least that’s what TV has told me, I have yet to see one for myself. Still, who can think of a better place to experience the thrills of shooting small animals without the guilt of killing and the mess involved in skinning their hides. Now you can virtually experience this virtual experience on your NES thanks to the Action 52 with “Shooting Gal”. The name is actually short for Shooting Gallery, and by “shooting gallery” they really mean “Fenced Petting Zoo Safari: Cute is now in season”. Just look at the screenshots and tell me if those animals look menacing.
So how does the shooting gallery translate through the crack-addled eyes of Active Enterprises? Well, it’s kinda like shooting fish in a barrel. Only if that barrel was as big as a refrigerator box and filled with stuffed animals. So let’s just get this one out of the way. You can’t die at all until level three when things start randomly swooping down at you. Animals look like some old and busted Windows 3.1 clip art forced into a NES game. To its credit, the targets you shoot consist of giant marshmallow peeps, crudely drawn gray ducks, miniature alligators, and what look like those miniature ponies since they’re dwarfed by the crazy baby chicks and pink rabbits that seize across the screen. It’s as if you’re deliberately pissing on a child’s artwork for the mere fact that it sucks. On second thought, that almost makes Shooting Gallery worth it!
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