Shooting Arcade 3/7/89

This is an interesting beta for Shooting Gallery.  This beta was created by typing in and compiling the code from a printed listing given to AtariProtos by programmer Agustin Ortiz's son.  This version of Shooting Gallery seems to be fully playable, but is in need of some fixes before it could be released.  It is believed that this is the version of the game given to Atari by Heuristica before Tod Frye made his changes.

 

Differences

Title screen is blue instead of black

The title text is yellow instead of alternating red, white, and blue

There is no demo

There is no high score displayed on the title screen

The tune on the title screen is slightly different and longer due to there being no demo

There little shooting gallery graphic next to the level select is different.  It is not animated, there are more bottles, and there is a row of squares at the bottom instead of the word Start

The end of game tune is a little different

The top bar doesn't display your status (remaining ammunition, level, targets remaining) it simply shows your level for a few seconds and then your score

The square colors on the Colored Squares screen (level 0) are different.

The colors on Shooting Gallery screen (level 1) are different.  The background is blue instead of yellow and the boarder is brown instead of red.  The pipes are blue, ducks are yellow, the orange dinosaurs are missing, The milk jugs are completely full, and the squares at the bottom are different colors.

Nothing is animated on the Shooting Gallery screen

The boarder on the Birds screen (level 2) is brown.  The background also does not change color and stays light blue throughout the level.

The colors on the Target Practice screen (level 3) are different.  The boarder is brown and appears to have graphical glitches at the top.  The bird colors are also different and they appear in a different order.

The colors on the Demon screen (level 4) are different.  The boarder is brown and the background is light blue instead of light red.  The demon is also a darker red.

The colors on the Unicycle screen (level 5) are different.  The boarder is brown and the background is light blue instead of a light blue/green.  The pole on the unicycle is red instead of dark brown.

The Unicycle screen is much harder.  The unicycle only makes on pass across the screen before it's game over.  In the final version it will make at least three passes.

 

Notice the different shooting gallery graphic	Final version
The square colors look brighter	Final version
This screen has the most differences	Final version
The non-color shifting background makes this easier	Final version
Notice the corruption on the top of the screen?	Final version
The demon is still tough in this version	Final version
You only get one shot in this version	Final version

 

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