[3] Higher scores are given for more daring shots: those on the verge of disappearing or breaking award the most points.

The player lose one chance for committing each of the following: The soundtrack was composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, who had worked on the music for earlier Nintendo games such as Balloon Fight and Duck Hunt.

The high scores music from the VS versions of these games was later remixed by Tanaka in Trick Shooting.

The only difference is that the song is now in the key of C# rather than C. The game uses Tanaka's later sound engine, with digitized drum samples.

[4] Game Freaks 365 gave it a rating of 83% (the equivalent of a B grade) in their 2005 review.