A large pop-up target above the top row can either award or subtract bullets or points when hit.

The game's General Instrument AY-3-8910 chip allows for a relatively complex rendition of Rosas's waltz with overlaid sound effects.

Electronic Games called the ColecoVision port of Carnival "a letter-perfect recreation of the arcade original that's not to be missed.

And the inclusion of numerous sound effects, including three different duck quacks and a bear's roar, makes for a veritable sonic feast.

"[10] Sega officially licensed the console rights to Carnival to Coleco, who ported it to the Atari VCS, Intellivision, and Colecovision platforms.

Acornsoft published a clone, initially called Carnival, for the BBC Micro in 1983 which was later renamed to Carousel.