Carnival (video game)

Carnival
Developer(s)Gremlin
Publisher(s)Arcade Atari 8-bit Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision
Designer(s)Lane Hauck
Programmer(s)Atari 2600
Jessica Stevens (credited as Steve Kitchen)
Atari 8-bit
Phil Mork
Platform(s)Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Intellivision
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: June 1980
  • NA: August 1980
Atari 8-bit
ColecoVision, Intellivision
  • NA: October 1982
Atari 2600
  • NA: November 1982
Genre(s)Fixed shooter
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns
Arcade systemDual

Carnival is a fixed shooter video game developed by Gremlin and released by Sega in arcades in 1980. It was one of the first video games with a bonus round.

Carnival was ported to Atari 8-bit computers in 1981 by ANALOG Software, the commercial software label of ANALOG Computing magazine; it was later ported to the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and Intellivision in 1982 by Coleco.