Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous · 1982

Shooting Arcade

Published by Datasoft · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard
Players: 1, 2 (alt.), Demo
Programmer(s): Riley, Mark
Graphic Artist(s): [n/a]
Sound: [n/a]
Cover Artist(s): [unknown]
Year: 1982
Publisher: Datasoft
Developer: [n/a]
Country: USA
License: Commercial
Medium: Tape, Disk
Rarity: 8 (Tape), 8 (Disk)
Serial: 1148

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 9.0/10 · Votes: 10 · Downloads: 1,772 · Hits: 7,762

Additional Comments

Re-released as Target Practice.

Missing original tape image!

Screenshots (5)

Shooting Arcade — screenshot 1

Shooting Arcade — screenshot 2

Shooting Arcade — screenshot 3

Shooting Arcade — screenshot 4

Shooting Arcade — screenshot 5

Cover Art (2)

Tape 1

Tape 2

Ads (1)

All The Excitement Without The Quarters · 1982

Comments (5)

the big m — 11 Apr 2025
Carnival clone or shoot them ducks! The Good Cute arcade clone including shoot the bear intermission. Some nice touches including a short nice rendition of Entrance of the Gladiators at the intro. The Bad Not immediately clear what the challenges are. The Bottom Line But stick with it. As you discover the rules, the game becomes a nice diversion.
Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 4 Jul 2022
Shooting Arcade from DataSoft is a simplistic but addictive shoot 'em up that makes use of the "fairground shooting" formula effectively as it gradually ramps up the challenge factor in a number of interesting ways. Let's Play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-BU7Yj5QHc
Allan — 10 Mar 2021
Manual: https://archive.org/details/shooting-arcade-datasoft/mode/2up
Pete Davison — 18 Feb 2019
It may look simple, but the way this game gradually builds on its basic mechanics as you advance through the levels makes it very enjoyable and satisfying to play. Happy face good, sad face bad!
Punkydudester — 21 Dec 2014
Really good game for what it is.