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Carnival Massacre

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1982 action arcade game of carnival rescues and villainous sabotage

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About this game

Carnival Massacre is an action arcade game developed by Edgar Belka and published by Creative Sparks in 1982 for Atari 8-bit and Atari 800.

Super Sam must stop Butcher Bill and Ruthless Rick from turning a carnival into a disaster. At the ferris wheels, players catch passengers thrown from the rides while avoiding falling rocks. Missing too many passengers brings out a deadly coil spring, and saving at least six passengers allows Sam to confront the villain with a gun.

The second section moves to a roller coaster, where mines launch passengers from the cars. Players must catch them while again avoiding attacks and eventually stopping the perpetrators.