Shooting Gallery is a 1990 DOS action game built around the simple and immediately understandable pleasure of aiming at targets and trying to hit them. Players face a variety of shooting challenges where accuracy, timing, and quick reactions determine the score. There is no complicated plot to distract from the central activity, and that simplicity is part of its charm. The game follows the tradition of arcade shooting galleries, translating the familiar carnival experience into a computer format. Targets appear, you aim, you shoot, and then you discover that your reflexes are not quite as impressive as you imagined. Shooting Gallery is easy to pick up and difficult to master, making it suitable for short sessions as well as repeated attempts at improving your score. It is a wonderfully straightforward example of retro arcade design: no sprawling inventory, no elaborate skill tree, just targets and the eternal human desire to hit things accurately.
How to play Shooting Gallery
Game modes: single-player
To slow down the game emulation press CTRL+F11, to speed up the game press CTRL+F12. Press Escape (ESC) to exit fullscreen mode.
Shooting Gallery runs in your browser thanks to the Emularity library.
More about Shooting Gallery
Status: abandonware
Genre: shooter
Released in: 1990
Publisher: Personal Companion Software
Developer: Arcanum Computing
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