County Fair

1981 Dan Illowsky Datamost

"County Fair" is a 1981 action game developed by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost. It runs on any Apple II with 48K.<div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Description from Mobygames:</b></span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">County Fair is a shooting gallery game, in the tradition of amusement parks everywhere. Similar to Carnival, the player's gun can be recklessly waved left and right along the bottom of the screen; the objective: rack up as many points as you can by picking off the moving targets, until your bullets run out. Precision is a must, especially when aiming for the well-shielded trees at the back. If you take too long to get 'em all, the lesser targets will start respawning, so speed also counts.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Occasionally special targets will appear, which can either give you extra bullets, or take them away. Not all your targets are sitting ducks: surprisingly, the ducks are the most proactive - these beaked bullies will attempt to break formation and swoop down to gobble up your ammo(!). If you manage to clear the screen, you'll face off against the fabled end-of-round bonus duck, before proceeding to the next (and faster) level.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Documentation</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="http://www.elisoftware.org/index.php/File:DATAM0022.png" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Box art for County Fair</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> from Eli’s Software Encyclopedia</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reviews</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_04_1982-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n75/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Review in Electronic Games</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Volume 1 Number 4 in 1982</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">High Scores</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Softline_Magazine_Issue_2.1/page/n35/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">High Scores submitted</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to Softline Magazine Issue 2.1</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Softline_1983_03/page/n57/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">High Scores submitted</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to Softline Magazine Issue 3</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Softline_1983_05_06/page/n57/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">High Score</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Softline 1983 Volume 2</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_Video_Arcade_Games_01_spring83/page/n13/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">High Score in</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games 01</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">For Sale</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/vgmuseum_miscgame_calsoft-spring82catalog/page/n7/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Listed in Calsoft Spring 82 Catalog</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> for $25.45</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/windfall-v2n4-1982-oct/page/n83/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Listed in Windfall Magazine</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Volume 2 Number 4 for $12.95</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Blurbs</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/datamost-brochure-1982-funtastic/page/n1/mode/2up" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Funtastic Catalog from Datamost Inc</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> with box art and blurb about County Fair</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/cgw_8/page/n3/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In a list of games released in 1982</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> compiled by Computer Gaming World Issue 8</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Softkey and Cracking</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/computist-scan-82/page/n15/mode/2up/search/county+fair+datamost?q=county+fair+datamost" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Softkey for County Fair</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Computist Issue 82</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/NibbleNewsV1N4November1982/page/n13" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">County Fair Entry in Nibble News</span></a></p></div>

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