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title	tags	years	params
Brickdown / Shooting Gallery	ball and paddle breakout shooting gallery	1978	specs screenshots machines company oc_id source label value year of release 1978 label value companies APF Electronics label value type game label value media cartridge label value systems APF MP1000 systems label value number of players 1 player, 2 players (versus) title subtitle text image menu / options null title subtitle text image you've got 9 ball to destroy the 8-layers wall null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image this time it's a 12-layers wall and speed is faster null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image Shooting Gallery null title subtitle text image right player got the green target! null title subtitle text image targets get smaller and faster when hit null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image the white target is the last one null title subtitle text image right player has finished null title subtitle text image both players have finished, but right player used less bullets (12 left) null title subtitle text image Cartridge null title subtitle text image Back of cartridge null title subtitle text image box null /museum/apf-m1000-mp1000 /companies/apf 673 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230208164219/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=673 2023-02-08

This cartridge offers two games, Brick Down and Shooting Gallery.

Brick Down
Brick Down is of course a copy of the arcade hit Breakout from Atari (1976), but here the playfield if turned 90° to the right, so that the paddle up and down like a normal pong game.

The object of the game is to destroy all the bricks in the wall. Options include fast or slow ball speed, 8 or 12 layers wall.

Overall the game is bad. The automatic service always launch the ball to the same spot. Rebounds are against any physic logic and have no variety. Animation is worth any Basic programmed games...

Shooting Gallery
Shooting Gallery is a simple shooting game for two players. Screen is split in two halves, one for each player. On each side a moving target is moving back and forth. You must shoot this target as many times as possible. Each time a target is hit, it will change color, size (smaller) and speed (faster). The color cycle goes like this: green -> blue -> purple -> red -> white. If the white target is hit, it disappears, the game is over. Your bullets are limited and this is how you will know who has won, but looking at the number of remaining bullets.