[Hammer8]

I haven't been to Carowinds since 1992 but I found this board and it has renewed my interest in the park.

My question is does anyone remember the old light-gun shooting galleries that the park used to have? If I remember correctly, you paid a quarter and shot a rifle at various animatronic figures. For example if you shot the small target on the back of the piano player he lifted his head up and started playing a tune until somebody shot the target again and he would stop. I was just curious what happened to these and how long has it been since they were removed? There were probably one my favorite memories of the park from when I was younger.

[Jonathan]

The shooting gallery in Carolina RFD remained in the park until last year, where a caricature shop was put in its place as a part of renovating the Nick Central area. I'm surprised it lasted so long, as the light-gun galleries are well outdated and probably hard to maintain; the new ones use lasers. I'll always miss being able to set all of them off at once though with a camera flash .

[Carowindsman]

i used to have so much fun with them i wish we could have updated them

[Trev32]

yeah i slightly remember them, i played it about uhh....once i'm guessing.

[ThrillSeeker]

Now why did you have to go and post about this. That was my favorite thing in the park from my childhood i was very upset when they took it out and so i tryed to forget about it. I more less have forgotten about it UNTILL NOW !!! Thanks pal thanks alot. Here goes another 2 years of thinking about it. *tears*

[ThrillSeeker]

In memory of this i must say that once when i was playing it i shot one of the birds hanging from the roof and when i shot it everything and i mean everything started going off for about 20 or 30 seconds. At that point i was looking around all paranoid and everthing. Defect ? I dont know maybe but i know it wasnt suppose to happen.

[Dukeis#1]

I always love to do the shooting gallerys whenever I'm at a park. They get addictive!

Anyway, not that many are left. Dollywood removed theirs a few years back as well.

[LocoDriver]

Bass Pro Outlet at Concord Mills has a nice little shooting gallery.

[bgwfreak]

I also enjoyed these, but they hadn't been worked on in years (or at least it looked that way). I bet they weren't making much money off it any more.

In it's early days, it would have been like a really cool thing. But what person today wants to shoot a light gun, when they've got an XBox at home???

That's not my opinion of it, that's just probably what has happened. It just wasn't that exciting any more.

I hadn't played them in several years myself

[Dukeis#1]

Speaking of Video Games and laser guns, does anybody remember Duck Hunt for NES? I use to spend hours playing that!

[twistytie]

Haha, DuckHunt was great! That was the first nintendo game I ever really played. I loved that orange gun and how it magically worked with the tv and everything! Haha, actually, we still have it...I might get that out later!

[Trev32]

Speaking of Video Games and laser guns, does anybody remember Duck Hunt for NES? I use to spend hours playing that!

HAHA!! that game <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>ROCKED!</span>

[bgwfreak]

Ok, we'll see how many old timers are on here ha ha. Anybody still have an Atari? Those were so big when I was in like 4th grade. lol (showing my age)...

[Dukeis#1]

My brother had an Atari, but he sold it. That was back when I was three or four. I myself am a child of the NES reign

It was pretty worn out by the time it left our household. :rolleyes:

[Trev32]

Ok, we'll see how many old timers are on here ha ha. Anybody still have an Atari? Those were so big when I was in like 4th grade. lol (showing my age)...

yeha i got it, but it's on Sega Dreamcast®,it's all the original atari games with a dreamcast disc.