Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (NES) Guide Fun Follies
How to Play
In each round of Fun Follies, you play a different event. There are three unique games only available in this mode: Trixie's Shot, Bill's Thrills and the Slot Machine.
Rounds 1 to 8 (2 Loops)
- Balloon Saloon
- Flying Saucers
- Window Pains
- Trixie's Shot
Round 9+ (3+ Loops)
- Bill's Thrills
- Balloon Saloon
- Flying Saucers
- Window Pains
- Trixie's Shot
Bonus Round: Slot Machine
In Fun Follies, Diamonds do not reward you with an extra life. Instead, collect up to 3 Diamonds during the minigames. After clearing Trixie's Shot, you can spend your Diamonds on the Slot Machine bonus round for a chance to earn lots of lives.
Trixie's Shot
Trixie walks around the stage illuminated by a spotlight. Every time she stops and poses, shoot the coins she's holding.
- Sometimes Trixie will throw or drop the coins.
- Sometimes the bird appears and picks up a coin.
- Shooting Trixie counts as a miss.
- Shooting the bird counts as a miss.
Scoring
You receive points based on how quickly you shoot the coin after Trixie reveals it (between 100 points and 500 points).
- You always get 500 points for a coin that Trixie has thrown or dropped.
- You always get 500 points for a coin being carried by the bird.
- Shoot all the coins in the Round to earn a bonus 5000 points.
10000 Point Bonus
Sometimes Trixie does a pose where she holds one coin up and one coin down while winking. Shoot the coin she's holding up within 0.2 seconds for a 10000 point bonus.
Bill's Thrills
Barker Bill throws five items off the top of the screen. You have to shoot the item as it falls back down. If you don't, it will land on Trixie's head!
- Allowing an item to land on Trixie's head counts as a miss.
- Shooting the bird counts as a miss.
Scoring
Each item Bill throws is worth a different amount of points.
| Round | ![]() Watermelon |
![]() Tomato |
![]() Egg |
![]() Diamond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 300 points | 800 points | 1500 points | N/A |
| 14+ | 500 points | 1000 points | 2000 points | N/A |
If you shoot all five items, you get a Perfect bonus of 5000 points.
Slot Machine
A chance to earn extra lives. Fire your Zapper to stop each tumbler.
- Match three Trixies for 7 extra lives.
- Match three Bills for 5 extra lives.
- Match three dogs for 3 extra lives.
If you match more than one row, then the lives are added together. To match more than one row, you must collect Diamonds during the other rounds:
- 1 Diamond gives you a chance to match the middle horizontal row only.
- 2 Diamonds give you a chance to match all three horizontal rows.
- 3 Diamonds give you a chance to match all three horizontal rows and the 2 diagonal rows.
Difficulty
The difficulty for the three main games rises over time.
Balloon Saloon
- Round 1: Shoot 20 balloons.
- Round 5: Shoot 30 balloons.
- Round 10+: Shoot 40 balloons.
Flying Saucers
- Round 2: Shoot 20 saucers.
- Round 6: The bird appears more often.
Window Pains
- Round 3: Shoot 20 objects. 1 object falls at a time.
- Round 7: Shoot 30 objects. 1 object falls at a time.
- Round 12: Shoot 40 objects. 2 objects fall at a time.
- Round 22: 3 objects fall at a time.



