head to head
vs
Circus AtarivsDuck Hunt
Circus Atari leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Duck Hunt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Circus AtariDuck Hunt
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Circus Atari leans harder on execution: Paddle precision under the falling clown is everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 1
Circus Atari leans harder on optimization: Balloon-row targeting strategy is thin but present
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.