Duck Hunt

I got this on wii U VC over Christmas & it works absolutely brilliantly with a wii remote, and all the great memories came flooding back where my brothers (& me) would put a hand in the way so the players shots would miss & when that'd happen they's usually go right up to the telly and shoot from point blank range.

Here's a small piece on how the zapper worked: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/how-the-gun-on-the-original-duck-hunt-game-worked/

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Here's the best use of a game in a film ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wI8gb8yDZw

I hope to see you share your thoughts/stories about the game below.

I had no idea this was on VC!

I was more a fan of that iconic Zapper as a kid than the actual game. If they'd managed to flesh it out a little further in some way, I'd have likely warmed to it a bit more. I can clearly recall the music and the soundbytes for this game, though. Particularly the dog's bark as it dashes into the tall grass.

I know it's on the VC and yet keep forgetting about it when I turn the Wii U on

My first NES experience was a session playing/watching this and Super Mario Bros. next door. I've got the VC version of the game and remain astonished that more lightgun titles haven't been released for the service. Anyway, I had a quick bash and enjoyed it, though I'm not brave enough to take the crosshairs away yet!

Dunno if it was my own cackhandedness, but I always found the collision detection to be a bit inconsistent in Duck Hunt. I will forever remember seeing it running for the first time with my own eyes, though. Round at a friend's who was lucky enough to get a NES for Christmas one year.

Oddly (at the time, I thought), he was given the choice between a NES and a SNES and he plumped for the former. I think I understand that decision now.

Stu wrote:

I can clearly recall the music and the soundbytes for this game, though. Particularly the dog's bark as it dashes into the tall grass.

I mentioned this on twitter over the holidays as well but the dogs laugh still riles me up/forces me to do better when I miss a duck, the clay pigeon shooting mode is still ace as well.

Sorry but they should of just put this on the VC like how we all played it.

You could've been an ulnucky early adopter and been lumbered with the solus Duck Hunt cartridge:



This may or may not have been in the deluxe Rob the Robot set. I can't remember.

Do we really need Super Mario Bros for the millionth time though? I don't think we do.

Super Mario Bros. is popular? Which rock have I been hiding under all these years?

It's a damn shame that Duck Hunt doesn't work on modern tellies.

I hadn't even thought of that until you brought it up, I suppose that's a plus for the VC version then.

What's it priced at, anyhoo? They'll have to be careful with this one.

£3.49 if I remember correctly.

That's not bad!