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Your parents' version of Duck Hunt

4:08 PM on 02.26.2007   |   Faith


That's right, chilluns! Your Mom, Dad and older, disco-playing siblings had their own version of Duck Hunt before it was released on the NES as a video game. You see, Duck Hunt was originally created in 1976 by Nintendo as a light gun game.

Duck Hunt came with a battery-powered projector that produced moving ducks and a light gun. Both the ducks and the gun made the same sounds as the video game did. Pretty neat, huh?

This now explains why my Mom could kick my butt at the game when I was a kid. She had played the game before I was born.








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Natedizzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 16:05
Natedizzle
I bought one of those on Ebay last week, should get here today.
DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 16:11
DrRockso
Interesting.

Lemme be the first to say, thats the cleanest, newest looking 30 year old paper and plastic I've ever seen in my life.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 16:13
Mabec
If someone would tell me this is all a joke and never existed, i would belive that person.


how much Nate?
Sphinx 13's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 16:27
Sphinx 13
I'll pass
slee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 16:41
slee
That is just plain awesome!!!!
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 17:04
Cruds
Gunpei Yokoi invented some pretty impressive things in his life.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 17:04
Niero
At the risk of dating myself: Remember that stupid installation at arcades where you'd shoot with the red dot and the stiff metal animals would buzz loudly like a fire alarm? ... I miss that!
wgf_Naruto's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 17:12
wgf_Naruto
i recently played my mom in Duck Hunt and beat her pretty badly
but she still pwned me in Mario
JimJim's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 17:50
JimJim
oh shat, my cousin used to have one of these! if i remember correctly, it didn't always work properly, but still fun.
iRaf 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 17:56
iRaf
haha. I have the newer verison of that. its actually pretty shweet.
Dezroy's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 18:39
Dezroy
I think there's a game with one of these in the retro section in Warioware: Smooth Moves.
Rootsradical's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 21:35
Rootsradical
Yeah, I noticed that too, but it uses the Nintendo system sound effects, rather than these ones
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2007 21:45
Bob Muir
WarioWare was always good at having nice pre-NES retro touches like that.
Waluigi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2007 01:34
Waluigi
Where's that stupid dog?
Paul Soth's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2007 02:26
Paul Soth
Intresting design for the gun, makes me wonder if it was ever used as a prop or the base of a prop in any films.
Geoff's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 15:22
Geoff
:o Ooooh, I used to own a copy of that, but my parents thought it sucked so badly that they forced me to return it. ;_;
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