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Duck Hunt (NES)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/Shooter with Weapon Peripheral

RELEASE DATE

--/OCT/85

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

PUBLISHER

Nintendo of America, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Arcade

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

yourself 52
Hunter 3

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

nostalgic 66
classic 53
fun 42

DESCRIPTION

Put that controller aside and plug in your light gun for Duck Hunt, one of the first releases for the NES. With Zapper in hand, shoot down wave after wave of ducks and clay pigeons throughout three modes of gameplay — or miss and give your dog something to laugh about. The game offers three basic modes of play.

In "Game A." it's you and three shots against one duck per screen. Shoot down six out of ten ducks in order to advance to the next round. The ducks get faster and more mobile as the game progresses, making each round harder than the last. Your game is over when you fail to shoot six ducks in one round.

"Game B" is similar to "Game A" but features two onscreen ducks at once. Since there are twice as many ducks on each screen, there are only five screens instead of the ten in "Game A."

Unique among the three games, "Game C" offers clay pigeons as targets instead of the aquatic birds. Two at a time will appear onscreen to be blasted in three shots or fewer. Keep going until you fail to shoot six of them out of ten in a round.

Mutlplayer play is also supported in Duck Hunt. Using an NES gamepad plugged into the left controller port, a second player can take control of the ducks, causing them to change direction in mid-flight as the player with the Zapper attempts to shoot them down. ~ Christopher Michael Baker, All Game Guide

Duck Hunt (NES)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/Shooter with Weapon Peripheral
RELEASE DATE:

--/OCT/85
TOP TRAITS:

With Nintendo gun, Ducks, nostalgic
DESCRIPTION:

Put that controller aside and plug in your light gun for Duck Hunt, one of the first releases for the NES. With Zappe... more

players 137

followers 0

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POPULARITY: NES PLATFORM

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Duck Hunt (NES) by: gurkepepinillo

“The second game I ever remember playing. My mom didn't want my older brothers to get a Nintendo, but my dad let them get one anyway. I was too little to figure out Super Mario Brothers, so I piddled around with Duck Hunt instead.”

created 07/AUG/2009

Duck Hunt (NES) by: Vegeta

“Who doesn't remember Duck Hunt? Shooting those pixel ducks on the TV screen, was incredibly easy at first, then soon were harder then actually shooting real ducks.”

created 16/JUN/2009

Duck Hunt (NES) by: yothar

“Dude, this came with the NES. Balls it was fun, but when I couldn't hit anything I moved really close to the screen--problem solved. ”

created 12/MAY/2009

Duck Hunt (NES) by: WalterMondale

“I always cheated by putting my gun up to the screen. Aggravating in every way, particularly with the damn dog. However, nostalgia factor alone makes this a 4-star.”

created 03/APR/2009