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[[Image:Duck Hunt - NES - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]]
 
[[Image:Duck Hunt - NES - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]]
  
'''''Duck Hunt''''' is a light-gun game by [[Nintendo]] originally released on the [[NES]] in 1984. It was later ported to the [[Vs. System]], [[MSX]], and emulated on the [[Wii U]].
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'''''Duck Hunt''''' is a light-gun game by [[Nintendo]] originally released on the [[NES]] in 1984 and then ported to the [[PlayChoice-10]] and the [[Vs. System]]. Strangely, in 2004, a company ported it to the long since obsolete [[MSX]]. The dog and duck later showed up in [[Super Smash Bros. 4]]
  
I first played this game when my brother and I bought the NES Action Set around 1988. The game was fun for awhile, but we quickly became bored of it.
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I first played this game when my brother and I bought the NES Action Set around 1988 which came with a [[Super Mario Bros.]] / Duck Hunt dual cart. One day, just to see how far I could get with cheating, I played the game with the gun directly in front of the TV and played long enough that the game stopped becoming more difficult. When I learned that there was no end to it, I became bored with it.
  
 
On interesting thing I found while playing with a debugger is the programmers actually trapped the game to give a game over if you reach level 100 rather than having infinite play or a kill screen.
 
On interesting thing I found while playing with a debugger is the programmers actually trapped the game to give a game over if you reach level 100 rather than having infinite play or a kill screen.
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===Good===
 
===Good===
 
* For the first few minutes play the game, you'll probably enjoy yourself.
 
* For the first few minutes play the game, you'll probably enjoy yourself.
* The cartoon graphics are kind of nice, and there is a noticeable difference in tone between the ducks and clay pigeons.
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* The cartoon graphics are kind of nice, and there is a noticeable difference in tone between the silly duck shooting and the more serious clay pigeons.
 
* The game has some nice memorable jingles.
 
* The game has some nice memorable jingles.
 
* The Vs. System adds an additional type of game play and allows you to shoot the stupid giggling dog!
 
* The Vs. System adds an additional type of game play and allows you to shoot the stupid giggling dog!
  
 
===Bad===
 
===Bad===
* The game quickly becomes dull and repetitive.
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* The game has no end. It increasing in difficulty for several rounds and then caps out and repeats itself forever making it rather dull and repetitive.
  
 
===Ugly===
 
===Ugly===
 
* All of the game is dully similar. Although there are three modes, you're essentially doing the exact same thing in each. There just isn't much content.
 
* All of the game is dully similar. Although there are three modes, you're essentially doing the exact same thing in each. There just isn't much content.
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==Screenshots==
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<gallery>
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Duck Hunt - NES - Title.png|Title screen.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Ducks.png|Shooting ducks.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Clay.png|Clay pigeons.
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</gallery>
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==Documentation==
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<gallery>
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Duck Hunt - NES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
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Official Nintendo Player's Guide - 151.jpg|Blurb the Nintendo Player's Guide.
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</gallery>
  
 
==Box Art==
 
==Box Art==
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Duck Hunt - NES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Sprite Sheet.png|Sprite sheet.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Sprite Sheet Updated.png|An updated sprite sheet.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Fan Art.jpg|Gorgeous fan art.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Fan Art Poster.jpg|A nice hand-drawn fan poster.
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Duck Hunt - NES - Fan Art Collage.png|A collage of fan drawings.
 
Duck Hunt - Deimos-Remus.jpg|Fan art by Deimos-Remus.
 
Duck Hunt - Deimos-Remus.jpg|Fan art by Deimos-Remus.
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Duck Hunt - Fan Art - Matthew Gordon Sallack.jpg|Fan art by Matthew Gordon Sallack.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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[[Category: Video Games]]
 
[[Category: Video Games]]
 
[[Category: Light Gun Games]]
 
[[Category: Light Gun Games]]
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[[Category: Single-Screen]]

Revision as of 15:16, 16 November 2017

North American box art.

Duck Hunt is a light-gun game by Nintendo originally released on the NES in 1984 and then ported to the PlayChoice-10 and the Vs. System. Strangely, in 2004, a company ported it to the long since obsolete MSX. The dog and duck later showed up in Super Smash Bros. 4

I first played this game when my brother and I bought the NES Action Set around 1988 which came with a Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt dual cart. One day, just to see how far I could get with cheating, I played the game with the gun directly in front of the TV and played long enough that the game stopped becoming more difficult. When I learned that there was no end to it, I became bored with it.

On interesting thing I found while playing with a debugger is the programmers actually trapped the game to give a game over if you reach level 100 rather than having infinite play or a kill screen.

Status

  • By getting extremely close to the television, I can play indefinitely.

Review

  • Overall: 2/10
  • Best Version: Vs. System

Good

  • For the first few minutes play the game, you'll probably enjoy yourself.
  • The cartoon graphics are kind of nice, and there is a noticeable difference in tone between the silly duck shooting and the more serious clay pigeons.
  • The game has some nice memorable jingles.
  • The Vs. System adds an additional type of game play and allows you to shoot the stupid giggling dog!

Bad

  • The game has no end. It increasing in difficulty for several rounds and then caps out and repeats itself forever making it rather dull and repetitive.

Ugly

  • All of the game is dully similar. Although there are three modes, you're essentially doing the exact same thing in each. There just isn't much content.

Screenshots

Documentation

Box Art

Gallery

Links