Duck Hunt 🦆 for the Nintendo NES (1984)
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Duck Hunt was one of the original launch games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and was later included as a pack-in with Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt was the first light gun game for the NES and the first light gun game most kids of that era probably would have played.
Duck Hunt is a relatively simple game. Ducks appear one or two at a time and you have to try to shoot them. There is also a game mode that lets you shoot clay pigeons but the ducks are more fun. If you shoot the required number of ducks in a given round then you progress to the next round. Otherwise it’s game over. Each round gets harder with a higher number of ducks hit required. The ducks also fly faster and move more erratically as you progress. Your dog will laugh at you when you miss and you will want to shoot him but you can’t.
Duck Hunt doesn’t have a lot of depth to keep you interested but it is fun to pick up and play once in a while, especially if you have someone to play against. Amazingly, it took until 2014 for Duck Hunt to be re-released on a different system. It became available as a Wii U Virtual Console title and was adapted to use the Wii Remote instead of a light gun. If you have an NES you probably already have Duck Hunt either by itself or on a combo cartridge with Super Mario Bros. If for some reason you don’t have one, they are certainly easy to find. Just make sure you have the NES Zapper to play it with.
