Duck Hunt is 30 today, but Games Editor Brett Phipps still has nightmares about the game's featured mutt. Here's why Duck Hunt Dog's laugh is still scary.
Dave writes: "Culturally, a characterful dog hasn’t been enough to put Duck Hunt in the same league as the big boys, like Zelda, Mario and Mega Man (although it does feature in the mighty Boyz in the Hood, so who am I to say?). Indeed, Super Mario Bros. would go on to ensure that the NES was seen as a timeless console and a success. But it was Duck Hunt - and the NES Zapper - that was really the starting pistol for everything that would follow afterwards."
I was playing this in VR on Dreams the other night - they'd done a great job of it and all the sounds effects were spot on!
Hardcore Gamer: 2020 is set to mark important anniversaries for a number of popular titles from the last few decades of video games. Perhaps hitting such a big number is enough to bring us some sort of revival or sequel, but we’ll probably have to wait months before hearing anything. And since there has yet to be anything announced from the following, this list could possibly tease what is yet to come. Take a look at some iconic games celebrating big in the new year.
Hard to believe it's been that long. I remember my mom getting me that the year it came out. It was practically impossible to find, and apparently she saw them putting it on the shelf while xmas shopping and got it right away. I was so excited that I started playing it before I opened my other gifts.
One of those few memories I actually recall from my childhood.
Yeah, the time just flew by. This commercial brings back memories: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Also if you remember that show American Gladiators, where almost every other commercail was a Nintendo commercial :D
I remember the show. But IIRC, I was really into MST3K back then, and they had the same time slot
Bummed you can't use the Zapper on HD TV? No more, because Hyperkin's developing an HD Light Gun controller. It'll be shown off at CES.
Yes! Please work on GCON2s next so I can play my Time Crisis and countless namco shooters without hauling my CRT out.
Duck Hunt came out the same year I was born. Weird.
Damn I'm getting old
Still has memory of that game, along with the superb NES gun. Seeing that gun in Splatoon 2 bring back so many memories.