The NES and its pack-in light gun game, "Duck Hunt," were an iconic experience on the console for many '80s kids. But how did that light gun work, anyway?

Nintendo’s Duck Hunt Ported to Android, Light Gun Not Supported Android. By Joe Levi. Published Nov 1, 2011. Your changes have been saved. Email is sent. Email has already been sent. close.

That’s a shame, but if you ever wanted to re-live the only proper way to play Duck Hunt (with a screen that flashes awkwardly) on a modern TV, the Hyper Blaster HD seems to be the way to go.

A must-have peripheral for games consoles of the 1980s and 1990s was the light gun. A lens and photo cell mounted in a gun-like plastic case, the console could calculate where on the screen it was … ...

An early first-person shooting arcade game released by Sega in 1969. It resembles a first-person light-gun shooter video game, but is in fact an electro-mechanical arcade game that uses rear image ...

Light gun game of choice: If anybody could slay an army of enemy soldiers armed only with a plastic light gun, it's John Rambo - and that's exactly what he did in Rambo 3 for the Master System. 4 ...

The game paved the way for many other light gun shooter games found in arcades. Duck Hunt’s dog went on to make cameos in other Nintendo properties over the years, including WarioWare, Inc ...