Duck Hunt
It’s duck season, and your trusty hunting dog is ready to scour the open fields. Test your sharpshooting skills as your targets take flight. Be quick to knock them out of the skies, or your canine companion won’t hesitate to make you the laughingstock of hunters! Need a change in scenery? Best your score against clay-pigeon targets instead! With three fun modes to choose from, get your trigger finger ready for some fast-paced action! You only have three shots to hit your target before it zooms offscreen. Things…
A fun party trick in 1985 that's barely playable on modern screens and runs thin quickly.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Instant, intuitive fun
- That dog is iconic
- Great with a crowd
Not so much
- The Zapper doesn't work on modern flat-screen TVs
- Only three modes with little variety
Play it if retro collectors with an old CRT TV and a Zapper.
Skip it if anyone hoping for more than a few minutes of novelty.
No cheat codes
Duck Hunt doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Sit a few feet back from the screen and keep the Zapper steady; the gun is more forgiving than it looks.
- Ducks fly faster each round, so lead your shots slightly in the direction they're heading.
- You have three shots per duck, so take your time on the first shot instead of panic-firing.
- In clay shooting (Game C) the targets shrink as they fly away, so shoot them early.
- The bar at the bottom shows how many ducks you must hit to pass a round, and that number climbs in later rounds.
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Trivia
- The Zapper works by flashing the screen black and white targets for a single frame and reading light through the gun.
- It was sold as a pack-in alongside Super Mario Bros., making it one of the best-selling NES games ever.
- Its roots go back to Nintendo's 1970s Laser Clay Shooting System, a light-gun range set up in old bowling alleys.
- Duck Hunt Dog and Duck later became a fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.
