Duck Hunt

So, how long did you wait before you just sat right in front of the tv?

User Rating: 8 | Duck Hunt NES

By Lokar | Review Date: January 8, 2007

This game began as a simple setup in the arcade. It made its way onto the home system and became a big hit with kids. I remember it as one of the few games that did not involve obviously fake things like aliens: instead, you played a mock-up of a real situation, hunting birds in the great outdoors.

If you missed, your dog laughed at you.

Even more humiliating and frustrating than actually hitting your target, which wasn't nearly as easy as it looked, was dealing with that stupid dog pointing at you and laughing his whiskery jowls off. Shush already! Don't I buy you snack bones? That's the last time I play frisbee, you ungrateful mutt!...

This is also one of the few games to insult the player for poor results.

You were supposed to sit well back from the screen and hit the target by skill, but eventually I gave up and sat with gun pressed against the tv screen, racking up insane scores just to see how high I could get it to go. You probably shouldn't do that. It isn't sportsmanlike.

Play fair, and this game will be fun.

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