Review alexroth 5/5 · Oct 9, 2024
Might be the reason I am so good at aiming with Gun
Ended up being great for later VR games.
Duck Hunt (1984)
Arcade · Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii U
3.36 from 1109 ratings
2081 members have it in their collection · 10 playing now · 69 backlogged · 54 wish listed
How long? Main story 10h (from 1 logged playthrough)
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!
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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 might get a bit hairy when you advance to the next round, because those ducks and clay pigeons are going to fly faster and faster! Play solo, or challenge a friend as you test your dogged determination and feathered speed in this NES classic!
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Details
- Developers
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Arcade, Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Comedy
- Series
- Light Gun Series
Release dates
- Apr 21, 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
- 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
- May 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
- Oct 18, 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Aug 15, 1987 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Dec 24, 2014 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
- Dec 25, 2014 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
- Dec 25, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
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- Vs. Duck Hunt (1984) · ARC
Related
Bundled in
- Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (Nov 1988) · NES
- Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet (Dec 1990) · NES
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Rating distribution
5 stars
152
4 stars
295
3 stars
493
2 stars
139
1 star
30
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status internpepper Apr 25, 2024
This has likely aged like crap, but I sure had a blast playing this at my uncle's house. For some reason, I liked Clay Shooting the best. I don't hate the dog like everyone else, what a hot take.
Review ApramPepo 3/5 · Aug 28, 2021
Too much fun than it has any right to be.
I Don't know why A simple screen where you shoot ducks is too much fun to play.
Seriously, I enjoyed this game more than I should.
Review Yungbeck 3/5 · Apr 14, 2021
Duck Hunt
I mean, what can you say? Iconic. We played this game so much growing up. We did the lightbulb thing, of course. Defining, but also very simple. Some more modes would've been cool, some customisations? We had the OG orange Zapper. Wait, isn't Duck Hunt the original first person shooter? Anyway, classic.
Review Bounty_Hunt3r 5/5 · Nov 9, 2020
Duck Hunt
Ah, the memories! As a kid having NES as my first gaming platform, I used to love playing this, Hogan's Alley and Wild Gunman. These games were something else, opening the door to a whole new world. Grabbing my NES Zapper and being a part of the game is a feeling I am still missing to this day. Sure, we …
Ah, the memories! As a kid having NES as my first gaming platform, I used to love playing this, Hogan's Alley and Wild Gunman. These games were something else, opening the door to a whole new world. Grabbing my NES Zapper and being a part of the game is a feeling I am still missing to this day. Sure, we have modern solutions like VR to offer a similar feeling, I think there is even a remake/sequel to this game there too, but it's not the same. You had to experience this yourself to know what I'm talking about.
A relatively simple game, where you shoot ducks (or clay pots) and try not to miss, because the punishment is cruel. Well, not really, but let's face it, that damn dog laughing at you probably made you trying to shoot him too, if you were in my shoes.
And that's all about it, simple right? So what is really great about this game? What made it really unforgivable experience for me was the NES Zapper Gun, a physial object that you could feel, aim with and shoot the birds yourself. As a kid you couldn't dream about more, than becoming a hunter or in other games the cop/cowboy yourself. It was pretty cool, I can tell you that. Unfortunately, nowadays it's hard to set up a gaming environment for this game without an original console with the Zapper, the game and a CRT monitor, and these are not the common Christmas shopping items these days, for only a few nostalgic games. Too bad! But maybe someday, a worthy remake with modern solutions will come providing the same feeling, only better :)
Review theWellRedMage 2/5 · Sep 1, 2016
Duck Hunt (1984)
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Review Westane 4/5 · Mar 30, 2015
Review / Playthrough
History:
Who hasn't played Duck Hunt
Expectations:
...It's Duck Hunt.
Night 1:
So one of the few drawbacks, perhaps the only drawback, of running my consoles into an HDTV is that light gun games don't work. Luckily (?) Nintendo just released Duck Hunt to the eShop, so I dropped my fiver on it and fired it up.
It's... okay... I …
History:
Who hasn't played Duck Hunt
Expectations:
...It's Duck Hunt.
Night 1:
So one of the few drawbacks, perhaps the only drawback, of running my consoles into an HDTV is that light gun games don't work. Luckily (?) Nintendo just released Duck Hunt to the eShop, so I dropped my fiver on it and fired it up.
It's... okay... I guess... My kid will probably like it more than I did. Don't get me wrong! I love me some Duck Hunt, but my love for the game came from staring down the iron (plastic?) sights and killing me some ducks. This game has two options: Crosshairs, making the game absurdly easy, or no crosshairs, making it nearly impossible to judge where the Wiimote is actually pointing. I found I had more fun with the crosshairs on.
Conclusion:
Well, I played it. It's not the same, but I don't want to drag out the CRT just for Duck Hunt.
Play it Again?
No, at least not on the Wii.
Personal Score (Wii):
Fun : 10 Relevance : 5 Replayability : 2 Survivability : 12 Total : 29Personal Score (NES):
Fun : 21 Relevance : 21 Replayability : 15 Survivability : 12 Total : 70
Sniper elite!