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Duck Hunt (World)

NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in
1985
75
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✪ Reviewed on September 21, 2023
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Duck Hunt is the iconic Nintendo NES Zapper light gun shoot with its ducks to shoot in countryside settings and its mocking dog in case of failure. The representation offers ducks and clay pigeons modes in a pioneering home light gun shooting formula. Honest for NES light gun fans, founding classic of the 8 bit Nintendo Black Box catalog.

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Category
Rail Shooter 1 player 3+
Description
Classic duck hunting game using Nintendo's Zapper.

Duck Hunt review

3/5
Art direction
"Polished"
3/5
Music
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,02 MB 📅18/10/1985
Published by Nintendo

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Collector interest

World edition of Duck Hunt, launched in 1985 at the heart of the NES rollout and inseparable from the Zapper. Its mass distribution, often bundled with Super Mario Bros, makes it one of the most common loose carts, hence a trivial loose price. The contrast lies in sealed copies, whose earliest original Nintendo packaging climbs sharply precisely because nobody kept a pack-in title new.

Is Duck Hunt still worth playing in 2026?

A Nintendo light-gun classic, Duck Hunt has you aim and shoot ducks on screen with the Zapper, in a simple, immediate skill mechanic, accompanied by the mocking dog that became a cult icon. The joy of aiming, the pace and the icon this NES pack-in game became keep an intact historical charm. The content stays thin and the concept repetitive. A comfort hit for fans of retro light-gun shooting and a symbol of the console's golden age.

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