Gumshoe is a Nintendo NES Zapper light gun shoot with its detective Mr. Stevenson jumping and shooting simultaneously at feet and on screen obstacles. The representation offers auto platform with Zapper shots in an original Japanese light gun formula. Honest for NES light gun fans, curiosity of the 8 bit Nintendo Zapper catalog.
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Shooter1 player3+
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Zapper-driven shooter where detective Mr. Stevenson runs through scrolling stages chasing an inheritance. Published by Nintendo, released in 1986 in the USA and Europe on NES. The Zapper both blasts enemies and makes the hero jump, a clever twist by Nintendo R&D1 that defines the whole experience.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Gumshoe is one of the few Nintendo R&D1 Zapper titles where the gun propels the hero rather than merely aiming, a mechanic that stayed isolated in the NES catalogue. Its modest distribution, driven by gameplay that puzzled players, paradoxically makes complete copies uncommon today. The period box, more than the cart, underpins the value of this awkward Light Gun curio overlooked at launch.
