Name: LGR - Hunting For Duck Hunt PC Games
Uploaded: 2020-03-20T02:23:07.000Z
Duration: 10 min 30 s
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I'd argue it's the one title that most defines 8-bit lightgun gaming.

Whether you're shooting pixelized ducks or clay pigeons,

it was incredibly approachable for pretty much anyone

to pick up and play, due to it's use of the NES Zapper.

Just point, shoot, and learn to embrace your hate for virtual dogs.

But as much as I enjoyed playing it at my friend's house back in the day,

my family only owned a 486 PC at the time

and, of course, Nintendo was not interested in releasing games for DOS.

Ahh, the ’90s were a magical time, guys.

Anyway! The point was I wanted to play some friggin' Duck Hunt on my computer,

even though it obviously didn't have a light gun.

So when I saw this, I practically begged to get it...

This was a shareware game by Alligator Software

that I got in 1994 at the local book faire!

Sandwiched between hundreds of other bland-looking disks.

There was no box art or screenshots to go on, only the title and description,

so it was a real gamble picking up games this way.

Ehh... it's not quite what I'd hoped for, to be honest.

I mean, you could shoot ducks on top of a 3D-looking background,

And it had sound effects that ran through my PC speaker

with the right drivers, so that was a plus.

But compared to the bright, colorful Nintendo-gasm

I was absolutely bummed this is what I'd picked up.

There's no ammo to worry about here, you just reload every 3 shots

and soot as many ducks as you can in each wave.

And once the identical waves of identical ducks run out,

or you missed too many of them, it's game over.

And the shooting itself felt more like a dice roll

It really seems that no matter how accurate you are,

half the time the shots just won't connect.

And even though you have a “Duck Call” option,

it's an extra thing to click on at the start of each wave

I scrounged around online bulletin boards

and AOL's game channel for anything Duck Hunt-related,

and I'd often run across games like this:

And yeah, it's not great; you just press Space to shoot

Although it does get the taunting aspect of the game down pat.

Finally, in 1995, there was a DOS Duck Hunt tribute

Although I, unfortunately, did not discover this until recently.

This is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for back in the day!

Doubly so once you realize  this is made using ANSI characters.

There are not bitmap graphics here at all.

All this to say that, yeah, once NES emulators came out

But to this day, I have a soft spot for duck-hunting games!

So when I ran across this in a Goodwill some time ago,

but rereleased in 2002 here by Ducks Unlimited.

And yes: that says “mousepad with free game”,

That does not exactly instill confidence in the product,

But hey—it's 2002 and the tech bubble is bursting,

so just shove everything we have into a bag and sell it.

“Are you ready? Ducks Unlimited & HeadGames have teamed up to bring you—”

And they refrained from attaching the “Extreme” label to it?

I mean, it features 10 different birds and website hotlinks

and an easy to use Chevy truck interface.

And I see the Amazon reviews are quite promising!

Or... Amazon review. From “A customer”.

There's also this customer image someone uploaded

of a guy posing and some dead grass with a bunch of fish.

Let's get this thing open and see what you get

starting with the CD itself and it's very blatant message

saying precisely what bundle this goes with and nothing else!

And, of course, there's the real star of the show:

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