Duck Hunt was a special game because it brought the light gun experience into your home — you pointed the Zapper at a TV, and it responded like the light gun cabinets in arcades. The game works by turning every target into a white square for a fraction of a second whenever you press the trigger. If the Zapper detects the square, you hit your target, and if it doesnt, you miss. Any potential disruption in the process prevents the Zapper from communicating with the game and registering a hit,...

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