Duck Hunt
Genres: Light gun shooter, sports, shooting gallery
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Developer: Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: NES, arcade
Released: 1984, April 21
Rated: Not Rated
Duck Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The game was first released in April 1984 in Japan for the Family Computer (Famicom) console and in North America as an arcade game for the Nintendo VS. System. It became a launch game for the NES in North America in October 1985, and was re-released in Europe two years later. Players fire the NES Zapper at a CRT television, with three attempts per round to shoot ducks and clay pigeons.