There are a lot of myths floating around about how the old CRTs read the NES light gun, but our own [Will Sweatman] shot them down in his fascinating Duck Hunt: Reloaded write-up.

When playing on Mode A (the one with only one duck), controller one can control the ducks to make a sort of multiplayer game. Start a target shooting game and have an extra controller plugged in ...

[Eric] suggested they buy it with Duck Hunt and hack an NES Zapper to work with the VS cabinet. Let’s take a step back for a moment. The Nintendo VS was a coin-operated gaming cabinet you would ...

When you are in any of the underwater levels as Super or Fire Mario, sink until you are resting on the floor, then duck down. Begin swimming again before releasing the down button, and you will ...

One NES classic, “Duck Hunt,” uses a peripheral known as the Zapper that marks where players have shot through the use of a photodiode. Unlike CRT TVs, Modern HD TVs lack the infrared light ...