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Ever Wonder How The Nintendo Zapper Light Gun Worked?

Today’s shooting gallery games take advantage of high-tech infrared sensors and cameras. Back in the days of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, things were much simpler.


November 14, 2008
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And Your Next Xbox Original Is…

…Zapper. Do try and remain calm, will you? Blitz’s cricket platformer, first released in 2002, will be ready for download on your 360 on November 17, for the customary price of 1200 MS Points. Really, Microsoft. Zapper? It’s the lead-up to Christmas, and you release Zapper? An average (and that’s being kind) last-gen platformer that wasn’t even an Xbox exclusive? You could have at least given us Blinx. Least that’d be good for a laugh or two.


May 6, 2008
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Zapper Lamp Features %#*(!!! Dog From Duck Hunt

CrunchGear points to this pretty amazing Duck Hunt NES zapper lamp that features not only a Duck Hunt lampshade and orange plastic zapper, but also a replica Duck Hunt cart made of cardboard.

Lamp creator fluffypants says that the typical cartridge wasn’t large enough to be stable, so she created a 1.5 scale replica to serve as the base. Pretty neat, though I wish she had slapped on a mocking dog on the other side of the shade.

Duck Hunt NES zapper lamp [Craftster, via CrunchGear]


September 13, 2007
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Screenshot Infestation!