

In 1986, the nationwide launch of the NES included the Deluxe Set bundle with pack-in games Duck Hunt and Gyromite. Upon release as a video game, Duck Hunt became a major commercial success both for arcades and consoles in the 1980s, helping to popularize light gun video games with over 28 million copies sold worldwide. The game was inspired by Nintendo's previous Duck Hunt electro-mechanical arcade game based on the Laser Clay Shooting System released in 1976. The game initially received a positive reception in the mid-1980s, but was later given mild critical praise in retrospective reviews. If the player shoots the required number of ducks in a single round, the player will advance to the next round otherwise, the player will receive a game over. The player receives points upon shooting each duck. The ducks appear one or two at a time, and the player is given three shots to shoot them down. Players use the NES Zapper with a CRT television to shoot ducks.

It was then released as a launch game for the NES in North America in October 1985, with it also releasing in Europe two years later.

The game was first released in April 1984, in Japan for the Family Computer (Famicom) console and in North America as an arcade game. Light gun shooter, sports, shooting galleryĭuck Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console and the Nintendo Vs.
