The tech inside Nintendo's Duck Hunt Zapper gun is easily some of the coolest to come out of 80's gaming. The way this device worked with the NES to determine whether or not you'd shot those poor ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The NES Zapper is best known as the light-gun used to play Duck Hunt on the Nintendo Entertainment ...

As Nintendo proved with the NES Classic Edition, it’s still the retro hardware that captures our attention. And as YouTuber Warner Skoch shows, it may still have some utility. Skoch, who goes by ...

Police have arrested a South Carolina man after he allegedly robbed a convenience store armed with a Nintendo light gun primarily used in the 1980s to play Duck Hunt, Hogan’s Alley and Gumshoe, as ...

The simplicity of hunting down ducks by pointing a toy gun at the TV and pulling the trigger thoughtlessly made "Duck Hunt" one of the most-enjoyed Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games. Its ...

Messing around with electronics is fun and can boost your creativity, especially when you’re trying to impress your nephew. Take this guy for instance, who turned an old NES Zapper gun into a wireless ...

“From the scanlines of CRTs to AI-powered light guns, the evolution of gun-like peripherals has followed a rich lineage of patent-backed innovation.” When Duck Hunt landed in living rooms in 1984, it ...

While Nintendo is now a pillar of the video game industry worldwide, there was once a time where the company's fortunes seemed much less assured. No North American retailers wanted to touch video ...

Since Nintendo is taking its sweet time in releasing a Zapper-style Wiimote case, enterprising young modders have taken matters into their own hands. Witness this Zapper/Wiimote mashup in which the IR ...

“It comes with a GUN!,” every kid in America thought when they first saw the Nintendo Entertainment System. Forget that goofy robot—the Zapper is why we all wanted an NES. (Well, that and Super Mario ...