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Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt is a shooting simulation where the player goes out with his faithful dogs to hunt ducks. It requires the use of the Zapper light gun. In game modes A and B, players view a swampland from a…

11 August 2004

Duck Hunt is an arcade, released 11 August 2004 on MSX.

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What Duck Hunt is

Duck Hunt was released in 2004. It was published by Karoshi. It is available on MSX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Duck Hunt is a shooting simulation where the player goes out with his faithful dogs to hunt ducks. It requires the use of the Zapper light gun. In game modes A and B, players view a swampland from a first-person perspective. The dog scares the ducks out of the swamp, one at a time in mode A or two at a time in mode B. The ducks go flying around in the air and the player has three shots and a limited amount of time to shoot the ducks before they fly away. Each round only allows a limited number of misses in order to move on successfully. As the rounds progress, the ducks begin flying faster and faster, and fewer misses are allowed. In game mode A, a second player can control the movement of…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Duck Hunt launched on 11 August 2004, within three weeks of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Doom 3, Dofus and World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 International.

Released around the same time: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Doom 3, Dofus, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 International.

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When did Duck Hunt come out?
Duck Hunt was released on 11 August 2004 for MSX.

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