Matt Maiorano's Back-From-The-Grave Video Game Review: Duck Hunt (1397 hits)
Category: Movies & TVLabels: BFTG
Rating: 1.82 on 36 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Matt Maiorano (View user info) at 2004-05-28 16:04:36 EDT
Ah yes, the one game I would dare to say rivals Super Mario Brothers in awesomeness is the revolutionary: Duck Hunt
I'm sure almost every one of you had the game pack with both Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt on the same cartridge. Some of you might've even been lucky enough to get the ultimate combo: Super Mario, Duck Hunt, and Track Meet (review coming soon).
But Duck Hunt was the ultimate in the video game experience. Why, you ask? I'll tell you why. Because the mind-boggling Light Gun came with it. Awww yeaaa, you can't say you didn't like the Light Gun.
OVERVIEW: The game is simple. Choose 1 of 3 modes: Game A (1 duck), Game B (2 ducks), and Game C (Clay Shooting). Once you pick a mode, you get to shoot stuff. Jack up your score, set a record, tell all your friends about it. Good fun.
Honestly, I believe that the best games are the simplest. Here's a scenario for you:
If we were to recreate Duck Hunt for, let's say, Gamecube, it would have all sorts of wonderful graphics and possibly a 3D world to wander about it. However, with all those graphics would come new rules. You would have to look around for those damn ducks. Wind speed and direction would affect your aim. All sorts of things would lead you to become frustrated, impotent, and suicidal.
The original Duck Hunt, however, simply gives you a target, lets you shoot, and if you don't shoot them in time, that fucking dog laughs at you.
I'm sure that dog pissed you off too. What added to the frustration was that you had to deal with it.... oh, you tried to shoot him, but it was like a superdog or something. I've never seen a mutt take so many bullets.
The only real problem I have with the game is the utter lack of music. After a while, the sounds begin to imbed themselves into your brain, and you start to go crazy.
Damn dog.... always laughing at me..... I'll show him......
The Maio-Meter says:
GAMEPLAY: 9/10
MUSIC: N/A
GRAPHICS: 7/10
OVERALL: 8/10
Play it for old time's sake.
User Reviews
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-05-29 15:45:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
THE BEST VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME IS TECMO SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes, I am yelling.
Fucking Duck Hunt...I HATE THAT GAME. That stupid laser gun piece of shit.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-05-29 10:12:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Are people rating the post or the game? The game was, of course, awesome. The post was shite.
Submitted by euripidestrousers (user info) at 2004-05-29 10:03:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2004-05-29 08:49:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Duck Hunt is da bomb!
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2004-05-29 08:19:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Good times. Good times.
Submitted by Fleet_Marshall_Badass (user info) at 2004-05-29 02:08:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That's game's awesome atz! I hate that fucking dog!
And Duck Hunt was cool as well!
Badass.
Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-05-29 02:04:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love duckhunt.
Submitted by atz (user info) at 2004-05-29 01:57:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/duckhunt/default.asp
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2004-05-29 01:41:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
There is a digital camera produced movie of me drunkenly lambasting that fucking dog for laughing at me. About 45 seconds before the end of the movie, you see a hand come in from off camera and take the gun away from me, while other disembodied hands remove throwable objects from my immediate area.
It was a special night.
Submitted by LucidCognition (user info) at 2004-05-28 19:07:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I remember that dog fucking up my childhood, I hated that fucker. The worst was when I'd shoot at the dog to much and it would fire some of the bullets in the next round and he'd laugh at me again.
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2004-05-28 19:06:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by ohlookasquirrel (user info) at 2004-05-28 18:52:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Domochevsky (user info) at 2004-05-28 18:50:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I learned everything I know about living from duckhunt; If it moves, shoot it!
Submitted by WiKi (user info) at 2004-05-28 18:46:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I miss sitting around with my brothers and sister, making them turn off Mario Brothers so that I could play Duck Hunt.
The Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt game brings back memories. I loved that damn Nintendo.. *tear*
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2004-05-28 18:34:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:19:30 (#)
Ranking: 2
Mode C was the best. Did anyone else ever notice that you could control the ducks if you had a controller hooked up while someone else was playing?
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I remember being able to do that. I wasn't the greatest shot with the gun, but my best friend was, so he'd shoot and I'd control the duck. I pissed him off so many times controlling that duck that he almost gave up playing Nintendo. Almost.
Submitted by Adona (user info) at 2004-05-28 18:32:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Best fucking game EVER.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-05-28 17:53:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That 3d front view was fucking ace.
You da man.
Submitted by UberUser (user info) at 2004-05-28 17:12:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
duckhunt!
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:59:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That 3D render was GOLD.
Submitted by TonyMontana (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:48:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I read on i-mockery.com that you could put a magnifying glass up to the gun and then vaporize the entire screen. It would be like hunting for ducks with a fucking minigun.
Submitted by LottaPasta123 (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:47:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I think the dog had herpes, that or my TV screen is really dirty.
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:38:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Concur.
Submitted by kireisarah (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:37:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That FUCKING DOG.
That dog is the reason I almost broke my TV when I was a kid.
Not really, but that would make a great post, wouldn't it?
+2 for mentioning the dog, and the render which is awesome.
Submitted by Rixes (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:33:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The sound did slowly drive me insane, and that god damn dog, ARGGGGGGH.
Submitted by Slapshot99 (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:28:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
With my trusty shaving mirror.......and the skill of Annie Oakley....I never heard the dog laugh at all.
I agree, the simpler the game.....the more it seemed enjoyable
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:19:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Mode C was the best. Did anyone else ever notice that you could control the ducks if you had a controller hooked up while someone else was playing?
Submitted by floridastate311 (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:18:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And that stupid ass dog, he was eating too many shrooms. That bitch laughed too much.
Submitted by TripinDayZ420 (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:18:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
GUMSHOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
i love these posts. good times, those were.
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:16:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow, looks like I was way off. There's a ton of games that used the gun.
Oh well, looks like suicide again for me.
Submitted by floridastate311 (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:16:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
How many of you guys had marks all over the screen from that stupid red gun?
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:14:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for the 3-D render.
We had a game called To The Earth, or something like that, for our light gun.
We also played family games of Duck Hunt. Everyone would have 1 round to get as many ducks as possible from the Duck Chair. It was a great way to spend a Thanksgiving Day.
Submitted by russizm (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:13:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by pot8tomanjack (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:12:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That dog would always laugh at me.
i always tried to shoot him
no luck
GO SOX WOO!!!
Submitted by sublime (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:11:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Did you know that if you had the 2nd player controller plugged in you could control the ducks?
Submitted by sublime (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:11:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
FUCK I HATED THAT DOG...
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-05-28 16:08:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I absolutely loved Nintendo for having that gun, and then only having 3 games that used it. One is Duck Hunt, One if Hogan's Alley, and for the mystery prize of a no expense vacation to Sean's pants (I'm Sean by the way) can you tell me what the thrid and final game that used the gun was?