I think we all did and were instantly disappointed we couldn't at least stun the dog.
There was a game genie code that allowed you to shoot the dog. IIRC, it replaces the dog on screen with a tiny little dot so it looks like you got him. Then it resets when the ducks or discs fly/launch.
yeah...you're basically better off keeping an eye on thrift stores for an old CRT tv...my understanding is the lag is intentional to compensate for the delay in the older tvs...
The upshot is if you can find one, those old tvs were basically tanks, so as long as you don't drop it, it should last for years to come.
Actually, the opposite is true. Older TVs' electron beam was basically wired directly to the analog inputs coming from the signal source -- in this case, the console. And the inputs from the source were driven directly by the code, so if the code thinks that it is displaying "frame X", the TV would indeed be displaying "frame X".
Modern TVs have to run everything through a labyrinth of analog/digital converters, and every one of those causes small delays.
Zapper was such good tech for it's time. Of all the NES games I kept playing duck hunt into the N64 generation.
Light guns of the period were shit too. This was easily one of the best and most accurate.
I didn't even have to see past the first frame. The dog, right?
yep.
I can hear the entire exchange in my brain.
I thought this was going to be a fed post for a second.
OP had me goin', ngl
nah, but I bet if you look hard enough, you could find a rom hack that replaces the ducks with atf agents...
This isn't Crash Bandicoot.
indeed.
That dog was annoying
I couldn't, reminds me too much of Muttley
I think we all did and were instantly disappointed we couldn't at least stun the dog.
There was a game genie code that allowed you to shoot the dog. IIRC, it replaces the dog on screen with a tiny little dot so it looks like you got him. Then it resets when the ducks or discs fly/launch.
Can I as a milenial also say yes, I would shoot that damn dog? Played a bit of nes and snes growing up, but more n64 though.
Older millenial/gen Y (same thing), I played a lot of the 8-bit systems back in the day...nes...atari 2600...commodore 64...etc.
That fucking dog was the ultimate developer trolling the player at the time...
I probably tried to shoot the dog the bush and even the sky itself. Didn't have a NES though, so it was at friend's houses.
There was a flash game that let you shoot the little bastard back in the day.
It was...cathartic...
has anyone found a way to get the zapper to work on modern tvs? even on game mode the input lag seems to throw everything off.
yeah...you're basically better off keeping an eye on thrift stores for an old CRT tv...my understanding is the lag is intentional to compensate for the delay in the older tvs...
The upshot is if you can find one, those old tvs were basically tanks, so as long as you don't drop it, it should last for years to come.
Actually, the opposite is true. Older TVs' electron beam was basically wired directly to the analog inputs coming from the signal source -- in this case, the console. And the inputs from the source were driven directly by the code, so if the code thinks that it is displaying "frame X", the TV would indeed be displaying "frame X".
Modern TVs have to run everything through a labyrinth of analog/digital converters, and every one of those causes small delays.
thank you, I legit couldnt remember... Those old CRTs were fantastically built machines...
...I'll never forgive my future mother-in-law for leaving a high-def one in Hock...