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An explanation of the simple optical trick and timing mechanism Nintendo used to detect where the Zapper gun was aimed.
→Subscribe for new videos every day! youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut How Does Anti-Fog Spray Work? youtu.be/PLCWPfAREbA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF How Does an LED Work? youtu.be/uyse_I-zo4Q?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: If you’ve ever played Duck Hunt or any of the other NES games that used the NES Zapper gun, you probably at one point or another wondered how the game actually knows where on the TV you are aiming the gun when you pulled the trigger. It turns out, the method for accomplishing this is incredibly simple, as is the gun itself. Want the text version?: todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/how-the-gun-on-the-orig… Sources: v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=4813682&… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Zapper en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Hunt straightdope.com/columns/read/2304/in-nintendos-duck-hunt-ho… howstuffworks.com/question273.htm flickr.com/photos/edrabbit/282736903/What people say. Recommended as a simple explanation of the clever hardware design behind the original NES Zapper.
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