# How does the Duck Hunt game work for the old Nintendo?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-duck-hunt-game-work-for-the-old-nintendo/132005 "2002-10-12T22:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-duck-hunt-game-work-for-the-old-nintendo/132005/1 "2002-10-12T22:57:02Z")

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It’s been bugging me for a while…

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-duck-hunt-game-work-for-the-old-nintendo/132005/2 "2002-10-12T22:58:06Z")

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The master has spoken:

[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010511.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010511.html)

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-duck-hunt-game-work-for-the-old-nintendo/132005/3 "2002-10-13T07:27:01Z")

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The best way to cheat at Duck Hunt is to turn your brightness knob all the way up.

IIRC, newer light guns (Such as the Guncon2) are much more sensitive and actually can tell what you are “shooting” at.