How does Duck hunt and the gun work for Nintendo?

[Busie23]

I just pulled out my old NES and remembered how I always wanted to know how that gun works? How does the game know where you aimed that thing? Was it all just random or is there some special device in there that lets it no where you hit?

 

[NewSc2]

I've always wondered this too.

I think it might be the gun "sees" what part of the screen you're aiming at, maybe based on color or something like that. At least that's how I'm pretty sure regular light guns work.

 

[Joemonkey]

wow, lookie here it was the first link on google when i searched for "how do light guns work"

 

[pyonir]

This is the link i found.

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
wow, lookie <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/question273.htm" target=blank>here</A> it was the first link on google when i searched for "how do light guns work"

A-Ha! I was right

 

[Busie23]

Had I know it was a light gun I would have searched for that. Thanks for finding it anyways.
It's amazing that nintendo had something like that back in the 80's for such a cheap price.