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Seth JJ's avatar

I never knew that about how it worked. And who says Fridays aren’t for learning

John Toma ⚡️ That 80s Dude's avatar

Awesome Seth, thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed. Cheers!

The Alchemist's avatar

The way the light guns detected hits also meant that they only worked on CRTs. It was a really clever bit of programming to get it to work.

Dash Jones's avatar

Too bad the Power Glove was a bit too janky, but I blame the sensor array more than the glove itself.

The Alchemist's avatar

I had a friend who had one of those (and the mat… and ROB the Robot…). Now the Power Glove wasn’t quite as bad as the Virtua Boy, but it was not good. It seems to have fallen into it's new role as a low budget prop in sci-fi shows.

Dash Jones's avatar

My younger cousin had the Power Glove and the mat, but I never have seen ROB in person. I saw the AVGN video about it and that's all that I know honestly.

What I remember most was my cousin and I eventually having to go to the local hardware store for Velcro strips because that was the only way we could keep the sensors from sliding off the television or the desk 😂

Ricky Champagne's avatar

Happy birthday Duck Hunt. You entertained us for hours. Thanks for the reminder about this one.

Parker McCoy's avatar

I hate that dog. But I love him. But I hate him. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Dash Jones's avatar

My cousin and I would cheese the game once we found out that aiming at the lower right corner of the screen resulted in hitting all the targets. Before then we would troll each other by the one who wasn't playing using the 2p controller to make the ducks fly all over the place! 🤭