Duck Hunt Wont Work On My Flatscreen!

Al Ray · 02-23-2008, 10:14 PM

Decided to play it as I havent in a LONG time, and it wont work!. Had to dig out an old TV

GAAHHHHHHHH

Titus · 02-23-2008, 10:16 PM

How doesn't it work? AV jacks missing? Or when you shoot it doesn't register the shot?

C5TEK · 02-23-2008, 10:29 PM

If I rememeber correctly any of the light gun games have to be played on a crt screen...

brycelarson · 02-23-2008, 10:39 PM

the way that the light gun works is through the gun - not the screen.

The gun is a camera - when you pull the trigger the gun checks to see where on the image it's pointed. CRT monitors use a small beam of energy on the back of the glass - exciting the phosphors. You don't see the beam scan across the screen - your eyes aren't fast enough. The gun can, however, and times how long the beam takes to excite that particular pixel. The delay tells the gun where it's pointed.

Since your LCD refreshed all the pixels at a time - the NES can't time it.

Murph · 02-23-2008, 10:44 PM

which is also why you hit everything if you play on a tiny screen and stand like ten feet away.

Quacker · 02-24-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Murph

which is also why you hit everything if you play on a tiny screen and stand like ten feet away.

Sssh...that's my secret to being a crack shot!

Meph · 02-24-2008, 11:12 AM

Bah. n00bz!

Just put the muzzle of the gun next to a light bulb and pull the trigger.

crash-drive · 02-24-2008, 11:25 AM

AAAAHA!!! It's red on white isn't it? Thats why the lightbulb works?

brycelarson · 02-24-2008, 11:38 AM

It's cause lightbulbs flicker @ 60 Hz.

crash-drive · 02-24-2008, 01:28 PM

NICE!!!! I've got to try this. Can't beleive I didn't think of this when i first started playing it. Who thought the NES would still have fun value after all this time.

Keep the NES rockin!

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02-23-2008, 10:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
brycelarson MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 808	the way that the light gun works is through the gun - not the screen. The gun is a camera - when you pull the trigger the gun checks to see where on the image it's pointed. CRT monitors use a small beam of energy on the back of the glass - exciting the phosphors. You don't see the beam scan across the screen - your eyes aren't fast enough. The gun can, however, and times how long the beam takes to excite that particular pixel. The delay tells the gun where it's pointed. Since your LCD refreshed all the pixels at a time - the NES can't time it. __________________ -Bryce Larson bryce@101010.org Feedback

02-24-2008, 11:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Meph MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York Posts: 624	Bah. n00bz! Just put the muzzle of the gun next to a light bulb and pull the trigger. __________________ MCB Cold *** Game. Feb 11, 2007. Watch the Freezing Fun!

02-24-2008, 11:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
brycelarson MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 808	It's cause lightbulbs flicker @ 60 Hz. __________________ -Bryce Larson bryce@101010.org Feedback

02-24-2008, 11:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
crash-drive MCB Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: R.I. Posts: 127	AAAAHA!!! It's red on white isn't it? Thats why the lightbulb works?

02-24-2008, 01:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
crash-drive MCB Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: R.I. Posts: 127	NICE!!!! I've got to try this. Can't beleive I didn't think of this when i first started playing it. Who thought the NES would still have fun value after all this time. Keep the NES rockin!