{"id":4965,"date":"2022-03-07T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T08:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/i-just-wanted-to-play-duck-hunt-with-my-kids-the-man-on-a-mission-to-bring-back-the-light-gun\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T08:36:10","slug":"i-just-wanted-to-play-duck-hunt-with-my-kids-the-man-on-a-mission-to-bring-back-the-light-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/i-just-wanted-to-play-duck-hunt-with-my-kids-the-man-on-a-mission-to-bring-back-the-light-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I just wanted to play Duck Hunt with my kids\u2019: the man on a mission to bring back the light gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one believed he could make a light gun that worked on modern TVs. But Andrew Sinden persevered with his dream to revive a dying game genre<\/p>\n

Almost every console and computer, from the Sega Dreamcast to the humble Amstrad CPC, once had its very own light gun. Whether you were shooting ducks with the NES Zapper or downing baddies in Time Crisis on the PlayStation, they were ubiquitous \u2013 yet now they are all but extinct. Andrew Sinden aims to change that: he\u2019s on a crusade to make light-gun games mainstream again. \u201cI\u2019d consider the project has failed if I don\u2019t manage to do that,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

It all began around four years ago, when Sinden\u2019s parents were cleaning out their loft. They came across his old NES, and asked him whether he still wanted it. \u201cOf course, the answer was yes,\u201d recalls Sinden. \u201cAnd what I really wanted to do was play Duck Hunt with my kids.\u201d But after hooking up the console to his television, he was dismayed to find that nothing happened when he pulled the Zapper\u2019s trigger. \u201cI completely forgot that light guns didn\u2019t work on modern TVs,\u201d he admits. \u201cIt was a real disappointment, because I thought Duck Hunt on a 50-inch TV would be amazing. I used to play it on a 14-inch TV!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nNo one believed he could make a light gun that worked on modern TVs. But Andrew Sinden persevered with his dream to revive a dying game genre
\nAlmost every console and computer, from the Sega Dreamcast to the humble Amstrad CPC, once had its very own light gun. Whether you were shooting ducks with the NES Zapper or downing baddies in Time Crisis on the PlayStation, they were ubiquitous \u2013 yet now they are all but extinct. Andrew Sinden aims to change that: he\u2019s on a crusade to make light-gun games mainstream again. \u201cI\u2019d consider the project has failed if I don\u2019t manage to do that,\u201d he says.
\nIt all began around four years ago, when Sinden\u2019s parents were cleaning out their loft. They came across his old NES, and asked him whether he still wanted it. \u201cOf course, the answer was yes,\u201d recalls Sinden. \u201cAnd what I really wanted to do was play Duck Hunt with my kids.\u201d But after hooking up the console to his television, he was dismayed to find that nothing happened when he pulled the Zapper\u2019s trigger. \u201cI completely forgot that light guns didn\u2019t work on modern TVs,\u201d he admits. \u201cIt was a real disappointment, because I thought Duck Hunt on a 50-inch TV would be amazing. I used to play it on a 14-inch TV!\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No one believed he could make a light gun that worked on modern TVs. But Andrew Sinden persevered with his dream to revive a dying game genre Almost every console and computer, from the Sega Dreamcast to the humble Amstrad CPC, once had its very own light gun. Whether you were shooting ducks with the …<\/p>\n

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