If you've ever wondered what it might have looked like if Nintendo had made a version of its 1984 shooter Duck Hunt for the Nintendo Game Boy, then you need to look no further than Duck Hunt GB — a new homebrew game from the developer Tiger Bronnikov (thanks RetroDodo!).
Duck Hunt GB is a brand-new game that is currently available for free on itch.io. It takes the basic concept of the original Famicom/NES game and adapts it for the Nintendo handheld with new graphics and some slight alterations to the design. This includes replacing the Duck Hunt Dog with a crane, borrowing the timer mechanic from Track & Field's Skeet Shooting event, and redesigning the controls to work without a lightgun.
In order to play, players will use the d-pad to aim, with the screen being divided into a grid. They can also press B to shoot, as well as push A in order to reload their gun. The goal is to shoot 40 ducks to complete each round, with the game featuring 3 regular rounds and 3 bonus rounds in total.
The game is the second title from Tiger Bronnikov to be released in what they are now calling the "Primitive game collection", with the developer also publishing a single-screen platformer called ALLEY(WOW!) earlier this month. Bronnikov teased that they are currently planning more titles in the series, but exactly what these are is still a mystery.
You can download Duck Hunt GB here if you fancy giving it a try.
[source tiger-bronnikov.itch.io, via retrododo.com]
Comments 5
Looks fun to try out. It's such a missed opportunity that Nintendo didn't release a full Duck Hunt game for the Wii with the NES gun as a accessory bundled with the game.
@Martijn87 Couple that with the SEGA Virtua Cop games on Wii! We got Ghost Squad but to not give us the Cop games was a crime!!!
looks like you are shooting at ducks with a Glock 😂
@Martijn87
i too was hoping for a new Duck Hunt in the wii era. Alas! 😔
@Martijn87 With how they did the Wii VC release with Wiimote support I guess they felt that cheaper to do then pull a Punchout Wii and do that sort of release instead.
Maybe they didn't think a Duck Hunt remake or sequel would be worth it with more content or the same experience or worth it at all. That or other Duck Hunting games were on the Wii anyway even if shovelware and it might have blended even if it people can like tell the difference and the nostalgia.
Maybe Link's Crossbow Training filled that which like Metroid, Kid Icarus or Duck Hunt (any ranged gun (scifi or not) or crossbow based games) could have fit with the Zapper to sell alongside instead. It being plastic aside.
Would have been cool as many of Sega's were good on Wii.
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