Epic Win: Nintendo Zapper
Submitted by D DeRonde
The original Zapper for “Wild Gunman” was awesome:
Photo via destructoid.com
Mighty realistic looking too, so when the Zapper was released in the U.S., it became the version you see at the top of the page. We can understand why, but still. That is one cool shoot ‘em up toy!
The Zapper was unique, according to Wikipedia:
The Zapper is perhaps unique as it is the only NES accessory to have its own accessory; QuickShot released a gray plastic scope that snaps onto the Zapper’s existing rear sight. It does not contain any optics, rather it is simply a tube with crosshairs. This item, especially when new-in-box, has become hard to find and is highly prized by collectors.
Like this:
Photo via Wikipedia
This person totally wins the OUAW “A Little Too Much Time On My Hands” award:
Photo via play-gadgets.com
What do you call that? A Zapwii? Wiiper? We have no idea.
For real, this was awesome.
I did not have one.
Really Cool.
Smashing Action Toy.
Tetris?
And what spells that?
You didn’t have one? Awww. But then you didn’t get to know the joy of being ridiculed by a pixelated mutt.
When my now-ex-wife and I started dating, she thought that she was the top gun (pun Nintendoed) with Duck Hunt. That is, until she challenged me to a game. Then a second and a third. None of the games were even close. I guess she didn’t understand that I was still fresh out of the Marines.
Maybe that is why she is my ex-, eh?
Duck Hunt anyone?
I remember playing a lot of clay-shooting at my friend’s house – that dog in Duck Hunt was way too annoying!
I know I wasn’t the only one who would shoot the dog after he laughed at me. JUST ONCE I wanted the hit to register and for him to go tail over head.
In the arcade version of Duck Hunt you COULD shoot the dog
I remember that version. I loved getting revenge on that dog!
Oh dude I WANNA make my own fiber-optic Wiiper out of a Wiimote and old zapper! Cool! Now…just got to get another zapper and wiimote…not gonna sacrifice my own.
The most epic win so far in my book. Also because I still have one, along with two NES ^^. Only down side is that it doesn’t work on LCD tvs.
Say what?! What doesn’t work on LCD tvs? The zapper or the NES? Because we still paly the NES. My kids feel special because they have a video game system that their friends don’t have, and they all want to play it when they come over. Duck Hunt is their favorite!
I like the scope in the picture. I wish I had that!
Yeah, unfortunately the Zapper doesn’t work on modern, flat-screen TVs. But I’ve heard rumors that holding it up to a lightbulb and pulling the trigger might work.
/the Wii is perfect for these types of games
Awesome. Always makes me think of this now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swb_sN75fbY
We had the original NES waaaay back in the early 80s – it came with the zapper and also a robot that you had to remote control to then control other stuff. It was very difficult, and was phased out quickly. Wish I still had all that!
I think you had it in the mid-80’s, since the NES was released in 1985.
That is assuming you had the NES and not the Family Computer (the Japanese version of the NES) that came out in 1983.
Either way, that’s still at least24 years ago now…sheesh.
dude, if what you say is true, you had one of the original R.O.B’s. this is like THE collectors item now that Nintendo made him a character in Brawl. it would have been worth some major bucks if you still had it
Wii Zap, dur. Random completely-unrelated-i-frickan-swear sidenote: I used to walk around with my Zapper’s cord tucked into my pocket playing Robocop. Yea, it was good.
Is it me or has he had that Wii remote surgically attached to his arm?
Pretty sure the wii one is fake
1) Things that plug into the wiimote attach in the BACK
2) The remote isn’t attached to his arm at all….
1: That’s where the IR that controlls motion goes -_-
2: That’s because it’s a work in progress.
it’s obvious, it’s a zipper
A Wiper?
My brother and I had a Nintendo Zapper. We spent many happy hours trying to shoot the goddamn Duck Hunt dog. Everything about Duck Hunt was win except the stupid freaking dog. >:(
Josh has this theory that if somebody made a game where you can shoot the stupid dog, they’d make millions and millions.
http://www.cyberiapc.com/flashgames/duckhunt.htm
oh so many memories of Duck hunt , we had the newer orange version of the zapper after the law past that made all toy guns have to have the orangeonthem to distingish them from the real thing, and i had a damned realistic looking AK-47 toy gun as a kid, never saw that scope thing for it though , wishi would have had one XD
The guy on the bottom looks like he invented a new way to be a heroin addict.
It should be called the zappii!
Check it out! These guys microwave one of these!
The zapper looked even cooler when yo took off the light gray outer shell. Sort of like the gun from “Robocop.”
I had the first one. Also…gellooooo…power glove anyone?!
I call it what the Wii Zapper should have been!
We had the orange one, but I broke it -.-’ it got glued though. I think it still works =D
I know what I would call the Wiimote/Zap Gun… the WAP or possibly the Wiip
Still have the original gray zapper…and I still play Duck Hunt on a regular basis
Oh…Gotcha: The Sport, too…one of the original paintball games
The only bad thing about this gun is that you couldnt shoot that damn dog!!!!!
wild idea that didn’t work very well as i recall.