The NES Zapper can be transformed into a wireless phone by manipulating the hardware. The inventor, Nick A. Bild, bypassed anti-cheating protections to create a wireless phone. The modded Zapper ...

The tech inside Nintendo's Duck Hunt Zapper gun is easily some of the coolest to come out of 80's gaming. The way this device worked with the NES to determine whether or not you'd shot those poor ...

Although there was a time in the 80s (and early 90s for fans of the SuperScope) where light guns were immensely popular, with games like DuckHunt cultural touchstones, their time in the video game ...

If you’ve ever so much as held the good old-fashioned NES Zapper, you’ve probably had at least one fantasy about how cool it would be if it was an actual laser gun. Thanks to some modding from the ...

In October 2025, history is being righted, because the AVGN is finally getting a proper 8-bit game, called Angry Video Game ...

So says Bruce Lowry, the former Nintendo of America VP of Sales, who oversaw the legendary launch of the original Nintendo ...

What does one do if she/he still has some of their old Nintendo games and a Zapper gun lying around? In the case of “fluffypants,” you turn them into a lamp. Using an inexpensive lampshade, a pack of ...

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He is a lifelong gamer with a passion for a variety of genres. A connoisseur of everything from JRPGs and ...

From duck and vampire hunts to boxing and football sims, these are the titles that made the Nintendo Entertainment System ...