One of Nintendo’s early light gun “games”

By Spencer . August 7, 2008 . 11:01am

In honor of the mediocre release of Wild West Guns on WiiWare let’s look back at a 1976 light gun toy from Nintendo. The Nintendo Kousenju Custom Gunman is amazingly basic, it doesn’t even move. All you do is shoot it with a bundled revolver. The delay is laughable, but for a 1970’s toy it’s actually pretty neat. Watch how this thing winds itself back up so you can shoot it again.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYfQAbOGx30

 

 

Images courtesy of Nintendo.


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  • Laexerias
    Aww! Its somehow adorable lmao. But.. i think it would be fun to have something like that in our time!
  • Chow
    Hey, I remember seeing that in one of the Wario Ware games (I think). Did this predate the other lightgun game where you had to project an image on a wall in a dark room?
  • @Chow - If I recall correctly and you're referring to the Duck Hunt light gun game then yes. The Duck Hunt toy was made in 1977.
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