Duck Hunt, the Glossary

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1. 79 relations: Achievement (video games), Arcade game, Arcade video game, Banjo & Kazooie, Barker Bill's Trick Shooting, Bonus stage, Bournemouth, Cathode-ray tube, Centipede (video game), Clay pigeon shooting, Complex Networks, Condé Nast, Crazy Chicken, Demographic profile, Duck, Electro-mechanical game, First-person (video games), Future plc, Future US, Game over, GameRevolution, GameSpot, GamesRadar+, Glossary of video game terms, Gunpei Yokoi, Hiroji Kiyotake, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hogan's Alley (video game), Hunting dog, IGN, Imagine Publishing, Intelligent Systems, Laser Clay Shooting System, Level (video games), Light gun, Light-gun shooter, Masahiro Sakurai, Masayuki Uemura, MTV, Multiplayer video game, NES Zapper, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Entertainment System models, Nintendo Power, Nintendo Research & Development 1, Nintendo VS. System, Non-player character, Pixels (2015 film), Power Pad, ... Expand index (29 more) »

2. Ducks in popular culture
3. Hunting video games
4. Nintendo Vs. Series games
5. Nintendo arcade games
6. PlayChoice-10 games
7. Video games directed by Shigeru Miyamoto
8. Video games scored by Hirokazu Tanaka

Achievement (video games)

In video gaming, an achievement (or a trophy) is a meta-goal defined outside a game's parameters, a digital reward that signifies a player's mastery of a specific task or challenge within a video game.

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Arcade game

An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.

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Arcade video game

An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display.

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Banjo & Kazooie

Banjo & Kazooie are the protagonists of the video game series Banjo-Kazooie, created by the British developer Rare.

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Barker Bill's Trick Shooting

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting is a light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. Duck Hunt and Barker Bill's Trick Shooting are light gun games, Nintendo Entertainment System games, Nintendo Research & Development 1 games, Nintendo games and video games scored by Hirokazu Tanaka.

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Bonus stage

A bonus stage (also known as a bonus level, bonus round, or special stage) is a special level within a video game designed to reward the player or players, and typically allows the player to collect extra points or power-ups.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.

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Cathode-ray tube

A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.

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Centipede (video game)

Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. Designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg, it was one of the most commercially successful games from the golden age of arcade video games and one of the first with a significant female player base.

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Clay pigeon shooting

Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting at special flying targets known as "clay pigeons" or "clay targets" with a shotgun.

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Complex Networks

Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City.

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Condé Nast

Condé Nast is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications.

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Crazy Chicken

Crazy Chicken (originally released in Germany as Moorhuhn), sometimes known as Chicken Hunter or Moorhen, is a shooting gallery video game franchise. Duck Hunt and Crazy Chicken are video games about birds.

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Demographic profile

A demographic profile is a form of demographic analysis in which information is gathered about a group to better understand the group's composition or behaviors for the purpose of providing more relevant services.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.

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Electro-mechanical game

Electro-mechanical games (EM games) are types of arcade games that operate on a combination of some electronic circuitry and mechanical actions from the player to move items contained within the game's cabinet.

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First-person (video games)

In video games, first-person (also spelled first person) is any graphical perspective rendered from the viewpoint of the player character, or from the inside of a device or vehicle controlled by the player character.

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Future plc

Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.

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Future US

Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.

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Game over

"Game over" is a message in video games which informs the player that their play session has ended, usually because the player has reached a loss condition.

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GameRevolution

GameRevolution (formerly Game-Revolution) is a gaming website created in 1996.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GamesRadar+

GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews.

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Glossary of video game terms

This is a non-comprehensive list that includes terms used in video games and the video game industry, as well as slang used by players.

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Gunpei Yokoi

, sometimes transliterated as Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese toy maker and video game designer.

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Hiroji Kiyotake

Hiroji Kiyotake (清武 博二 Kiyotake Hiroji, born December 21, 1960, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a game designer for Nintendo and has been a part of the history of Nintendo since 1983.

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Hirokazu Tanaka

, also known as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, sound designer, and executive who pioneered chiptune music.

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Hogan's Alley (video game)

is a light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo. Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley (video game) are 1984 video games, Intelligent Systems games, light gun games, Nintendo Entertainment System games, Nintendo Research & Development 1 games, Nintendo Vs. Series games, Nintendo arcade games, Nintendo games, video games directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, video games scored by Hirokazu Tanaka, virtual Console games and virtual Console games for Wii U.

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Hunting dog

A hunting dog is a canine that hunts with or for hunters.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Imagine Publishing

Imagine Publishing was a UK-based magazine publisher, which published a number of video games, computing, creative and lifestyle magazines.

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Intelligent Systems

is a Japanese video game developer best known for developing games published by Nintendo with the Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, WarioWare, and Wars video game series.

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Laser Clay Shooting System

The Laser Clay Shooting System (レーザークレー射撃システム) is a light gun shooting simulation game created by Nintendo in 1973. Duck Hunt and Laser Clay Shooting System are light gun games, Nintendo arcade games and Nintendo games.

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Level (video games)

In video games, a level (also referred to as a map, mission, stage, course, or round in some older games) is any space available to the player during the course of completion of an objective.

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Light gun

A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games, typically shaped to resemble a pistol.

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Light-gun shooter

Light-gun shooter, also called light-gun game or simply gun game, is a shooter video game genre in which the primary design element is to simulate a shooting gallery by having the player aiming and discharging a gun-shaped controller at a screen. Duck Hunt and light-gun shooter are light gun games.

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Masahiro Sakurai

is a Japanese video game director and game designer best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series.

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Masayuki Uemura

was a Japanese engineer, video game producer, and professor.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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Multiplayer video game

A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system (couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or via a wide area network, most commonly the Internet (e.g.

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NES Zapper

The Zapper is an electronic light gun accessory launched within the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America on October 18, 1985.

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Nintendo

is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo.

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Nintendo Entertainment System models

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo, had numerous model variants produced throughout its lifetime.

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Nintendo Power

Nintendo Power was a former video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America.

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Nintendo Research & Development 1

(commonly abbreviated as Nintendo R&D1 and formerly known as before splitting in 1978) was a division of Nintendo, and is its oldest development team.

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Nintendo VS. System

The is an arcade system that was developed and produced by Nintendo. Duck Hunt and Nintendo VS. System are Nintendo Vs. Series games.

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Non-player character

A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player.

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Pixels (2015 film)

Pixels is a 2015 science fiction comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, based on a story penned by Herlihy.

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Power Pad

The Power Pad (known in Japan as Family Trainer, and in Europe and briefly in the United States as Family Fun Fitness) is a floor mat game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Qwak!

Qwak! is a single-player duck hunting light gun shooter arcade video game developed by Atari subsidiary Cyan Engineering and released in November 1974. Duck Hunt and Qwak! are hunting video games, light gun games and video games about birds.

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R.O.B.

R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) is a toy robot accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

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Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games.

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RhythmOne

RhythmOne, previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company which owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel.

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ROM cartridge

A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer, video game console or, to a lesser extent, electronic musical instruments.

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Shigeru Miyamoto

is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002.

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Shooter game

Shooter video games or shooters are a subgenre of action video games where the focus is on the defeat of the character's enemies using ranged weapons given to the player.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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South San Francisco, California

South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Sports video game

A sports video game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports.

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Stadium Events

Stadium Events is a sports fitness game developed by Human Entertainment and published by Bandai for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Duck Hunt and Stadium Events are Nintendo Entertainment System games, Nintendo games and Pack-in video games.

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Super Mario Bros.

is a platform game developed and published in 1985 by Nintendo for the Famicom in Japan and for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America. Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. are Nintendo Entertainment System games, Nintendo Vs. Series games, Nintendo arcade games, Pack-in video games, PlayChoice-10 games, video games directed by Shigeru Miyamoto and virtual Console games for Wii U.

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Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. is a crossover platform fighting game series published by Nintendo.

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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

and, both commonly referred to together as Super Smash Bros.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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Video game console

A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller.

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Video game graphics

A variety of computer graphic techniques have been used to display video game content throughout the history of video games.

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Video game music

Video game music (VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games.

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Video Games Live

Video Games Live (VGL) is a concert series created by Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall.

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Virtual Console

The Virtual Console is a defunct line of downloadable video games for Nintendo's Wii and Wii U home video game consoles and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

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Wii Play

Wii Play is a party video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. Duck Hunt and Wii Play are Nintendo games.

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Wii Play: Motion

Wii Play: Motion is a video game for the Wii console and the sequel to the 2006 game Wii Play. Duck Hunt and Wii Play: Motion are Nintendo games.

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Wii Remote

The Wii Remote, informally referred to with the portmanteau Wiimote, is the primary game controller for Nintendo's Wii home video game console.

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Wii U

The Wii U is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii.

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Wild Gunman

is a light gun shooter game developed and published by Nintendo. Duck Hunt and Wild Gunman are 1984 video games, Intelligent Systems games, light gun games, Nintendo Entertainment System games, Nintendo arcade games, Nintendo games, PlayChoice-10 games, video games directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, virtual Console games and virtual Console games for Wii U.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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1985 in video games

1985 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Mario Bros. and Kung Fu, along with new titles such as Commando, Duck Hunt, Gauntlet, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Gradius, Hang-On, Space Harrier, Tetris and The Way of the Exploding Fist.

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1Up Network

1Up.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.

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See also

Ducks in popular culture

• Anaheim Ducks
• Big Duck
• Duck Hunt
• Duck pond
• Duck test
• Duck typing
• Ducktail
• Duckwalk
• Five Little Ducks
• Fox-y Lady
• Rubber duck
• Rubber duck debugging
• Rubber duck race
• Why a Duck?
• World's Largest Rubber Duck

Hunting video games

• Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007
• Big Buck Hunter
• Cabela's Alaskan Adventures
• Cabela's Big Game Hunter (video game)
• Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012
• Cabela's Big Game Hunter III
• Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
• Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013
• Cabela's Outdoor Adventures (2009 video game)
• Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt 2
• Carnivores (video game series)
• Carnivores (video game)
• Carnivores 2
• Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter
• Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD
• Carnivores: Ice Age
• Deer Drive Legends
• Deer Hunter (1997 video game)
• Deer Hunter (series)
• Duck Hunt
• Primal Prey
• Qwak!
• Redneck Deer Huntin'
• Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter
• Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter: Interactive Big Game Hunting
• TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter
• TheHunter
• Ultimate Duck Hunting

Nintendo Vs. Series games

• 10-Yard Fight
• Balloon Fight
• Baseball (1983 video game)
• Battle City
• Castlevania (1986 video game)
• Clu Clu Land
• Dr. Mario
• Duck Hunt
• Excitebike
• Freedom Force (1988 video game)
• Golf (1984 video game)
• Gradius (video game)
• Gumshoe (video game)
• Hogan's Alley (video game)
• Ice Climber
• Mach Rider
• Mighty Bomb Jack
• Nintendo VS. System
• Pinball (1984 video game)
• Pro Baseball: Family Stadium
• R.B.I. Baseball
• Raid on Bungeling Bay
• Slalom (video game)
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo
• Tennis (1984 video game)
• The Goonies (Famicom video game)
• Top Gun (1987 video game)
• Trojan (video game)
• Urban Champion
• Xevious

Nintendo arcade games

• Arm Wrestling (video game)
• Balloon Fight
• Baseball (1983 video game)
• Clu Clu Land
• Donkey Kong (1981 video game)
• Donkey Kong 3
• Donkey Kong Jr.
• Dr. Mario
• Duck Hunt
• Excitebike
• Golf (1984 video game)
• Gumshoe (video game)
• Heli Fire
• Hogan's Alley (video game)
• Ice Climber
• Laser Clay Shooting System
• Mach Rider
• Mario Bros.
• Metroid (video game)
• Monkey Magic (video game)
• NES Open Tournament Golf
• Pinball (1984 video game)
• Popeye (video game)
• Pro Wrestling (NES video game)
• Punch-Out!! (arcade game)
• R-Type
• R.C. Pro-Am
• Rad Racer
• Radar Scope
• Sheriff (video game)
• Sky Skipper
• Slalom (video game)
• Space Fever
• Space Firebird
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)
• Tennis (1984 video game)
• Urban Champion
• Volleyball (video game)
• Wild Gunman

PlayChoice-10 games

• 1942 (video game)
• Balloon Fight
• Baseball (1983 video game)
• Baseball Stars
• Captain Skyhawk
• Castlevania (1986 video game)
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (video game)
• Contra (video game)
• Double Dribble (video game)
• Dr. Mario
• Duck Hunt
• Excitebike
• Fester's Quest
• Gauntlet (1985 video game)
• Golf (1984 video game)
• Gradius (video game)
• Mario Bros.
• Mega Man 2
• Mega Man 3
• Metroid (video game)
• NES Open Tournament Golf
• Power Blade
• Pro Wrestling (NES video game)
• Punch-Out!! (NES)
• R.B.I. Baseball
• R.C. Pro-Am
• Rad Racer
• Rockin' Kats
• Rush'n Attack
• Rygar
• Shatterhand
• Solar Jetman
• Super Contra
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Tecmo Bowl
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES video game)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game)
• Tennis (1984 video game)
• The Goonies (Famicom video game)
• Trojan (video game)
• Volleyball (video game)
• Wild Gunman
• Yo! Noid

Video games directed by Shigeru Miyamoto

• Devil World
• Donkey Kong (1981 video game)
• Donkey Kong 3
• Donkey Kong Jr.
• Duck Hunt
• Excitebike
• Hogan's Alley (video game)
• Kung-Fu Master (video game)
• Mario Bros.
• Popeye (video game)
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario All-Stars
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
• Super Mario Run
• The Legend of Zelda (video game)
• Wild Gunman

Video games scored by Hirokazu Tanaka

• Balloon Fight
• Balloon Kid
• Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
• Baseball (1983 video game)
• Donkey Kong 3
• Dr. Mario
• Duck Hunt
• EarthBound
• Famicom Wars
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
• Golf (1984 video game)
• Gumshoe (video game)
• Heli Fire
• Hogan's Alley (video game)
• Kid Icarus
• Knight Move
• Mario Paint
• Metroid (video game)
• Mother (video game)
• Radar Scope
• Snoopy Concert
• Space Firebird
• Super Mario Land
• Tetris (Game Boy video game)
• Tetris (NES video game)
• Urban Champion
• Wrecking Crew (video game)
• Yakuman (video game)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Hunt

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