I loved Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting as a kid! It’s a title that history has kind of forgotten, which is a shame because it was a fun one and from what I recall pretty challenging at times.
Nice list . However I was aware that there's 18 games total for the NES zapper . But still very helpful and interesting nonetheless !!! Good video fortefyre!!!
That story about the dog reminded me of my dad's dog that got him kicked out of the shooting range because it was voice activated and he kept barking and the clay pigeons kept flying everywhere. People were swearing and it was mass chaos lol. Btw, Bayou Billy still has me with PTSD because it was so freaking hard
Here's some you missed: 2 in 1 - Cosmocop + Cyber Monster; 2 in 1 - Tough Cop + Super Tough Cop; City Patrolman; Hit Marmot; Lethal Weapon (port of Lethal Enforcers); Russian Roulette; Shoot the Goof; Super 4 in 1 Fantasy Gun (Abyss of Gloom; City Adventure; Fantasy of Gun; Space Fight of Gun); Bar Room Shootout; Falling Tiles; Fruit Shinobi; Panesian Power; ZapPing; Zombie Zap.
Bayou Billy is interesting because we see that shift where we started getting harder games in the states. For awhile, we mostly got easier versions of stuff because of the stigma of not being able to handle difficult games. Companies started ramping up difficulty in our versions to counter the rental industry. It was basically "Fine, lets see you kids try to beat THIS fuckin game in a weekend!"
I'm familiar with NES peripherals, but my knowledge is mainly based on RU-vid videos. I didn't know much about NES Zapper titles, which were new to me. In Japan, children lived in a limited area of the school district and did not need to spend any effort at all to meet with friends or go to the neighborhood game arcade. This did not motivate them to go out of their way to play sports that could be played at a game center or in the park with friends on a home video game console. Basically, it was customary at the time to port arcade games to home consoles, but no matter how hard you tried, it was only a degraded port due to the limitations of hardware performance. Children at that time clearly separated the games they wanted to play between arcade games and those they wanted to play at home or at friends' houses. The timing of the release of peripheral devices and their compatibility also had something to do with the difference in popularity between Japan and the U.S. I think the FAMICOM peripherals that became popular in Japan were the Datach and the Joy Card. Such peripherals were especially popular with Japanese children at the time, because of Carddas, Food Toys, or the shooting game caravan boom led by Takahashi Meijin. Then came the SFC Super Scope, mouse, Satellaview, and other peripherals, but their popularity was not that great. There is a difference in experience about peripherals as well. Thanks for the very interesting video.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a Satellaview or a subscription myself at the time, so I could only watch my friend's brother playing Mario Paint and Kirby's something* at a friend's house. *I looked it up and found out that it was called Kirby's Toy Box. I was in a different room, so I couldn't see the game screen very well, but the combined body design was just needless to say. Even in Japan, there were rumors just for having a Satellaview for a while, but it didn't last long after all lol
Yes, Indeed. Looking back, I think Nintendo wasn't wrong in their foresight, as several peripherals and experiential gameplay that have appeared in the past have been fully utilized in online sales (archives), Wii remote control, etc.
Good video. Didn't think there were so many lightgun games for the NES. Also appreciate that you covered newer homebrew stuff, an area that deserves to get more attention.
Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley were great Zapper games. To The Earth was not,there was no indication where you were aiming and you missed the enemy ships way too much,making a frustrating game.
I spent most of my life in Baton Rouge closer to Prarieville, so..the shoelace where it gets bunched up and politically confused :P. Most of my family is up in the northeast by Monroe or in the extreme south by Houma.
It looks like all the better games were done in the style of Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley... games were you only got so many shots within a given time period... all resulting in less screen flashing.
