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Duck Hunt

Using your 12 GA. Shotgun, sitting in your blind, you'll have to call in the Ducks. As wave after wave of Ducks come in, you'll have to blow 'em out of the sky !!! Beautiful 256 Color Graphics, and full Duck…

31 December 1993

Duck Hunt is an adventure developed by Alligator Software, released 31 December 1993 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Duck Hunt is

Duck Hunt is an adventure game developed by Alligator Software and released in 1993. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Using your 12 GA. Shotgun, sitting in your blind, you'll have to call in the Ducks. As wave after wave of Ducks come in, you'll have to blow 'em out of the sky !!! Beautiful 256 Color Graphics, and full Duck flying animation along with realistic hunting sounds ! Many levels of play, and 11 MIDI music files included.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Duck Hunt launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Duck Hunt come out?
Duck Hunt was released on 31 December 1993 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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