For people who don’t get it: Duck Hunt was the most popular game that used the NES zapper. The way it worked was when the trigger was pulled, the screen went black for a split second except for a square of white. The zapper read the screen to see if it was aiming at the square and that determined if you hit your target. It only worked on CRT TV screens.
Honest people played as intended - standing at a distance, using the zapper like you would a gun.
Dishonest people would hold the zapper right up to the TV.
Chaotic people would just point the zapper at something producing white light (like a lamp) and fire away, technically never missing.
I’d suggest getting too excited about shooting the dog is a different kind of personality test. I’m pretty much convinced the whole game is designed to root out the sick among us.
For people who don’t get it: Duck Hunt was the most popular game that used the NES zapper. The way it worked was when the trigger was pulled, the screen went black for a split second except for a square of white. The zapper read the screen to see if it was aiming at the square and that determined if you hit your target. It only worked on CRT TV screens.
Honest people played as intended - standing at a distance, using the zapper like you would a gun.
Dishonest people would hold the zapper right up to the TV.
Chaotic people would just point the zapper at something producing white light (like a lamp) and fire away, technically never missing.
I never actually understood how the zapper worked, thanks for the little summary.
That was a little simplified, but mostly correct.
https://youtu.be/V6XnSvB34y8
The pointing at a light source doesn’t work in every situation, and a lot of games had multiple targets.
You can see how it works in this 6 minute SlowMoGuys video.
I wanna try the chaos option.
And people with good aim and a sense of humor always left their last shot for the dog.
I’d suggest getting too excited about shooting the dog is a different kind of personality test. I’m pretty much convinced the whole game is designed to root out the sick among us.