Released in 1984, it was a concept devised in the seventies, refined to take advantage of an iconic Nintendo peripheral - the NES Zapper. As far back as the thirties, there were arcade - in the original, pre-video game arcade sense of the word - games that had light guns and electronic sensors to allow for virtual shooting.Īmong the most influential NES games of the eighties was Duck Hunt. We’ve been putting guns in games since long before the first digital microprocessors were invented. Whether it’s a side-scrolling blaster like Contra, or something three-dimensional like Unreal Tournament, gun games have been a major component in the total games sold each year, every year. If drama is conflict, video games like that drama expressed through firearms! Guns… Lots of Guns

Over the years, there have been thousands of games featuring guns of some sort. Gun games are a staple of video game lineups.