10/20/2005: Real-life Duck Hunt model

Undertoad · 10-20-2005, 12:20 PM

Half of you will look at this with confusion; the other half will look at it with a warm feeling of happiness...

The confused might not realize that the duck seen there is the Duck Hunt duck, as it was rendered on the original Nintendo game system. The Nintendo was the most popular game console in the mid-80s - in fact, its popularity revived the whole industry - and Duck Hunt came with it. So millions upon millions of kids grew up killing that duck over and over. For those who enjoyed the original Duck Hunt game, the above model is a happy cultural icon, a note of fun of days gone by. (It appears here in a Shockwave version.)

The Duck Hunt game had the feature of a real plastic gun (the guy is holding one) which you could "shoot" at the TV. Nintendo's system was able to recognize the shot and its location, which made the game very interesting at the time. Cool new technology! But this was the mid-1980s, and graphics were all low-resolution... so the duck is as accurate as a duck can be, when you are at 320x200 resolution, or whatever that original Nintendo system had.

The guy above explains, and shows off, his project to recreate the Duck Hunt duck on his Livejournal page. It's a nice project and shows what a "real life pixellation" might produce.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-20-2005, 12:41 PM

That quacks me up.

Undertoad · 10-20-2005, 12:49 PM

Turns out the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had a typical resolution of 256x224 with 256 colors.

Elspode · 10-20-2005, 12:53 PM

Two comments: (1) creative, motivated people like this depress me (2) resolution is *not* the primary factor in determining the play value of a video game. I have a freaking Nintendo emulator on my computer just so I can play RC Madness without having to hook up the ancient console and clean the cartridge contacts first.

wolf · 10-20-2005, 01:08 PM

I don't think (1) really applies.

He's a semi-adult Lego geek. He copied someone else's "artwork." The man's wearing a Marilyn Manson teeshirt at his age, and has a Japanime poster in his living room. The only thing that he has going for him is that since the poster is in the living room, we can posit that he's not still living in his parents house.*

* Unless that's really the basement.

Vegeta · 10-20-2005, 01:10 PM

Why do I get the impression that guy thinks he's much, much cooler than pretty much everyone else thinks he is? Edit: Ah, must be because his default user pic is an animation of him holding up a dildo with a bashful grin, and the caption "wtf mate?"

I wonder when he'll tackle the laughing hound dog in the bushes.

wolf · 10-20-2005, 01:23 PM

That would appear to be a banana, you sicko. Spending too much time in the Sex Thread again, aren't you!

Elspode · 10-20-2005, 03:08 PM

I still say that's some creative Lego work, even if he plundered it from videogame, prepixellated artwork.

No one complained about the Lego Escher stuff...

Happy Monkey · 10-20-2005, 03:17 PM

Note - It's not Lego. It's made of wooden cubes.

Lizsun · 10-20-2005, 04:33 PM

I think I'd keep the guy for a pet and let the duck go free.

ME-Liz

http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

barefoot serpent · 10-20-2005, 05:14 PM

anybody seen my duckcall?

wah · 10-20-2005, 07:31 PM

I'll tell you what, there's nothing like duck hunting...<a href="http://doom3.filefront.com/file/Duck_DOOM;46598">with the chaingun</a>

Vegeta · 10-20-2005, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

That would appear to be a banana, you sicko. Spending too much time in the Sex Thread again, aren't you!

Right you are. >_< I didn't see the yellow before, and in my defense, once I saw it loop a couple times, I had no desire to look any closer.

Although, now that I realize it is only a banana, that somehow makes it even creepier.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2005, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Unless that's really the basement.

Looks like a student apartment, to me.

Nothing But Net · 10-21-2005, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

anybody seen my duckcall?

Ducks suck.

We are hunting mammals!

10-20-2005, 12:20 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/20/2005: Real-life Duck Hunt model Half of you will look at this with confusion; the other half will look at it with a warm feeling of happiness... The confused might not realize that the duck seen there is the Duck Hunt duck, as it was rendered on the original Nintendo game system. The Nintendo was the most popular game console in the mid-80s - in fact, its popularity revived the whole industry - and Duck Hunt came with it. So millions upon millions of kids grew up killing that duck over and over. For those who enjoyed the original Duck Hunt game, the above model is a happy cultural icon, a note of fun of days gone by. (It appears here in a Shockwave version.) The Duck Hunt game had the feature of a real plastic gun (the guy is holding one) which you could "shoot" at the TV. Nintendo's system was able to recognize the shot and its location, which made the game very interesting at the time. Cool new technology! But this was the mid-1980s, and graphics were all low-resolution... so the duck is as accurate as a duck can be, when you are at 320x200 resolution, or whatever that original Nintendo system had. The guy above explains, and shows off, his project to recreate the Duck Hunt duck on his Livejournal page. It's a nice project and shows what a "real life pixellation" might produce.

10-20-2005, 12:41 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That quacks me up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-20-2005, 12:53 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Two comments: (1) creative, motivated people like this depress me (2) resolution is not the primary factor in determining the play value of a video game. I have a freaking Nintendo emulator on my computer just so I can play RC Madness without having to hook up the ancient console and clean the cartridge contacts first. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-20-2005, 01:08 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't think (1) really applies. He's a semi-adult Lego geek. He copied someone else's "artwork." The man's wearing a Marilyn Manson teeshirt at his age, and has a Japanime poster in his living room. The only thing that he has going for him is that since the poster is in the living room, we can posit that he's not still living in his parents house.* * Unless that's really the basement. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-20-2005, 01:10 PM	#6
Vegeta As far beyond mutants as they beyond you Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: United States Posts: 52	Why do I get the impression that guy thinks he's much, much cooler than pretty much everyone else thinks he is? Edit: Ah, must be because his default user pic is an animation of him holding up a dildo with a bashful grin, and the caption "wtf mate?" I wonder when he'll tackle the laughing hound dog in the bushes. Last edited by Vegeta; 10-20-2005 at 01:14 PM.

10-20-2005, 12:49 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Turns out the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had a typical resolution of 256x224 with 256 colors.

10-20-2005, 01:23 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That would appear to be a banana, you sicko. Spending too much time in the Sex Thread again, aren't you! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-20-2005, 03:08 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I still say that's some creative Lego work, even if he plundered it from videogame, prepixellated artwork. No one complained about the Lego Escher stuff... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-20-2005, 03:17 PM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Note - It's not Lego. It's made of wooden cubes. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-20-2005, 04:33 PM	#10
Lizsun Complex Simpleton Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18	I think I'd keep the guy for a pet and let the duck go free. ME-Liz http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

10-20-2005, 05:14 PM	#11
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	anybody seen my duckcall?

10-20-2005, 07:31 PM	#12
wah Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	I'll tell you what, there's nothing like duck hunting...<a href="http://doom3.filefront.com/file/Duck_DOOM;46598">with the chaingun</a>

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