How the Duck Hunt Gun Worked

Re:How the Duck Hunt Gun Worked by haskellandchill on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:31PM (#35141173)

so could it easily be tricked by putting a finger over it and quickly removing it in front of a light? or it's too small of a window to trick? a strobe light could fool it?

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Re:How the Duck Hunt Gun Worked by devilbunny on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:00PM (#35145807)

Have to detect a frame of black before detecting a flash of white. And the white has to be detected on the right raster lines. It's not trivial to fake.

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Re:How the Duck Hunt Gun Worked by Doxin on Thursday March 16, 2023 @07:59AM (#35180813)

There's a timing element to it too. Because CRTs display pixels from top to bottom the timing gives information about the exact location of the hit too, not just a boolean hit/miss.

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