Duck Hunting Games
Duck Hunting Games
Duck Hunting Games
Sometimes there is nothing better than putting away the duck call and making for some quality time at home. Nothing is better than getting behind the joystick of your favorite gaming system and heading out for a quick duck hunt. The great part about duck hunting video games is that they require no clean up, can start and stop at any time of the day and stil allow for taking in most of what the sport is about. Nothing is going to compare to watching the sunrise on your favorite duck hunting slough, but much of the joy can be extracted from a game console. The two most popular duck hunting games involve a classic oldie and a new comer that has many more bells and whistles.
Duck Hunt Game
US $39.99
Designed for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Duck Hunt is a classic game that just about everyone who ever picked up a NES controller played. Along with a pistol like gun you hunted ducks as they were flushed from the cattails by your favorite retriever. If you shot the ducks you got points, and the points awarded were different depending on the color of the bird. One thing that was both memorable and annoying from the game is that your trusty dog would laugh at your if you missed. Funny the first couple of times it occurred, if you were constantly missing the ducks it really became quite an annoyance.
Ultimate Duck Hunting Game
Originally designed for PC use, Ultimate duck hunting is now avaiable for the hottest game system around, the Nintendo Wii. The game really brings duck hunting games into the 21st century. You get to train your dog to go retrieve your downed birds. The game allows for multi player action and you can send your dog to recover your opponents ducks to claim their points. It has six different hunting locales to quench the thirst of any duck hunter. In addition to all of this, the graphics really are on a completely different level than the original duck hunt game. In great color and with 3D images to please the eye, Ultimate Duck Hunting goes the extra mile in terms of eye popping graphics. If you hit the bird right it will even dust the feathers just like in the real world.
As can be seen, duck hunting games have really come a long way over the years. Whether you are looking for a trip down memory lane and the simple pleasure of playing the oringal Duck Hunt, or you are looking for the most updated duck game around Ultimate Duck Hunting you will be pleased that you can spend time in the "duck blind" during the offseason and those days that you just don't have the time to get out in the great outdoors.
