Duck Hunt

if there's one mystery in my life, it's gotta be duck hunt

i mean seriously, how the fuck did they do it?


you've got a shit-assed 8 bit system, a few cables, an orange and grey gun that shoots magic, and any television set under the sun
throw in a smiling dog and you've got yourself a party

but how the fuck did they do it?

how does the tv know when it's been shot, let alone where it's been shot?
how is it possible for the system of such abysmal quality as the original Nintendo able to decipher a message that travels through thin air?
how does it know where the duck is when you shoot the fucking thing?

things like this keep me up at night...