Taken from Straight Dope: “A friend and I were playing Nintendo, the original eight-bit system, and we played Duck Hunt, a game that requires a “light gun.” I was wondering: How exactly does the Nintendo game “know” where you are pointing the gun on the screen when you shoot ducks?!? Very mind-boggling! –Matt”
Cecil replies:
You’re going to give yourself such a smack when you hear this one. Stripped of the high-tech accoutrements (by 1980s standards, anyway), it’s the oldest trick in the book. You think you’re using the gun to shoot at the TV, right? But really the TV is shooting the gun….
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