Hyperkin Hyper Blaster HD for Duck Hunt compatible with NES

Hyperkin Hyper Blaster HD light gun for Duck Hunt NES does work.I ordered this being skeptical that it would work on modern flat screen TV given all the reviews on the product online.But out of the box to my surprise, it functioned as intended and works pretty well on my Samsung 4K TV.Important facts I must point out, I used this Hyperkin Hyper Blaster with the Hyperkin RetroN 1 HD Gaming Console and used the HDMI cable that came with it.Set light gun to middle position and plugged controller on the left side and Hyper Blaster on right Used Super Mario Bros/ Duck Hunt Version REV-A.Also want to mention it came with Hyperkin Hyper Blaster HD Adapter For RetroN 2 HD/ RetroN 3 HD included, which is great if you have a RetroN 2 or 3 HD Console.I don’t know how it works on a RetroN 2-3 HD Console But works well with Hyperkin RetroN 1 HD Gaming Console.It is really fun to be able to play Duck Hunt NES with the kids and brings back retro shooting fun.

Ssss ssss ss Sss S Sss sss SSS ssssss SSSSSSSSSSSSSThe above is not much of a review, but then again, this is not much of a product. It "works only with the specific Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt" cartridge, and then, not really very well at all with that, if at all. I was sold this product by a local retailer who indicated it would work with 'any of the shooting games' and then promptly went home and ordered a unit for my brother as well, without reading the fine print. Yes, that is on the retailer for lying and on me for not reading the description, but, that's also partly due to the fact that it is fairly unbelievable that there would be something current for sale that only works on one specific 40 year old game which was probably the worst light-gun game ever made, and not with any other games that would normally work with the original zapper. I guess if you happen to have a Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge lying around and want to play it and hit every target without even aiming to impress your friends, this is a good investment. But, if you own the triplicate cartridge, or, the single game cartridge, or any other light gun game, you just bought yourself a shiny blue paperweight.Ssss ss sssss sssssssssss SSSSSS

The only way to get this to work is to take the board out of the cartridge. I did this by drilling out the screws if you have regular screws you can unscrew it easy. The board is way smaller then the actual cartridge is. The hardest part it being patient with sticking your fingers inside moving it around to get the connection to work. Once it’s in put it on the lowest setting on the bottom of the gun pull it all the way toward you. Then it has to be dark and pause the game. Then with the D pad up and down and side to side changes the delay number 5.3 worked best for a lcd 50in at the 6ft mark. How this helps.

I received a returned product. The original tape seal was restuck under the flap like you would do when you're opening a device for the first time.The adapter doesn't work, and I can't be sure that it would have if i'd received an unopened product.I have an original NES in mint condition. And I still have a 30" CRT that I can play it on, and everything works fine, so I have a reference point here.The cartridge adapter that comes with this gun doesn't seem to be a tight fit. I suspect this was done on purpose, so that it doesn't get stuck inside the deck.But you can't have loose contacts with this system, that's why they have rebuild connector kits for the NES decks, because it gets loose over time.After a half hour of messing with the adapter, I gave up.So I took the light gun, and connected it to my my deck without the adapter, and I was able to play Duck Hunt with it just fine.So it's not the gun, it's the adapter, and I was not able to get it to work at all. At no point was it ever trying to connect the game to the system.

It's an interesting product, but if you don't already have a Retron/Top load NES or the DH game not sure it's worth all the investment. Keep in mind, it only works with ONE game. The light gun itself feels good, has a long cord, and satisfying trigger click. The cartridge (delay modifier) adapter is a little wonky when installed.I thought this product was a dud at first, but after reading, calibrating, more reading, and more calibrating it sorta works. Things that worked for me on an old ~27" Sony LCD, Retron 2 HD, and shooting from 5-6ft away: Make sure your TV is bright enough, I had it in Cinema mode and that didn't work at all. Make sure the room is not too bright. I could not get the included cable dongle to work with the Retron 2 it just kept triggering the fire button. No idea why they said you need this in the manual, but skipped using that. Delay calibration is super finicky! Just .1 delay one way or the other makes a difference. I found the the sweet spot (for me) around 1.7-2.2. Once you find your "sweet spot" test going up/down .1 until you get the best results detecting hits. The easiest method I found was to get it out of detecting hits and slowly work the delay setting until it was registering good hits again. Otherwise it will record a duck hit anywhere you shoot at the screen. It's still not perfect, especially when doing two duck mode, but people commenting they shoot anywhere and it still registers a hit probably don't have the delay calibrated correctly.Remember you can adjust the delay when pausing the game, you don't have to go back to the main menu. I haven't found the slide switch on the gun making much difference yet, but have it all the way forward. It seems to help compensate for the brightness of the room. Be interesting to see if a larger TV would be easier to calibrate, but I use this older small LCD for my retro stuff. Will do more testing...I think most people would find this required manual calibration process tedious especially if your room conditions change throughout the day (more light, reflections, etc.) and you probably need to start the calibrating process all over. But if you have the patience and have the required equipment already, the light gun isn't an expensive addon even if it's just for the novelty of playing a little Duck Hunt.