erac | 78 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 https://castlemaniagames.com/products/hyper-blaster-hd-for-duck-hunt™-compatible-with-nes® Hyperkin's Zapper clone is for sale starting today, 24.99$ and coming with a patching adapter for Duck Hunt (top-loaders only). Good news for Zapper fans and brewers alike, now that there's a widely available LCD-compatible gun, you'll likely see patches for games enabling them to work with LCD lag. Also makes new homebrew possible that works on TVs people are likely to own. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Also, only works with the SMB/Duck Hunt combo cart for now. Still super excited for my son to experience Duck Hunt though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Buy the looks of it, I'd like for anyone who gets this to crack it open and see if the internal hardware is designed in such a way that you could reshell this thing with an original zapper shell. Also, there's a reason why they gave the cart converter an outer shell but HUGE bonus points if you can take that thing apart and put the guts within a Game Genie. That's doubtful but maybe... that would be super cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmikace | 68 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I hope they make one for the Master System. I really enjoy Gangster Town and would get it just for that game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono1874 | 144 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 This is nicely priced for what you get. Hopefully it springs ROM hackers into making the rest of the games compatable too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teh_Lurv | 254 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I'm really curious how this product pulls off lightgun support. From what I understand already the adapter injects code while Duck Hunt is running, I'm wondering how it handles all the varying ranges of input lag across HDTVs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln | 230 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) The adapter was a Kickstarter by someone else a while ago wasn't it? Did hyperkin buy them out or steal the idea? And psa for anyone interested, there's a guy who put out rom patches for most of the zapper games, which you can use on a flash cart/repro. Edit: I looked it up. It's "modern mallard" from July 2018. It didn't get funded. It was an adapter board for dh and replacement zapper internals. I'd say there's a good chance hyperkin's thing is a continuation of that project. Edited December 16, 2019 by Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,399 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 It's not a product for me, but damn the $25 price tag on such a weird and niche piece of vintage gaming tech is pretty sweet. I remember the Kickstarter was something ridiculous like well over $100, which in a world of Analogues and Framemeisters is sort of the price I expect with enthusiast-made inventions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 It would be nice if this worked with the LCDMOD project that has already pre-patched all the zapper games to work on the NES if you're using like one of those LED based Tomee Zap Guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I wonder if you can use it with patched games other than Duck Hunt on a powerpak or everdrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erac | 78 Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 It very likely works with the LCDMOD and similar patches on a flashcart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,719 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I use a crt, this isn't relevant to me, hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 5 hours ago, erac said: It very likely works with the LCDMOD and similar patches on a flashcart. Yup it's what I'd like to know since I brought it up. Hopefully someone feels the need to experiment and confirm it as I'd buy that to play Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 If you're using the LCDMOD patch, why not just use the Tomee Zapp Gun at a third of the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,930 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Seen a lot of reports online about that gun being very hit and miss out of the box. I've been trying for a lot of months (basically throughout this year) to find one locally and I either can't find one at all or I just miss it. I don't want to go through potential multiple returns ordering it online. Apparently the build quality on Tomee(no shock there) is very sketchy quality wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 41 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Seen a lot of reports online about that gun being very hit and miss out of the box. I've been trying for a lot of months (basically throughout this year) to find one locally and I either can't find one at all or I just miss it. I don't want to go through potential multiple returns ordering it online. Apparently the build quality on Tomee(no shock there) is very sketchy quality wise. It's just that the compatibility is better than the original Zapper with the LCDMOD. To be honest, I don't expect the Hyperkin gun to be that much better. Most of that $25 is probably in the adapter and the patch. I figure if you are already using the LCDMOD on an Everdrive, why bother with an adapter you're not going to use? The Hyperkin model is clearly for those who want to use their original SMB/DH cartridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,005 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Does it come with the duck game they're playing on the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erac | 78 Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Tulpa said: It's just that the compatibility is better than the original Zapper with the LCDMOD. To be honest, I don't expect the Hyperkin gun to be that much better. Most of that $25 is probably in the adapter and the patch. I figure if you are already using the LCDMOD on an Everdrive, why bother with an adapter you're not going to use? The Hyperkin model is clearly for those who want to use their original SMB/DH cartridges. The reports on the Tomee gun's compatibility vary, I do expect this to support current TVs better. Would be nice if they sold just the gun for homebrew and patched games yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 955 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Tanooki said: Seen a lot of reports online about that gun being very hit and miss out of the box. I've been trying for a lot of months (basically throughout this year) to find one locally and I either can't find one at all or I just miss it. I don't want to go through potential multiple returns ordering it online. Apparently the build quality on Tomee(no shock there) is very sketchy quality wise. https://brickseek.com It's about to be 2020, get with the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, Code Monkey said: Does it come with the duck game they're playing on the box? I hope so. It apparently is in 3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, erac said: The reports on the Tomee gun's compatibility vary, I do expect this to support current TVs better. Would be nice if they sold just the gun for homebrew and patched games yeah. I dunno, it's Hyperkin. They're not exactly the last word in compatibility. I do love the fact that they admit this thing isn't compatible with their own Retron 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erac | 78 Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 14 hours ago, Mega Tank said: https://brickseek.com It's about to be 2020, get with the times. Not him, but that site gives me a captcha to view it. Aka "hell no", I'm not clicking several minutes of crossroads, thank you very much - it's about to be 2020, get with the times brickseek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 955 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 2 hours ago, erac said: Not him, but that site gives me a captcha to view it. Aka "hell no", I'm not clicking several minutes of crossroads, thank you very much - it's about to be 2020, get with the times brickseek. Really? I have just used the search bar with no need for Captcha. Maybe too many bots have been flooding them to find items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Mega Tank said: Really? I have just used the search bar with no need for Captcha. Maybe too many bots have been flooding them to find items? One thing I've noticed is that with the right ad blocker in place, a lot of Captcha stuff either doesn't appear for me or just accepts that I'm human (presumably because bots aren't trying to block ads). Maybe that's why you're not running into the situation where others are? Could also potentially be browser credentials causing a similar situation (bots identify as x, y, and z, but never a so a gets a pass, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erac | 78 Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh_FwTKY8Ss MadLittlePixel reviews one. Appears he got a defective one. Edited January 5, 2020 by erac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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