5 Grand for a SNES?!

[NJRoadfan]

Originally Posted by AiboPet

The "zapper" (the little gun that comes with the NES)...somehow does not at all like the picture on a flat screen, no matter what contrast or brightness. I've ONLY been able to shoot the flying ducks in Duck Hunt when the NES is on a CRT. I have not tried playing this same game on a B/W crt yet...because most my b/w crt sets are 5" sets.

I got GOOD and TIRED of seeing that EFFING laughing dog....and put the NES back on a 9" Sharp CRT set....and it suddenly worked again :-P

The light gun's principle of operation requires a CRT. The gun literally can't see the targets on a plasma or LCD set! Input lag on modern displays certainly doesn't help matters either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_gun