Triple Hunt

Triple Hunt
Developer(s)Atari
Publisher(s)Atari
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1977
Genre(s)potentiometer calibrated gun
Mode(s)One player mode

Triple Hunt is a shooter-style arcade game developed by Atari and released in April 1977.[1] Triple Hunt's main feature is its mounted light gun, which is used to shoot at the screen on a separate cabinet.[2] Each Triple Hunt unit houses three changeable games; Witch Hunt, Hit The Bear, and Raccoon Hunt. The game graphics are displayed over the background graphics, and when a monitor mask is placed on the screen, the graphics 'disappear' behind the mask. Since the gun is light operated, the shots would not go through the mask, and did not count.[3] It was first introduced at the Third Annual Distributor Meeting banquet on March 22, 1977.[4]

  1. ^ "Triple Hunt". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ^ Mark J. P. Wolf (2007). The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 40. ISBN 978-0313338687.
  3. ^ Rubin, Owen. "Triple Hunt - 1977 Atari Inc". Atari Museum. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Triple Hunt". Arcade History. Retrieved 5 December 2012.