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Nintendo busts a cap in iPhone Duck Hunt

February 5th, 2009 by Justin McElroy

Nintendo’s lawyers have finally done what countless children of the ’80s only dreamed of: silenced the maniacal, mocking laughter of the Duck Hunt dog. … Or at least they’ve quieted the canine on iPhones, having a clone of the classic removed from the App Store after only a month of availability.

Let this serve as a reminder to all who might try a similar stunt … there’s only room for one company in this industry to coast on the past successes of Nintendo.

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