Seth Rogen Tweets Amazing ‘Duck Hunt’ Secret That’s Blowing Everyone’s Mind

Talk about a game changer.

Brandon Friederich

Sep 18, 2018

Seth Rogen Paul Rudd Game Promo — Universal Pictures

When the light gun shooter was first released on the NES way back in 1984, it gave players the opportunity to prey on virtual fowl for hours on end while the fabled—and patently annoying—”Laughing Dog” mocked any missed shots.

Fast-forward nearly a quarter-century, and Seth Rogen has dropped a game-changing factoid that many aren’t aware of—even if they owned a copy of Duck Hunt.

“Hot tip that’s 25 years late but I didn’t have Twitter back then,” Rogen wrote. “In Duck Hunt on Nintendo, the second player controller controlled the duck.”

Hot tip that’s 25 years late but I didn’t have Twitter back then: in Duck Hunt on Nintendo, the second player controller controlled the duck.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 17, 2018

Yes, Duck Hunt is a two-player game.

Me and my sister found this out because I sat on the controller by accident and the duck kept flying to the top right corner.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 17, 2018

“Me and my sister found this out because I sat on the controller by accident and the duck kept flying to the top right corner,” Rogen explained in a response to his original post.

He even verified the mind-blowing claim by tweeting a photo of game’s manual.

pic.twitter.com/vggWIggV2m

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 18, 2018

“One player is the hunter. The other player controls the ducks horizontally and vertically with the controller pad, trying to avoid the hunter’s shots until the sky color changes.”

Apparently, very few of his followers ever bothered to read the instructions. A bewildered Brie Larson responded with the word “WHAT” and an exploding head emoji.

I wish I could have shared this when it was relevant!!!

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 17, 2018

Comedian and Parks and Rec actor Ben Schwartz took the news especially hard, tweeting “I feel sick…”

It’s a lot.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 17, 2018

Others reflected and reminisced about their youth spent playing Duck Hunt.

I…I can feel the dog laughing at me even now

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 18, 2018

This ended at least two friendships in my childhood. But I don't regret anything, I don't want to be friends with someone who couldn't protect us from a couple of zig-zagging ducks. https://t.co/ZgS78r12kj

— Dan Przygoda (@dprzygoda) September 17, 2018

my whole life has been a lie. why why why reveal this now. pandora's box cannot be closed again. https://t.co/chSLU7qs7a

— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) September 17, 2018

To think, all the times I had friends over and we were taking turns and we could have been playing together. If only I had read the instruction booklet… (but who did that back then?) there’s a lesson to be learned here somewhere but I’m too busy watching Trump on the news.

— /Film (@slashfilm) September 18, 2018

this changes everything

— Tony X (@soIoucity) September 18, 2018

I feel like I wasted my childhood https://t.co/R9fBgMbvGA

— Shané Nikolao (@snikolao) September 17, 2018

There’s still a lot of love for Duck Hunt out there. And since you’re probably already brimming with nostalgia for the retro game, here’s nearly an hour of original gameplay.