Underplayed Gems

Gumshoe (1986)

Gumshoe cover
Developer
Nintendo R&D1, Nintendo R&D1
Publisher
Nintendo, Nintendo
Platforms
Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres
Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Rating
3.0 of 5, 9 player ratings

How it feels

Blast enemies with your Zapper light gun as a detective racing the clock to rescue a kidnapped girl and find five hidden diamonds.

light gunactionarcade-styledetectivetimedfast-paced

About

Jennifer's been kidnapped! Now's your chance to prove you're a sharp-shooting detective by helping Jennifer's father find the five diamonds that will pay her ransom. You'll use your Zapper light gun to blow away anything that gets in your way. But even with the Zapper, this case will be hard to crack. Because not only are the diamonds hard to find, but you only have 24 hours to find them! What's more, you'll have to think fast and shoot even faster, because ferocious monsters, diving airplanes and hungry man-eating sharks will stop at nothing to prevent you from getting to the diamonds. Think you're a sharp-shooting detective? Well, you better be. Because if you're not, it's curtains for you in this quick-on-the-trigger Nintendo Light Gun game! A direct port of the game was released for the Nintendo VS. System arcade machine in 1987.

Screenshots

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