Editing NES Zapper (section)

==Design==
[[File:Nintendo-Entertainment-System-NES-Zapper-Orange-L.jpg|thumb|The orange design that was released in 1988]]
The Video Shooting Series light gun was designed for [[Famicom]] by [[Gunpei Yokoi]] and [[Satoru Okada]] of [[Nintendo R&D1]],{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} modeled realistically after a [[revolver]].<ref name="FW">{{cite web |title=Video Shooting Series Light Gun |url=https://famicomworld.com/system/controllers/video-shooting-series-light-gun/ |website=Famicom World |quote=And before the NES Zapper light gun, Nintendo released its first official video game light gun called the Video Shooting Series light gun, fashioned like an old West revolver. |access-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=July 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730084905/https://famicomworld.com/system/controllers/video-shooting-series-light-gun/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its technology was based on the light gun toy used in Nintendo Beam Gun toy line, which in turn was based on the [[Colt Single Action Army]] [[revolver]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} The Video Shooting Series light gun is a [[double-action revolver]] with a moving hammer, which is automatically fired with a loud bang when the trigger is pulled without needing to cock the hammer.<ref name="FW"/> 

In North America, it was redesigned as the Zapper by [[Nintendo of America]]'s head designer Lance Barr, to match the NES's color scheme and to resemble a futuristic [[science fiction]] [[ray gun]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} It has a dark gray barrel and grip. In 1988, the Federal Toy Gun Law required that [[toy gun]]s be distinct from real guns,<ref name="Difficult">{{cite news |last1=Bishop |first1=Katherine |title=IDEAS & TRENDS; Legislators Find Even Fake Guns Difficult to Control |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/16/weekinreview/ideas-trends-legislators-find-even-fake-guns-difficult-to.html |access-date=January 22, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 16, 1988 |page=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404104039/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/16/weekinreview/ideas-trends-legislators-find-even-fake-guns-difficult-to.html |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shootings">{{cite news |last1=Strom |first1=Stephanie |title=Shootings Lead Chain to Ban Toy Guns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/15/business/shootings-lead-chain-to-ban-toy-guns.html |access-date=July 27, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=October 15, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526103841/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/15/business/shootings-lead-chain-to-ban-toy-guns.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Uscsub|15|5001}}</ref> so a revised Zapper with an orange barrel and grip was released in the same year.<ref name="Zapper Manual 1989">{{cite book |title=Zapper Manual 1989 |date=1989 |publisher=[[Nintendo of America]] |location=Redmond, Washington |url=https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Zapper%20(1989).pdf |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023130759/https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Zapper%20(1989).pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>