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Gotcha! The Sport!

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A Zapper game where you capture the enemy flag in paintball battles across three zones.

Gotcha! The Sport! was developed by Sanritsu and published by LJN for the NES in 1987; it was not an arcade conversion, so the NES version is the original release.


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Released
1987
Perspective
1st-person, Side view
Size
64.02 KB
Rating
0 votes

About Gotcha! The Sport!

Gotcha! - The Sport! is a Nintendo Entertainment System game that uses the Zapper light gun. Its concept is derived from paintball, referencing a film with a similar theme. Players engage in a capture the flag scenario across three distinct environments.

Movement along the field is managed with the D-Pad on a standard controller, requiring one hand for the Zapper and another for the controller. The objective involves retrieving the opponent's flag and returning safely to your own base. A key strategic element is preventing the computer team from capturing your flag and scoring, which can be done by tagging the enemy carrier.

The experience is structured as a challenging score attack with no allies or power-ups, only occasional ammunition resupplies. Three difficulty settings modify enemy count and responsiveness. The game cycles through its woodland, urban, and snowy zones repeatedly until the player exhausts their lives, with each cycle increasing the opposition's effectiveness.

Gotcha! The Sport! Screenshots

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Title Screen
Level selection
Woods level against camo'ed enemies
Sniper in the trees!
Bloodless gunplay
The local street gang is always up for some paintball.
Successful capture!
Tagged enemies drop their guns and walk off the field.
That tree can't save you!