Gumshoe is a Zapper light-gun game with platforming developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo for the NES. Detective Mr. Stevenson walks forward automatically across four levels while the player uses the Zapper to shoot enemies and obstacles — and shoots Stevenson himself to make him jump — collecting balloons for ammo and five diamonds to ransom his kidnapped daughter.
How To Play Gumshoe
Control
Action
NES Zapper
Aim at the screen
Zapper Trigger
Shoot enemies, obstacles, and balloons; shoot Gumshoe himself to make him jump
Start
Start game / pause
About Gumshoe
Release date
Arcade (NA): May 1986 · NES (NA): August 1986 · NES (EU): May 1988
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