The mythical Zapper It has made news again and not because of receiving a new game. The police of Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, have arrested an individual who robbed a bank at gunpoint, with the surprise that when they came to arrest him after his escape they discovered that in his hands he had the legendary 8-inch console pistol. nintendo bits.
a repeat thief
The history of this thief already accumulated 15 assaults throughout the country, however, this latest robbery was his last intervention. The Hermosillo police managed to capture him, finding among his belongings a curious pistol that immediately caught the attention of the agents. As you can see in the image, the crime weapon was a nintendo zapper, the light gun that debuted in 1984 on the 8-bit console from Nintendo and that our protagonist decided to wrap in black adhesive tape to camouflage his true nature and simulate the appearance of a real weapon. In addition, taking into account that the accessory had an integrated cable, our protagonist seems to have decided to cut his losses by snipping the original cable of the Zapper, giving an even more embarrassing aspect to the matter.
Elements of @Police_HMO They arrested a few minutes ago a person who had just robbed Banamex in Plaza Girasol.
At the time of his arrest, a toy gun was found wrapped in electrical tape and a sports cap used in the robbery. pic.twitter.com/EobidfJXY7– Hermosillo Police (@Policia_HMO) December 18th 2018
The result, although it is hard to believe, was quite fruitful, since all the previous assaults ended in success. The latter too, although the problem came later, since the thief could not escape from the police once he carried out the robbery. How can you cheat with such a gun?
Obviously, the reactions to the event have not been slow to appear:
Unpublished images of the Assault: v pic.twitter.com/kX8OrVPxXO
– Eyvan Torres (@ivanbolo24) December 21th 2018
— Loin of the month (@Ponchesfera) December 21th 2018
A gun with history
The Nintendo NES Zapper is a mythical accessory that has a very important place in the history of Nintendo. It was launched for the first time in Japan in 1984, and it was a revolution in home entertainment, since it allowed you to "shoot" the screen by interacting with a multitude of games, especially highlighting Duck Hunt, where you had to hunt down the ducks that flew over the scene.