<s>
The	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
( レーザークレー射撃システム	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooting	O
simulation	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
consisted	O
of	O
an	O
overhead	B-Device
projector	I-Device
which	O
displayed	O
moving	O
targets	O
behind	O
a	O
background	O
;	O
players	O
would	O
fire	O
at	O
the	O
targets	O
with	O
a	O
rifle	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
mechanism	O
of	O
reflections	O
would	O
determine	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
"	O
laser	O
shot	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
rifle	O
hit	O
the	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
behind	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
came	O
from	O
Hiroshi	O
Yamauchi	O
,	O
while	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
was	O
behind	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
deserted	O
bowling	B-Application
alleys	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1973	O
;	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1974	O
,	O
Yamauchi	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
revive	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
released	O
a	O
smaller	O
,	O
cheaper	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
titled	O
"	O
Mini	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
was	O
a	O
shooting	O
simulation	O
that	O
were	O
present	O
in	O
many	O
former	O
bowling	B-Application
alleys	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
simulation	O
,	O
players	O
fire	O
their	O
laser	O
rifles	O
at	O
moving	O
targets	O
produced	O
by	O
an	O
overhead	B-Device
projector	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
was	O
redesigned	O
in	O
1974	O
and	O
was	O
renamed	O
"	O
Mini	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
displayed	O
in	O
arcades	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
bowling	B-Application
alleys	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
Game	O
started	O
in	O
1971	O
,	O
when	O
Hiroshi	O
Yamauchi	O
read	O
a	O
newspaper	O
article	O
about	O
shooting	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
Ball	O
Trap	O
"	O
)	O
competitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assisting	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
were	O
Masayuki	B-Application
Uemura	I-Application
and	O
Genyo	O
Takeda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
approved	O
in	O
1971	O
and	O
was	O
dubbed	O
the	O
"	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamauchi	O
wanted	O
to	O
see	O
shooting	O
simulations	O
developed	O
in	O
deserted	O
bowling	B-Application
alleys	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
;	O
bowling	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
was	O
a	O
1960s	O
fad	O
which	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Karaoke	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
that	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
early	O
1973	O
,	O
despite	O
technical	O
setbacks	O
which	O
were	O
fixed	O
in	O
extremis	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
it	O
was	O
unveiled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
proceeded	O
to	O
buy	O
out	O
deserted	O
bowling	B-Application
alleys	I-Application
in	O
various	O
strategic	O
locations	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
were	O
fitted	O
with	O
the	O
simulation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costing	O
between	O
and	O
million	O
to	O
install	O
,	O
each	O
system	O
included	O
overhead	B-Device
projectors	I-Device
which	O
displayed	O
airborne	O
targets	O
behind	O
a	O
mountainous	O
or	O
forest	O
landscape	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
mechanism	O
that	O
consisted	O
of	O
reflections	O
which	O
detected	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
"	O
laser	O
shot	O
"	O
hit	O
the	O
flying	O
target	O
on	O
the	O
projector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February1973	O
,	O
with	O
imminent	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
Yamauchi	O
established	O
a	O
new	O
Nintendo	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
Leisure	O
System	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
maintenance	O
and	O
orders	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
continued	O
to	O
buy	O
out	O
more	O
former	O
bowling	B-Application
alleys	I-Application
and	O
fitted	O
them	O
with	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
subsidiary	O
had	O
many	O
pre-orders	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertising	O
for	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
featured	O
Japanese	O
actor	O
and	O
martial	O
artist	O
Sonny	O
Chiba	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
received	O
cancellation	O
requests	O
of	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
from	O
its	O
clients	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
nearly	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
orders	O
were	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1974	O
,	O
as	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
had	O
still	O
maintained	O
some	O
popularity	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Yamauchi	O
redesigned	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
into	O
a	O
smaller	O
and	O
cheaper	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
dubbed	O
it	O
"	O
Mini	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1974	O
,	O
Wild	B-Application
Gunman	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
Wild	B-Application
Gunman	I-Application
,	O
Nintendo	O
designed	O
an	O
adult	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
Fascination	O
;	O
instead	O
of	O
cowboys	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
featured	O
a	O
Swedish	O
woman	O
in	O
an	O
evening	O
dress	O
who	O
would	O
dance	O
around	O
on	O
the	O
projection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wild	B-Application
Gunman	I-Application
and	O
Shooting	O
Trainer	O
were	O
distributed	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
1976	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
sources	O
say	O
that	O
Duck	B-Application
Hunt	I-Application
(	O
1976	O
)	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
while	O
others	O
say	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Nintendo	O
Beam	O
Gun	O
Series	O
"	O
–	O
a	O
separate	O
project	O
to	O
bring	O
shooting	O
simulations	O
into	O
the	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Gizmodo	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
revamping	O
of	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
several	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
games	O
were	O
the	O
among	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	O
games	O
of	O
1976	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
Sky	O
Hawk	O
,	O
Mini	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
and	O
Wild	B-Application
Gunman	I-Application
being	O
the	O
fourth	O
,	O
fifth	O
and	O
sixth	O
highest	O
electro-mechanical	O
games	O
(	O
EM	O
games	O
)	O
,	O
respectively	O
(	O
below	O
Namco	O
's	O
F-1	B-Application
,	O
TOGO	O
's	O
Mogura	O
Taiji	O
and	O
Sega	O
's	O
Group	O
Skill	O
Diga	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Shooting	O
Trainer	O
and	O
Laser	O
Clay	O
were	O
the	O
sixth	O
and	O
seventh	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	O
EM	O
games	B-Application
of	I-Application
1977	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
and	O
among	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
top	O
three	O
shooters	O
(	O
below	O
Namco	O
's	O
Shoot	O
Away	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Wild	B-Application
Gunman	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
arcade	O
machines	O
at	O
the	O
AMOA	O
1976	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Shooting	O
Trainer	O
was	O
the	O
17th	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
1977	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Play	O
Meter	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
third	O
highest	O
electro-mechanical	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
(	O
below	O
Namco	O
's	O
F-1	B-Application
and	O
Allied	O
Leisure	O
's	O
Daytona	O
500	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
