 The first Laser Clay Shooting System was unveiled to the public in early 1973, despite technical setbacks which were fixed "in extremis" on the same day it was unveiled.Nintendo proceeded to buy out deserted bowling alleys in various strategic locations, in which they were fitted with the simulation system.Costing between and  million to install, each system included overhead projectors which displayed airborne targets behind a mountainous or forest landscape, and a mechanism that consisted of reflections which detected whether or not the "laser shot" hit the flying target on the projector.