Baby Boomer (video game)

Baby Boomer is a 1989 light gun shooter developed by Color Dreams for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). As the first game released by Color Dreams, its cartridge is not approved or licensed by Nintendo. To bypass the console's 10NES lockout chip, the game uses a distinct baby blue cartridge casing with a voltage-spike circuit. The player uses the Zapper to protect a crawling infant from hazards across scrolling levels that range from suburban backyards to the pits of Hell.

Retrospective reception has been heavily negative, citing broken hit detection, unfair difficulty, and polarized comparisons to Nintendo's early Zapper game, Gumshoe (1986). The A.V. Club ranked it as the worst Zapper game ever released. A sequel titled Baby Boomer 2: 35 Years Too Soon was released in 2024 for modern platforms.