Lawl Mart’s Duck Hunt, an iPhone and iPod touch game that has been available at the App Store has been removed from the App Store, which alleged copyright infringement.

Released in mid-January, Duck Hunt made it through Apple’s App Store vetting process and was available for purchase for 99 cents at the App Store. The game copies a title that Nintendo originally released for the original Nintendo Entertainment System in the 80’s, and was one of the early supporters of their light gun device, the Zapper.

Lawl Mart stayed true to the formula, using a graphics motif, sound and music that practically copied the original Nintendo game. And Nintendo noticed, requesting Apple to pull the game from the store.

Nintendo’s position is understandable, but at the same time: it’s a 25 year old game. Would it really hurt Nintendo to have the game up there?

Mansfield indicated that the Duck Hunt game for the iPhone would be reworked and updated to remove the graphics and sound that irked Nintendo, while still trying to take “as much inspiration from the original as possible.”