About NerfCenter

NerfCenter went online in 1999 as "the unofficial source for everything Nerf" — one of the first serious Nerf reference sites on the web. Between 1999 and 2001, the TeamNC crew (Andy Grau, Matt Michal, and Andi Hlabse) bought, bench-tested, and reviewed 99 blasters, publishing 127 written reviews along with news coverage of the Kenner/OddzOn/Larami era of Nerf history.

Active updates ended in 2002, but the site never went away. This modern edition preserves every review and measurement exactly as recorded — because nobody is ever again going to chronograph a factory-fresh 1995 Crossbow.

How TeamNC tested blasters

• NCR (NerfCenter Rating) — each reviewer scored the blaster from 0 to 5 "Golden N's"; multi-reviewer scores were averaged.
• TechRating — an objective performance index computed from measured maximum distance, accuracy percentages, and rate of fire. It exists so opinions could be checked against numbers.
• Accuracy — shot at 1×2 ft and 2×4 ft targets from 10, 15, 20, and 25 feet, multiple trials, reported as hit percentages.
• Distance — both maximum (optimal angle) and parallel-to-ground figures, measured with fresh ammo.

Was it scientific by modern hobby standards? It was 1999 and we had a tape measure and a stopwatch. It was also the most rigorous testing publicly available at the time, and the numbers remain internally consistent across all 99 blasters.

The original site

The complete 2001-era site — frames, table layouts, "best viewed in Netscape," all of it — is preserved at /legacy/. It is kept for history; the content you'll find there is the same as in the modern database.

Contact

Email contact@nerfcenter.com. Corrections to historical details are especially welcome.

Legal

NerfCenter is a fan-run reference site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hasbro, Inc. NERF® and all blaster names are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification and review purposes. All reviews and measurements © 1999–2026 TeamNC.