Dirty Harry (1990 video game)

Dirty Harry

Cover art of Dirty Harry
Developer(s) Gray Matter Inc.
Publisher(s) Mindscape[1]
Designer(s) Chris Gray[1]
Ed Zolnieryk[1]
Composer(s) Steven Samler[1]
Elliot Delman[1]
Platform(s) NES[1]
Release
Genre(s) Action[1]
Mode(s) Single player

Dirty Harry is a 1990 video game based on the Dirty Harry film franchise starring Clint Eastwood. Though the game is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs", nowhere on the box or in the game does it state that subtitle.

Story

Harry Callahan is a San Francisco police detective who rarely follows police protocol. A powerful drug lord known as The Anaconda has created a burgeoning drug-smuggling operation by recruiting all of San Francisco's drug gangs. Harry must crack the case and take down the kingpin himself on Alcatraz.[2]

Gameplay

The game is a side-scroller in which players must guide Dirty Harry throughout San Francisco. He wears a blue suit, although it can be exchanged for a white suit. He wields his signature .44 magnum, and players have the ability to draw the weapon without actually firing it. Most notable, in reference to real-life handguns, the .44 also exhibits a recoil effect when fired. Other weapons consist of LAWs rockets, harpoon guns, and explosive remote-controlled cars. When injured, Harry's health can be restored by eating chili dogs.

The game is also notorious for having a room where if Harry enters it, he will be unable to leave it, as the exit is replaced with the words, "Ha, ha, ha!", perhaps as a sadistic trick played by the developers. The only way to escape the room is to reset.

Music

The music in Dirty Harry was composed by Steven Samler and Elliot Delman. The music was composed using Digital Performer for the Macintosh. Not only were the composers given credit in the game and the instruction manual, but also the back of the game's box, which is the only NES game that had that.

Film references

The game incorporates several references to the film series.[3] The game uses digitized speech to deliver both of Harry's famous lines: Make my day, and I know what you're thinking... The showdown occurs on Alcatraz island.[4] Also, the password for infinite lives (CLYDE) is a reference to Clyde the Orangutan from Every Which Way but Loose, and the password for level 2 is Misty, a reference to Play Misty for Me, both non-Dirty Harry films starring Clint Eastwood.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. ↑ http://www.the-dirtiest.com/manual.htm
  3. ↑ "Basic game summary". Neoseeker. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  4. ↑ "Advanced game summary". The Dirtiest. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
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