Hogan's Alley (video game)
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Hogan's Alley is a light-gun target game that requires the NES Zapper.[1] The game is named after an FBI training ground that itself borrowed the name from an 1895 comic strip.[1][2] It was one of the original 17 launch titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States in 1985.[3]
Making and release
Hogan's Alley was created in 1984 as a standalone arcade cabinet with a light gun peripheral.[1] The game was ported to the Famicom in June 1984.[1] It was the third light gun game on the Famicom, after Wild Gunman and Duck Hunt.[1] The arcade version requires a gun to play.[4]
What the cited sources add
The FBI states they chose the name Hogan's Alley because the rough neighborhood in the original comic strip resembles their training area.[1] Arcangel pried off the graphics chip, rewrote its programming, and soldered it back onto the original cartridge.[5] The arcade version of Hogan's Alley topped the RePlay arcade charts in the United States by November 1985.[6] In Super Smash Bros., the Duck Hunt character can kick the can from Hogan's Alley bonus rounds.[7]
Cory Arcangel, a digital artist, created "I Shot Andy Warhol" by modifying Hogan's Alley so that Andy Warhol's images appear where the original targets were.[8][5] The WarioWare series, including WarioWare: Touched!, features minigames that draw inspiration from Hogan's Alley.[7]
References
- arnpoly, "#35 – Hogan's Alley", Take on the NES Library, 2017-02-10. facts only, no text reused. takeontheneslibrary.com
- Cronin, "The Surprising Comic Origins of a Classic Nintendo Video Game", Comic Book Resources, Mar 8, 2017. facts only, no text reused. cbr.com
- Wikipedia, "Hogan's Alley (video game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: arnpoly, "#35 – Hogan's Alley", Take on the NES Library, 2017-02-10 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Nintendo Vs. Unisystem Nintendo Vs. Dualsystem Arcade Manuals, PPU, PCB info, daughter board info, Nintendo Vs. Instruction Cards, game info", John's Arcade, 2012-11-11. facts only, no text reused. johnsarcade.com
- "Interview with Cory Arcangel", Seeing Double: Emulation in Theory and Practice, January 1, 2004. facts only, no text reused. variablemedia.net
- Wikipedia, "Hogan's Alley (video game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Adlum, "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum", November 1985, p. 134-175 (170-1); "RePlay: The Players' Choice", November 1985, p. 6; Edgeley, "Arcade Action", EMAP, 16 December 1986, p. 138–9 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hogan's Alley (video game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Super Smash Bros. Blog Super Smash Bros. Ultimate â" Official Site Nintendo Switch Nintendo", www.smashbros.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hogan's Alley (video game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Interview with Cory Arcangel", Seeing Double: Emulation in Theory and Practice, January 1, 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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