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developed and published by
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. It was released for the
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in 1984 and then the arcade
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and
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in 1985. It was one of the first hit video games to use a
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as an input device, along with Nintendo's ''
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'' (1984). The game presents players with cardboard cutouts of gangsters and innocent civilians; the player must shoot only the former. It was a major arcade hit in the United States and Europe. The game is named after and based on Hogan's Alley, a
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for law enforcement training somewhat similar in design to the city block rounds, first constructed at
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in
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in the 1920s and later redesigned for use at the FBI Academy in
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in 1954. Three years after the release of ''Hogan's Alley'', a third rendition of the Hogan's Alley range was constructed at the FBI Academy, resembling a small town, that is still used today.


Gameplay

The game begins with three cardboard cutouts moving into position against a blank wall and turning to face the player. The cutouts display a mixture of gangsters and innocent/friendly people; the player must react quickly and shoot only the gangsters. In later rounds, the backdrop changes from the blank wall to a city block, with some cutouts already exposed as they emerge into view. The player is confronted with five cutouts in each of these latter rounds. After five rounds apiece in the wall and city block, a bonus round is played. Here, the player has a limited supply of ammunition with which to shoot up to ten tin cans thrown from one side of the screen, trying to bounce them onto ledges at the opposite side for points. Bonus points are awarded for any unused ammunition. After this round, the player returns to the wall rounds and the game continues at an increased speed. Shooting an innocent person, or failing to shoot a gangster, costs the player one life. Bonus lives can be earned for reaching preset score thresholds. The game ends when all lives are lost.


Release

The game is available on the
Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the and was later released as the redesigned NES in several test markets in the ...
and as a
Nintendo VS. System The is an arcade system that was developed and produced by Nintendo. It is based on most of the same hardware as the Family Computer (Famicom), later released as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). As Nintendo was planning to release the ...
Game Pak, which was installed into VS. System Arcade cabinets. In the United States, ''Hogan's Alley'' was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 as one of the original 17 launch titles for the system. There are three modes: "Hogan's Alley A" (the blank wall), "Hogan's Alley B" (the town), and "Trick Shot" (shooting soda cans to bounce them onto ledges). The "Trick Shot" mode is played with ten cans per round and an unlimited ammunition supply. An on-screen "MISS" counter increases by one for every time the player shoots an innocent person, fails to shoot a gangster, or lets a can hit the ground. The game ends once the counter reaches 10 or higher.


Ports

A modified version of ''Hogan's Alley'' using the
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in place of the NES Zapper was released for the
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on January 7, 2016 in North America.


Reception

In North America, the arcade version of ''Hogan's Alley'' became popular and popularized light gun video games along with ''Duck Hunt'' in 1985. In the United States, ''Hogan's Alley'' had topped the ''RePlay'' arcade charts by November 1985 In Europe, it had also become a very popular arcade game by 1986. ''
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'' magazine gave the arcade version a generally positive review, calling it "a pleasant change" from the space shooters popular in arcades at the time, but noted the gameplay is similar to
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's '' Bank Panic'' which released the same year and that it may not appeal to everyone. Mike Roberts and Eric Doyle of '' Computer Gamer'' magazine gave the arcade game a positive review, praising the realistic gun controller. ''
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'' named ''Hogan's Alley'' as 1988's Best Target Game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, calling it "an entertaining variation on the theme".


Legacy

Digital artist
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hacked the ''Hogan's Alley'' game to produce "I Shot
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", an art piece that replaces the game's targets with images of Andy Warhol. This is a reference to the film of the same name that dramatized
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's attempted assassination of the artist. ''Hogan's Alley''-inspired games appear in '' WarioWare: Touched!'' and other games in the ''WarioWare'' series. In '' Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'' and ''
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'', the ''
Duck Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The game was first released in April 1984 in Japan for the Family Computer (Famicom) console and in North America as an ar ...
'' character has the ability to kick the can from the bonus rounds of ''Hogan's Alley'', which can be continually bounced forward by an off-screen shooter using the NES Zapper until it eventually explodes. The character's Final Smash attack causes opponents to get caught in the middle of a shootout between the enemies from ''Hogan's Alley'' and '' Wild Gunman''.


See also

* '' Bank Panic''


Notes


References


External links

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