Die Hard (NES)

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Die Hard
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Platform: NES
Year: 1991
Developer: Pack-In-Video
Buy: Amazon

Die Hard is a top-view game based on the movie of the same name. The player takes control of John McLane who has taken a trip to Hollywood to see his wife, Holly, only to find that Hans Gruber and his workers have taken over the Nakatomi Building (Fox Building) and John's girlfriend captive. It is now up to John McLane to save his wife and stop the terrorists. This game is one of the rare titles on the NES because it was only sold through a Toys R Us offer.


Screenshots

Music

The game's music has very weird music but at the same time, fits the game. Nobody is sure who wrote the music as the game nor the game's manual mentions the music, sound or audio engineering credit, but it can be assumed that three in-house composers at Pack-In-Video were responsible. Their names are Junichi Saito, Hitoshi Saito, and Masaki Iwamoto. The game also features Beethoven's 9th Symphony Movement 4, Ode to Joy. It can be assumed that it was whoever was the in-house musician at Pack-In Video. It can be assumed that the music was written in hex code because of the way the music sounds (arpeggio chords and instrument selection).


Recording

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Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

Size

Listen

01 Title Unknown Unknown 1:37 1.4 MB
02 In Game Unknown Unknown 2:14 2.0 MB
03 Elevator Unknown Unknown 0:42 607 KB
04 Enemy Fight Unknown Unknown 1:08 1.0 MB
05 Terrorists Escaping Ludwig van Beethoven Unknown 0:28 422 KB
06 Game Over Unknown Unknown 0:19 293 KB
07 Ending Unknown Unknown 1:23 1.2 MB


Credits


Game Rip

Format

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Size

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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

The music was recorded with Not So, Fatso!.


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