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{{Infobox Game
 
| Title          = Dirty Harry
 
| Title          = Dirty Harry
 
| BoxArt          = Dirty Harry - NES - USA.jpg
 
| BoxArt          = Dirty Harry - NES - USA.jpg
| PlatformName    = NES
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| Platform        = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
| PlatformPage    = Nintendo Entertainment System
 
 
| Year            = 1990
 
| Year            = 1990
| DeveloperName  = Gray Matter
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| Developer      = {{Developer|Gray Matter}}
| DeveloperPage  = Gray Matter
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| Amazon          = B00004SVOZ
 
}}
 
}}
  
Dirty Harry (also known as 'Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs') is a sidescrolling shooter game based on the movie Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs. The box art is from the movie Dirty Harry: Sudden Impact. The player takes on the role as Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) who must stop a drug leader from distributing drugs.
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'''''Dirty Harry''''' (also known as 'Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs') is a sidescrolling shooter game based on the movie Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs. The box art is from the movie Dirty Harry: Sudden Impact. The player takes on the role as Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) who must stop a drug leader from distributing drugs. The game is known for it's not-so-good gameplay. One of the tortures in the game is a door you go into in the first level of the game, you are trapped in there and the door that leads out is replaced by 'Ha Ha Ha!' written in the wall.
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==Screenshots==
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{| align="center" |
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|
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Dirty Harry - NES - Title Screen.png
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| Description = The title screen.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Dirty Harry - Streets - 1.png
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| Description = Shooting enemies in the first level.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Dirty Harry - NES - Ha Ha Ha.png
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| Description = The developers' little way of laughing at you.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Dirty Harry - NES - Warehouse - 1.png
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| Description = The start of the second level, the Warehouse.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Dirty Harry - NES - Alcatraz - 1.png
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| Description = The last level, at Alcatraz.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Dirty Harry - NES - Ending - 2.png
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| Description = "Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?"}}
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|}
  
 
==Music==
 
==Music==
Two professional composers [[Steven Samler]] and [[Elliott Delman]] collaborated to write the music to Dirty Harry. None of the music is from the movie. In the game's credits, Elliott's name is misspelled calling him 'Elliot Delman', however the composers names are on the back of the game's box (which is the only game to do that) and Elliott's name is spelled correctly. [[Digital Performer]] was used to compose the soundtrack to Dirty Harry. All the music is written at a tempo of 150 BPM
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Two professional composers [[Steven Samler]] and [[Elliott Delman]] collaborated to write the music to Dirty Harry. None of the music is from the movie. In the game's credits, Elliott's name is misspelled calling him 'Elliot Delman', however the composers names are on the back of the game's box (which is the only game to do that) and Elliott's name is spelled correctly. According to Steven Samler, the game's soundtrack was composed in [[Performer]]. All the music is written at a tempo of 150 BPM.
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Elliott Delman said the authoring line was blurred since the way they would compose would be independent, dependent, and sometimes they would pass ideas to each other and compose a song together.
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The game also credits [[Nick Eastridge]] in the Special Thanks credits. Looking at the code, it is revealed that the game uses his sound driver. Additionally, it is the same variant used in the unreleased version of [[Days of Thunder: Mindscape (NES)|Days of Thunder]], which was slightly tweaked by [[Chris Oberth]]. Eastridge programmed the composers' compositions in 6502 [[assembly]] macros. All the instruments in the game use the hardware decay instruments, which was common in most early NES games. Steven and Elliott said they had nothing to do with designing the audio driver.
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Aside from music, the game also has a couple of high quality PCM voices from the movie. When the player turns on the game, they are greeted by Harry's famous line, "Go ahead, make my day." After the player finishes off the final boss, Harry says his famous "Do you feel lucky?" speech.
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The game also features an unused song. It was probably meant for the Game Over music, but the Game Over screen has no music.
  
Besides its music, the game also offers a couple great sound effects from the movie. The first sound effect is in the intro where Harry says, "Go ahead. Make my day." and the second one is used in the ending, making it one of the best NES endings of all time, where Harry says his famous "Do you feel lucky?" lines.
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===Recording===
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{{TrackListBegin
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| Arranger = Y
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 1
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| Title      = Title
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 28
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 2
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| Title      = Password
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 40
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 3
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| Title      = Streets
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 46
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 4
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| Title      = Building
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 27
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 5
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| Title      = Sewer
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 43
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 6
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| Title      = Woman
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 27
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 7
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| Title      = Dock
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 52
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 8
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| Title      = Alcatraz
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 21
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 9
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| Title      = Boss
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 52
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 10
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| Title      = Unknown 1
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 22
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 11
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| Title      = Radio Man (Unknown 2)
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| TitleLink  = Radio Man
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Steven Samler}}, {{TrackListComposer|Elliott Delman}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Nick Eastridge}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 6
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| Game        = Dirty Harry
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| Platform    = NES
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| Recording  = 11 - Dirty Harry - NES - Unknown 2.ogg
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}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
  
 
===Credits===
 
===Credits===
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** '''Music By:''' {{Template: Credits|Steven Samler|Steven Samler}}
 
** '''Music By:''' {{Template: Credits|Steven Samler|Steven Samler}}
 
** '''Music By:''' {{Template: Credits|Elliott Delman|Elliot Delman}}
 
** '''Music By:''' {{Template: Credits|Elliott Delman|Elliot Delman}}
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** '''Thanks To:''' {{Template: Credits|Nick Eastridge|Nick Eastridge}}
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* '''Box Credits'''
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** '''Music created by''' {{Template: Credits|Steven Samler|Steven Samler}}
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** '''Music created by''' {{Template: Credits|Elliott Delman|Elliott Delman}}
  
 
Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
 
Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
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The music in this NSF does not play properly any NSF player except for NSFPlug.
 
The music in this NSF does not play properly any NSF player except for NSFPlug.
  
===Recording===
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([[:File:Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Credits.png|Source]]) Game
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| Caption01 = #
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([[:File:DirtyHarry-NES-Credits-2.PNG|Source]]) Game Box
| Caption02 = Title
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| Caption03 = Composer
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===Game Rip===
| Caption04 = Arranger
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{{Table Recording
| Caption05 = Length
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| Caption01 = Formats
| Caption06 = Size
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| Caption02 = Download
| Caption07 = Listen
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| Caption03 = Size
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}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |
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{{Format|NSF}}
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| [http://www.vgmpf.com/Rips/DirtyHarry-NES.zip Download]
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| 18 KB
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|}
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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
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[[Category: Old Rip Layout]]
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==Releases==
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{| align="center" |
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|
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{{Publication
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| Title         = Dirty Harry
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| BoxArt        = Dirty Harry - NES - USA.jpg
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| Platform      = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
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| Released      = 1990-12-??
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| Publisher    = {{Publisher|Mindscape|Mindscape, Inc.}}
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| Country      = USA
 
}}
 
}}
| 01
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Title|Title]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 0:29
 
| 1.1 MB
 
| {{Song-List|01_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Title.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 02
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Password|Password]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:41
 
| 3.83 MB
 
| {{Song-List|02_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Password.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 03
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Streets|Streets]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:47
 
| 4.1 MB
 
| {{Song-List|03_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Streets.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 04
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Building|Building]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:27
 
| 3.33 MB
 
| {{Song-List|04_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Building.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 05
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Sewers|Sewers]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:44
 
| 3.96 MB
 
| {{Song-List|05_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Sewer.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 06
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Woman|Woman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:28
 
| 3.33 MB
 
| {{Song-List|06_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Woman.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 07
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Docks|Docks]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 4:29
 
| 1.52 MB
 
| {{Song-List|07_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Dock.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 08
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Alcatraz|Alcatraz]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:22
 
| 3.13 MB
 
| {{Song-List|08_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Alcatraz.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 09
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Boss|Boss]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 1:52
 
| 4:32
 
| {{Song-List|09_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Boss.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 10
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Unknown 1|Unknown 1]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 0:22
 
| 878 KB
 
| {{Song-List|10_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Unknown_1.ogg}}
 
|-
 
| 11
 
| [[Dirty Harry (NES) - Unknown 2|Unknown 2]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| [[Steven Samler]], [[Elliott Delman]]
 
| 6.3
 
| 223 KB
 
| {{Song-List|11_-_Dirty_Harry_-_NES_-_Unknown_2.ogg}}
 
|-
 
 
|}
 
|}
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==Links==
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[[Category:Needed Song Descriptions]]

Revision as of 22:23, 15 November 2020

Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry - NES - USA.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1990
Developer: Gray Matter
Buy: Amazon

Dirty Harry (also known as 'Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs') is a sidescrolling shooter game based on the movie Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs. The box art is from the movie Dirty Harry: Sudden Impact. The player takes on the role as Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) who must stop a drug leader from distributing drugs. The game is known for it's not-so-good gameplay. One of the tortures in the game is a door you go into in the first level of the game, you are trapped in there and the door that leads out is replaced by 'Ha Ha Ha!' written in the wall.

Screenshots

Dirty Harry - NES - Title Screen.png

The title screen.

Dirty Harry - Streets - 1.png

Shooting enemies in the first level.

Dirty Harry - NES - Ha Ha Ha.png

The developers' little way of laughing at you.

Dirty Harry - NES - Warehouse - 1.png

The start of the second level, the Warehouse.

Dirty Harry - NES - Alcatraz - 1.png

The last level, at Alcatraz.

Dirty Harry - NES - Ending - 2.png

"Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?"

Music

Two professional composers Steven Samler and Elliott Delman collaborated to write the music to Dirty Harry. None of the music is from the movie. In the game's credits, Elliott's name is misspelled calling him 'Elliot Delman', however the composers names are on the back of the game's box (which is the only game to do that) and Elliott's name is spelled correctly. According to Steven Samler, the game's soundtrack was composed in Performer. All the music is written at a tempo of 150 BPM.

Elliott Delman said the authoring line was blurred since the way they would compose would be independent, dependent, and sometimes they would pass ideas to each other and compose a song together.

The game also credits Nick Eastridge in the Special Thanks credits. Looking at the code, it is revealed that the game uses his sound driver. Additionally, it is the same variant used in the unreleased version of Days of Thunder, which was slightly tweaked by Chris Oberth. Eastridge programmed the composers' compositions in 6502 assembly macros. All the instruments in the game use the hardware decay instruments, which was common in most early NES games. Steven and Elliott said they had nothing to do with designing the audio driver.

Aside from music, the game also has a couple of high quality PCM voices from the movie. When the player turns on the game, they are greeted by Harry's famous line, "Go ahead, make my day." After the player finishes off the final boss, Harry says his famous "Do you feel lucky?" speech.

The game also features an unused song. It was probably meant for the Game Over music, but the Game Over screen has no music.

Recording

# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
01 Title Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 0:28
Download
02 Password Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:40
Download
03 Streets Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:46
Download
04 Building Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:27
Download
05 Sewer Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:43
Download
06 Woman Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:27
Download
07 Dock Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:52
Download
08 Alcatraz Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:21
Download
09 Boss Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 1:52
Download
10 Unknown 1 Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 0:22
Download
11 Radio Man (Unknown 2) Steven Samler, Elliott DelmanNick Eastridge 0:06
Download

Credits

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

The music in this NSF does not play properly any NSF player except for NSFPlug.

(Source) Game

(Source) Game Box

Game Rip

Formats

Download

Size

NSF.png

Download 18 KB

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

Releases

  USA.svg   USA
Dirty Harry - NES - USA.jpg
Title: Dirty Harry
Platform: NES
Released: 1990-12-??
Publisher: Mindscape, Inc.

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