Dick Tracy (NES)

Dick Tracy

Platform: NES Year: 1990 Developer: Realtime Associates Buy: Amazon

Dick Tracy is an action game based on the comic and movie of the same name. The player takes the role of none other than the great Dick Tracy, who must solve clues and bust bad guys. The game was very difficult because you only had one life and if you died you'd have to start the game all over again. There is however a password option too to start from any of the 5 cases in the game. Each case takes about 10 minutes to complete, making the game last about an hour.

Screenshots

The title screen. Driving the car in the streets, trying to avoid snipers on the buildings. Punching an enemy in the sidescrolling levels, though it looks more like Tracy's choking him than he is punching him.

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Music

The music is pretty good for its time. The music features mostly jazzy songs that fit into the detective-style game. George Sanger and David Hayes collaborated to do the soundtrack. George Sanger used Performer and David Hayes used Cakewalk to make the soundtrack. David Warhol would then take their MIDI files and re-arrange them for the game. While the game lacks credits, the founder of Realtime Associates, David Warhol confirmed that George and David are the composers. George Sanger credits himself as the composer on his website, as well as crediting himself to the Game Boy version.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title	George Sanger	David Warhol	0:55		Download
02	Office	George Sanger	David Warhol	1:47		Download
03	Streets	George Sanger	David Warhol	1:46		Download
04	Sidescrolling Stages (Building)	George Sanger	David Warhol	2:02		Download
05	Car Chase	George Sanger, David Hayes	David Warhol	1:02		Download
06	Death	George Sanger, David Hayes	David Warhol	0:04		Download
07	Game Over	George Sanger, David Hayes	David Warhol	0:08		Download
08	Ending	George Sanger, David Hayes	David Warhol	1:04		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Unknown
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Uncredited Composer: George Sanger
  • Uncredited Composer: David Hayes
  • Uncredited Arranger: David Warhol

(Source: George Sanger, game lacks credits)

David Warhol says that because this was his first NES game, there are no credits, but George Sanger lists the game in his works and Warhol has verified that David Hayes composed the music as well.

Game Rip

Formats	Download	Size
	Download	20 KB

Releases

USA Title: Dick Tracy Platform: NES Released: 1990-09-?? Publisher: Bandai, Inc.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/nes/dick-tracy - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/nes/587227-dick-tracy - GameFAQs.