Die Hard (NES)

Die Hard

Platform: NES Year: 1991 Developer: Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd. 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. According to one of the game designers Tony Van, this game is rare because it was only sold through a Toys R Us offer during December of 1991.

Screenshots

The title screen. Choosing your difficulty. Frozen from a stun grenade that the enemy threw. Calling the police to get the best ending. "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs." Game Over.

Music

The game's music is not particularly memorable, but what is there is good. The music is tuned sharp for some reason. While the game publishers didn't secure the movie's soundtrack, the designers were able to use the public domain song, Ode to Joy.

The game lacks credits and the US and EU manuals only credit the staff at Activision, and the Famicom version's manual does not have credits at all, though we have contacted a programmer at Pack-In-Video who has confirmed that Junichi Saito is the composer. The music was composed on paper first, and then converted to Music Macro Language used by their audio driver.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title	Junichi Saito	Junichi Saito	1:37		Download
02	In Game	Junichi Saito	Junichi Saito	2:14		Download
03	Elevator	Junichi Saito	Junichi Saito	0:42		Download
04	Enemy Fight	Junichi Saito	Junichi Saito	1:08		Download
05	Terrorists Escaping	Ludwig van Beethoven	Junichi Saito	0:28		Download
06	Game Over	Junichi Saito	Junichi Saito	0:19		Download
07	Ending	Junichi Saito	Junichi Saito	1:23		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Mike Blum
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Audio Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer/Arranger/Programmer: Junichi Saito
  • Not Credited Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

(Source: Verification from programmer; Game lacks credits)

Game Rip

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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!.

Releases

Japan Title: ダイハード (Die Hard) Platform: Famicom Released: 1991-07-19 Publisher: Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.     USA Title: Die Hard Platform: NES Released: 1992-01-?? Publisher: Activision     UK Title: Die Hard Platform: NES Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Activision