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In Dick Tracy, explore a city, gather clues, chat with informants, and take down gangsters while avoiding unarmed civilians in this NES detective action game from 1990.
Dick Tracy on the NES came out in 1990, published by Bandai. It was one of those licensed games that tried to capture a bit of the movie's style, fitting right into that era where every big property seemed to get an 8-bit adaptation. You control the famous detective himself, moving through a side scrolling city full of criminals and obstacles.
Your main goal is to solve a series of crimes by gathering evidence, which involves exploring the city screen by screen, talking to informants, and occasionally engaging in shootouts with gangsters. The game uses a lives and continues system, and you have to be careful not to shoot unarmed civilians or you'll lose a life. The pacing is deliberate, sometimes slow, and the difficulty can spike unexpectedly during certain enemy encounters. It feels like a straightforward action game with a light layer of detective work on top.
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