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Gangster Alley [Model SA-201]

Atari 2600 cart. published 42 years ago by SVI

Listed in MAME

Gangster Alley [Model SA-201] screenshot

Gangster Alley © 1982 Spectravideo

S.B.I. (Spectravision Bureau of Investigation) file on Chicago Joe and his gang:
We apprehended Chicago Joe but in retaliation, his gang have holed up in an apartment building, taking hostage a dame and her kid. The following men have been positively identified:

Shifty
Scar Face
Mugsy
Lefty
Nitro Ed

Your orders are to snipe any gang member. DO NOT SHOOT AN INNOCENT! Watch out for Nitro Ed. He likes to play with hand grenades. One of those and you're pushing up daisies. Good luck.

Game 1 - one player
Game 2 - two players

Childrens games (slower pace)
Game 3 - one player
Game 4 - two players

TECHNICAL

Model SA-201

TRIVIA

SVI started out as Spectravision and released their first 6 games under this name (Gangster Alley being one of them). In late 1982 they changed their name in Spectravideo. The 6 games got a re-release in 1983 under the new name.

The attract mode is fully playable – you can move and shoot freely, and it will even 'end' just as a normal game would (running out of bullets, or getting shot too many times).

SCORING
You move the joystick to aim at a gangster and push the button to fire. Your ammo is limited so don't fire randomly. Occasionally, Nitro Ed, on the roof, will hold up a grenade. You must shoot him to disarm him. You get money for each gangster shot. The values for level one are
Mugsy=$20
Scare Face=$30
Lefty=$40
Shifty=$50
Disarming Nitro Ed=$100
These amounts increase for each level by $10. You also get $10 for each bullet you have left after each level. There are six levels. The fourth level is a nighttime level. In this level, you must fire one bullet to light up the windows. If you do not fire for a couple seconds, they go dark again.
If you shoot an innocent, you will lose $1000 or you total amount if you have less than $1000.
If a gangster rises all the way out of a window, after a couple of seconds, he will shoot you and you will lose one bullet proof vest (life). After you lose all your vests, the game is over and Nitro Ed will laugh at you. If Nitro Ed gets off his hand grenade, no matter how many vests you have, the game is over. And Nitro Ed will laugh at you. You start with four vests and can earn another at $5000.
SOURCES

Game's ROM.