Hogan's Alley: LCD Mod
A patch that makes Hogan's Alley playable with a light gun on modern LCD and LED TVs, with adjustable delay.
What it is
Hogan's Alley: LCD Mod is one of the NESLCDMOD patches, which rework the NES light gun games so they can be played on real hardware with a modern LCD or LED TV. The original games rely on the timing of old CRT screens, so on a flat panel the gun never registers a hit; this patch measures and compensates for the TV's delay instead.
How it works
- The game calibrates itself automatically, and the delay can also be set by hand in the main menu or changed from the pause screen with the D-pad
- Nintendo's original Zapper usually needs a small LED modification to work, while some third-party guns such as the Tomee Zapp Gun work as they are
- Avoid sunlight or bright lamps reflecting on the screen, and use the TV's game mode if it has one
The project is in open beta; beta4 is the latest version listed on its page.
Playing it
The IPS patch is applied to your own copy of Hogan's Alley, following the instructions on the creator's page (it names the exact original file the patch expects), and the result runs on a flash cartridge or an emulator setup with a light gun adapter.