Mmmmm Ninty. That means another Nintendo cab. I picked up a Nintendo VS. Duck Hunt from Craigslist for a very good price. There is a known sound issue and the gun has problems registering. However the game comes on and the picture is rock solid and colorful. First thing I do is an audio board cap kit and replace the sound potentiometer. Great, now we have working sound. Next I turn my attention to the light gun. No matter how much I tweak the monitor I cannot get the gun to register everytime. I works sometimes, but not all the time.

I then turn my attention to picking up a used, working arcade light gun. Unfortunately this was not as easy as it sounds, as most 25 year old light guns are broken and working ones fetch quite a high price. Hmmmm. I decide to invest in a cheap Nintendo NES zapper light gun. These things were made by the millions. I bought one off ebay for $6.10. I take the zapper gun apart and wire it up to the game. Click here to read about the Nintendo Zapper Light Gun Mod tutorial. I manage to fix the arcade light gun using parts from the NES zapper. Good thing, I now have a completely working game.

In the process of working on the game, I notice that there was a sheet on the back door that says this game was originally a Vs. Hogans Alley. Hogans Alley is a more interesting game, and a lot more fun to play. I decide that I am going to change it back. I purchase an official Nintendo Vs Hogans Alley Game Pak in the original black case from a fellow collector for a relatively low price. I convert the game back by replacing game ROMs and the title marquee. Both games were gun games, so the conversion is rather painless, especially since I have already repaired the sound and light gun.

When finished, the Vs. Hogans Alley is now officially part of the herd in the Vintage Vault Arcade and Gameroom. It is the 6th Nintendo game that I own, along with Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Mario Bros and Popeye. It is also the first gun game to grace the gameroom. I'm pretty happy with the final product, and find myself daily trying to beat my crackshot record shooting down those bad guys. Nintendo Rocks!

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