NARC
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Narc is a 1-2 player game, where your mission is to infiltrate the Mr. Big Corporation, the scourge of the underworld. To do this, you must get through the game's eight stages, with over ten sectors like the junkyard, subway, drug lab, nursery, downtown, Sunset Strip, and even the corporation, where Mr. Big resides. In order to get through the stages, you are required to collect a number of safe cards, and insert them in the slot next to the stage exit. Each sector includes a map, and should be easy to read. For example, the blue or red dots represent you, and the white dots are the missile launchers, while the "E" indicates the exit.
Your mission is not going to be easy, as you will come face-to-face with enemies including the canine mutts, Das Lof Gang, Dr. Spike Rush, Joe Rockhead, Kinky Pinky, Sgt. Skyhigh, HQ Posse, and Mr. Big himself. You have two ways you can deal with them: either put a bullet in them or make arrests. Furthermore, they will try to blow you up the minute they see you. Fortunately, you're armed with a shotgun and missile launcher, but these both have a limited supply of ammunition. If your bullet counter reaches one, you can only fire one bullet at a time, so you need to find some more. Also, it is important not to waste all of your missiles: you might need them later when you deal with later enemies like Mr. Big. You are also backed up by a chopper and a mean shiny street machine.
More often than not, when you blow up enemies, you can pick up several items that they drop, including drugs, money, ammunition, missile launchers, and if you're lucky, safe cards. Even if you got the safe card and can pass the level, you can keep blowing up enemies to score more points.
Spellings
- N.A.R.C. - Alternate spelling
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Credits (Arcade version)
12 People
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Trivia
1001 Video Games
The Arcade version of NARC appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
BPjS/BPjM index
On September 28, 1991, NARC was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.
Cover
The cover for the NES version has the blood color on the NARC logo changed to yellow
The Pixies
The influential American rock band The Pixies reinterpreted the game's title music in the track Theme From NARC, for the CD and 12" versions of their Planet of Sound EP released in 1991.
In-Game Animals
Strangely, in most versions of the game (including the arcade version), while you're free to massacre hundreds of human criminals, killing dogs is apparently considered beyond the pale. When shot or blown up, the dogs don't die, but merely turn into puppies that run away or vanish.
Ironically, in the game's manual, a tip for getting rid of landmines stated: "Avoid 'em. Or coax a pitbull to run over 'em."
Uncensored
Surprisingly, this game was released practically uncensored for the NES.
Identifiers +
- MobyGames ID: 10327
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Katakis | カタキス.
NES added by RKL. Atari ST added by Riamus. ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC added by Martin Smith. Arcade added by Pseudo_Intellectual.
Additional contributors: Martin Smith, CaptainCanuck, JudgeDeadd, formercontrib, FatherJack.
Last modified February 22nd, 2023.