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Narc
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Item Condition
Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original. Original inserts or paperwork shown in the photos are included; display stands and other photography props are not. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Narc does not do subtle. Williams' 1988 arcade cabinet, designed by Eugene Jarvis of Defender and Robotron fame, sent two narcotics officers, Max Force and Hit Man, into the streets with automatic weapons and missile launchers to bring down the criminal empire of Mr. Big, and it became one of the loudest, most controversial arcade games of its day. The NES version, developed by Rare and published by Acclaim in 1990, squeezed that excess onto an 8-bit cartridge and kept the arcade's loud anti-drug message front and center.
The core of the game is a run-and-gun march through city streets and criminal hideouts packed with dealers and thugs. The clever wrinkle is the choice between arresting and destroying: enemies who surrender can be busted for more points than simply taking them out, so a careful player is rewarded for restraint, while the missile launcher is always there for anyone who would rather clear the screen in one blast. Evidence left behind by fallen enemies adds to your score, giving each stage a running tally of how thoroughly you cleaned up the streets.
Rare handled the conversion with real care for the source. David Wise, later celebrated for his Donkey Kong Country music, handled the music, and the team kept the frantic pace even as Nintendo's standards of the time toned down the arcade's gore. The result is a fascinating snapshot of how a notoriously violent arcade hit was reshaped for the family-friendly NES.
For collectors, Narc is a perfect example of the late-'80s pipeline from arcade to living room, and of Rare's busy NES years before its Super Nintendo breakthrough. It is gaudy, aggressive and completely of its era, and that is exactly the appeal.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1990
- Publisher
- Acclaim
- Developer
- Williams Entertainment
- Genre
- Shooter
- Players
- Single player
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