Narc (rev 7.00)| 1988 |
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Developer: Williams
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(4)
Number of Players: 2
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Narc (rev 7.00) VGMuseum Game Endings
Narc (rev 7.00) on CAESAR
Narc (rev 7.00) high score and replay at MARP
Narc (rev 7.00) on datObase
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Narc (rev 7.00) VGMuseum Game Endings
Narc (rev 7.00) on CAESAR
Narc (rev 7.00) high score and replay at MARP
Narc (rev 7.00) on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
NARC (c) 1988 Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated.
NARC is a graphically violent one or two-player side-scrolling shoot-em-up in which players take on the role of "Narcs"; futuristic police officers whose duty it is to either arrest or kill drug dealers, junkies and attack dogs as players fight to crush the criminal empire known as K.R.A.K.
The Narcs have both machine guns and rocket launchers at their disposal and players can also pick up (confiscate) discarded drugs and money to earn extra points. These are totaled up at the end of each level. On many stages a special colour-specific 'Keycard' needs to be found before players can progress to the next section of the level.
Narc's stages are as follows:
* The Junkyard
* K.R.A.K. Street
* The Bridge
* Sunset Strip
* Skyhigh's Nursery
* Downtown
* Red Level 1
* Blue Level 2
* Mr. Big's Office
* Inner Sanctum
* Jackpot!
- TECHNICAL -
Williams Z Unit hardware
Main CPU : TMS34010 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : (2x) M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), (2x) DAC, HC55516 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
NARC was released in December 1988 and was the first arcade game to use a 32-bit processor (TMS34010).
Max Force (Player One) was a part of Acclaim's (who made the NES version of NARC) 'Power Team' along with Tyrone ("Arch Rivals"), Kuros (Wizards and Warriors/Ironsword), Bigfoot (the monster truck) and Kwirk the tomato, in an animated series featuring the characters. Three of the NARC bosses : Mr. Big, Dr. Spike Rush and Joe Rockhead were the villains on the series.
Grunge band the Pixies released a cover of the tune from level 2-1 of this game in 1991 as 'Theme From Narc', as a B-side to the single 'Planet Of Sound'. It can also be found on the later 'Pixies Complete B-Sides' album.
A NARC unit appears in the 1990 movie 'Don't Tell Her It's Me', in the 1990 movie 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' and in the 1991 movie 'Terminator 2 - Judgment Day'.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* While coming out of any door, move the joystick Left. IMMEDIATELY after your character appears, move the joystick Up. If you do everything correctly, your cop will be 'stuck' to the wall, and will be able to walk on the wall to the next stage.
* Specific Advice For The Same Trick : an easy way to get free lives is on the first level. Right after you leave the subway, keep your joystick pointed up. If you do this, you will 'stick' to the wall and nobody can touch you, though you can arrest tons of people (50 is the max). You can do this in other levels, though it does not seem to be as useful. One problem occurs right when you get out of the subway. There is a barrel which obstructs your path in/on the wall. You can just rocket it away if there are people behind the barrel (in respect to you). You can stay on the wall all the way to the passkey spot and into the door.
* To get ridiculous numbers of points and free men, you need to get to the end of the game, or at least where Mr. Big is. Once you've killed him (the little one *and* the big one), and you get to enter the treasure vault, just collect all the big gold blocks, and just wait. Don't do anything, just wait. After a while, the machine will send a pack of those annoying dogs after you. Let them kill you. You'll be sent back a stage in the game. And you have to fight your way back to the next 'bonus' exit door... once you do, mega-points and mega-men.
* Note the automatic teller machines present in a few places. March your character up to the machine and push into it; it should start spitting out money (evidence). Not HUGELY useful, but it's still kind of neat.
- STAFF -
Design Team : Eugene Jarvis (DRJ), George N. Petro (GNP), Todd Allen (TRA), Larry DeMar (LED), Jack E. Haeger (JEH), John Newcomer (JRN), Tim Elliott (TJE), Mark Loffredo (ML ), (LIN), Glenn Shipp (GWS), Al Lasko (AL ), (JRH), (J P), Doug Watson (DTW), (D P), Ray Czajka (RAY), Warren Davis (WBD), (KJF), (NDN), (J B), Steve Ritchie (SSR)
Music : Brian Schmidt (BLS), Marc LoCascio ('Busted Rap') (ML )
Audio system programming, Sounds, & Speech : Marc LoCascio
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo NES [US] (August 1990) "NARC [Model NES-NQ-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasure 2 [Model SLUS-20997]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcadee Treasures 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasure 2 [Model SLES-52844]"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (March 22, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (May 27, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (March 22, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC [Model SLUS-20730]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (July 1, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC"
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1990)
Atari 800 [EU] (1990)
Commodore Amiga [EU] (1990)
Commodore C64 [EU] (1990)
Commodore C64 [US] (August 8, 1990)
Atari ST [EU] (1990)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1991)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (February 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (February 24, 2006) as an unlockable in "NARC"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition" by Zoo Digital Publishing
* Others :
LCD handheld game [US] (1989) : released by Acclaim.
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1724&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
NARC (c) 1988 Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated.
NARC is a graphically violent one or two-player side-scrolling shoot-em-up in which players take on the role of "Narcs"; futuristic police officers whose duty it is to either arrest or kill drug dealers, junkies and attack dogs as players fight to crush the criminal empire known as K.R.A.K.
The Narcs have both machine guns and rocket launchers at their disposal and players can also pick up (confiscate) discarded drugs and money to earn extra points. These are totaled up at the end of each level. On many stages a special colour-specific 'Keycard' needs to be found before players can progress to the next section of the level.
Narc's stages are as follows:
* The Junkyard
* K.R.A.K. Street
* The Bridge
* Sunset Strip
* Skyhigh's Nursery
* Downtown
* Red Level 1
* Blue Level 2
* Mr. Big's Office
* Inner Sanctum
* Jackpot!
- TECHNICAL -
Williams Z Unit hardware
Main CPU : TMS34010 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : (2x) M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), (2x) DAC, HC55516 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
NARC was released in December 1988 and was the first arcade game to use a 32-bit processor (TMS34010).
Max Force (Player One) was a part of Acclaim's (who made the NES version of NARC) 'Power Team' along with Tyrone ("Arch Rivals"), Kuros (Wizards and Warriors/Ironsword), Bigfoot (the monster truck) and Kwirk the tomato, in an animated series featuring the characters. Three of the NARC bosses : Mr. Big, Dr. Spike Rush and Joe Rockhead were the villains on the series.
Grunge band the Pixies released a cover of the tune from level 2-1 of this game in 1991 as 'Theme From Narc', as a B-side to the single 'Planet Of Sound'. It can also be found on the later 'Pixies Complete B-Sides' album.
A NARC unit appears in the 1990 movie 'Don't Tell Her It's Me', in the 1990 movie 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' and in the 1991 movie 'Terminator 2 - Judgment Day'.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* While coming out of any door, move the joystick Left. IMMEDIATELY after your character appears, move the joystick Up. If you do everything correctly, your cop will be 'stuck' to the wall, and will be able to walk on the wall to the next stage.
* Specific Advice For The Same Trick : an easy way to get free lives is on the first level. Right after you leave the subway, keep your joystick pointed up. If you do this, you will 'stick' to the wall and nobody can touch you, though you can arrest tons of people (50 is the max). You can do this in other levels, though it does not seem to be as useful. One problem occurs right when you get out of the subway. There is a barrel which obstructs your path in/on the wall. You can just rocket it away if there are people behind the barrel (in respect to you). You can stay on the wall all the way to the passkey spot and into the door.
* To get ridiculous numbers of points and free men, you need to get to the end of the game, or at least where Mr. Big is. Once you've killed him (the little one *and* the big one), and you get to enter the treasure vault, just collect all the big gold blocks, and just wait. Don't do anything, just wait. After a while, the machine will send a pack of those annoying dogs after you. Let them kill you. You'll be sent back a stage in the game. And you have to fight your way back to the next 'bonus' exit door... once you do, mega-points and mega-men.
* Note the automatic teller machines present in a few places. March your character up to the machine and push into it; it should start spitting out money (evidence). Not HUGELY useful, but it's still kind of neat.
- STAFF -
Design Team : Eugene Jarvis (DRJ), George N. Petro (GNP), Todd Allen (TRA), Larry DeMar (LED), Jack E. Haeger (JEH), John Newcomer (JRN), Tim Elliott (TJE), Mark Loffredo (ML ), (LIN), Glenn Shipp (GWS), Al Lasko (AL ), (JRH), (J P), Doug Watson (DTW), (D P), Ray Czajka (RAY), Warren Davis (WBD), (KJF), (NDN), (J B), Steve Ritchie (SSR)
Music : Brian Schmidt (BLS), Marc LoCascio ('Busted Rap') (ML )
Audio system programming, Sounds, & Speech : Marc LoCascio
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo NES [US] (August 1990) "NARC [Model NES-NQ-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasure 2 [Model SLUS-20997]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcadee Treasures 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasure 2 [Model SLES-52844]"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (March 22, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (May 27, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (March 22, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC [Model SLUS-20730]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (July 1, 2005) as an unlockable in "NARC"
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1990)
Atari 800 [EU] (1990)
Commodore Amiga [EU] (1990)
Commodore C64 [EU] (1990)
Commodore C64 [US] (August 8, 1990)
Atari ST [EU] (1990)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1991)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (February 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (February 24, 2006) as an unlockable in "NARC"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition" by Zoo Digital Publishing
* Others :
LCD handheld game [US] (1989) : released by Acclaim.
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1724&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 2016FC 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 2016E0 00000023 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1
00000000 2016B8 00000010 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
00000000 2016F0 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Bullets PL1
00000000 2016E2 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Rockets PL1
00000001 2016EA 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 dollars Now! PL1
00000001 2016E8 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 drugs Now! PL1
00000001 2016EC 00000032 FFFFFFFF Get 50 "bust" Now! PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 201778 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 20175C 00000023 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2
00000000 201734 00000010 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
00000000 20176C 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Bullets PL2
00000000 20175E 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Rockets PL2
00000001 201766 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 dollars Now! PL2
00000001 201764 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 drugs Now! PL2
00000001 201768 00000032 FFFFFFFF Get 50 "bust" Now! PL2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000000 2016FC 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 2016E0 00000023 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1
00000000 2016B8 00000010 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
00000000 2016F0 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Bullets PL1
00000000 2016E2 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Rockets PL1
00000001 2016EA 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 dollars Now! PL1
00000001 2016E8 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 drugs Now! PL1
00000001 2016EC 00000032 FFFFFFFF Get 50 "bust" Now! PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 201778 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 20175C 00000023 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2
00000000 201734 00000010 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
00000000 20176C 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Bullets PL2
00000000 20175E 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Rockets PL2
00000001 201766 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 dollars Now! PL2
00000001 201764 00000064 FFFFFFFF Get 100 drugs Now! PL2
00000001 201768 00000032 FFFFFFFF Get 50 "bust" Now! PL2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
