NARC 1-credit clear (3,221,000 points)

B-B-B-BUSTED
This is a one-credit clear replay for the arcade game NARC, released by Williams in 1988. It was recorded on WolfMAME Plus and uploaded to the MAME Action Replay Page on December 22nd, 2005. No cheats, slowdown, autofire, pausing, savestates, etc were used in the making of this recording.
NARC made quite a splash when it was released in arcades, featuring heavy use of digitization for everything. The main designer was Eugene Jarvis, who was responsible for the mega-arcade hits Defender and Robotron 2084 in the early 80's. True to Defender, the game has a somewhat unusual control scheme (although not as overboard as Defender was) - besides the usual Shoot/Jump/Missile buttons, a fourth "Crouch" button is placed off to the side that has to be held down to crouch-walk (since you can move up and down on the stages).
This is another game that was not a popular pick for one-credit play, since it too keeps your score on continue. However, because it awards extra lives every 100k, it is possible to stockpile up a lot of extra lives on the early levels. You get a 5k bonus for "busting" an enemy (walk into them and hold still, although they have a random chance to escape), and can get up to 50 in one level for a 250k bonus. It's very necessary to stockpile those lives up because the game gets quite ridiculous in the final few waves.
The last boss in particular caused frustration for arcade players that just wanted to continue through and see the ending. When you lose all your lives, continuing makes you start the last boss all over again. Doing it on just 3 lives can be tricky, especially since on a continue it will not give you many more rockets, and you need rockets to do major damage to him since in the beginning of the fight his only weak point is his eyes, which requires a precise jumping shot. I imagine a lot of players gave up after seeing this, so the ending was not seen by many players back then. (which isn't a huge loss as the ending is just one amusing screen of text, but still...)
Feel free to comment if you have any questions about the game.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

"There are about a million of us and one of him, why can't we shoot him?" "He's crouching down while walking" "Oh no! This makes him completely impossible to hit! There's nothing we can do! Everyone surrender!"

[@darkwingduke1631]

I love this game's odd world where the criminals are extremely well armed and powerful and theres a massive trench coat wearing, armed, helicopter using, hobo drug addict problem

[@roberthagmaier9603]

Lol

[@Chaoktarukto]

It's just brazil what are you talking about

[@darkwingduke1631]

@@Chaoktarukto Indeed

[@BasqueNYC]

Btw I noticed at the end back in 1991 it reminded me of the "Roll The Bones" vid by Rush with the skeleton head

[@dylanmckenna1043]

I mean we're just bringing enough firepower to defend ourselves

[@niceguy60]

7:35, LOL you got some hellified good insurance

[@farizavianto4990]

Being a cop is a good idea

[@CommanderBroShep]

Cocaine sure is popular with...the same guy.

[@katanalandt4371]

Jontron!

[@aodhablackheart]

Chemist/Pusher

[@nyastclair8174]

Why do I see this exact comment on more than 1 NARC video? lol You may be the original though!

[@LUCKO2022]

Dr. Rockso, the Rock n Roll Clown.. He does Cocaine.

[@mindcrome]

The sound from a loud Narc cabinet was always nice to hear in the arcade

[@mile9314]

7:30 that car change lol

[@mmodnao]

I can easily finish this game like this guy. Just give me 60$ in quarters.

[@Pordontae]

man these narc guys must have some pretty strong legs and knees, all that crouch walking

[@LordBBH]

only the strongest knees make the cut at NARC Academy

[@MarquisLeary34]

LordBBH And willingness to blow people up on a simple possession charge. :p Seriously, I bow before your skills on this cabinet. I was hooked on this game for the entire time my arcade had it back in the day and couldn't do nearly as good as you did. I was lucky to get to stage 4 on one credit.

[@joellera]

Holy shit even if it's just rehashed orcus, that final boss is terrifying. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL D.E.A. RECRUITER.

[@MarquisLeary34]

Midway had a thing for exploding masses of tongues for some reason.

[@Dr_Salt]

I kinda think that is actually Orcus grandfather lol

[@aodhablackheart]

This was long before Total Carnage.

[@Aguanga_cowboy007]

"I GIVE UP!" (They get ran over by the car). 😂😂

[@XenoGuru]

Remember when this was considered "Too Violent" for kids. Lol it's a joke now

[@LandersWorkshop]

Yet you can't kill the dogs in it....

[@naofumiosato3911]

impressive. this game is so hard.

[@jamierose9095]

Ironically, this silly game was supposed to keep kids OFF drugs. XD

[@huehuecoyote2234]

Jamie Rose yep, “a game that would teach kids good moral standards”

[@BloodyBay]

"Say no to drugs, or you'll become a really buff guy who goes into extreme roid rage and starts throwing dumpsters!"

[@kejiri3593]

@@BloodyBay Isnt that a good message haha : D

[@BloodyBay]

​@@kejiri3593 It could lead to some interesting stand-offs, to be sure! "Hey, you damned road-rager! Why the hell did you cut me off at that stop light back-" "BACK OFF, MAN! I have a vial full of PCP and I'm NOT afraid to use it!" "Oh, yeah? Well, guess what, fool? I HAVE PCP TOO!" * big, angry PCP-fueled, superpowered, dumpster-throwing, Kaiju-battle-lookin' headbutt match all up and down Main Street ensues * >:)

[@YoungLeosword]

@@BloodyBay There’s probably a number of anime exactly like that. ;D

[@CookieThug]

Contact your local D.E.A recruiter.

[@katanalandt4371]

NOT. EVEN. ONCE.

[@Guitarhero1000]

You are a god sir. Wow. I loved this game as a kid.

[@ped7g]

We always played third sector with the bug, staying "in the wall", putting matches into buttons to keep them pressed at the end ahead of door and shooting/busting zillions of enemies to have reasonable reserve of spare lives upon entering second round. Then when playing in two players, it was possible to shoot down helicopters just with slow shooting from car, if you timed everything right, that was another camping spot to make another ~10-20mil and enough lives to finish the game. So the most skilled guys at our arcade did make it through with 2 credits (1 credit per player) and scores went toward 100mil IIRC. Still nowhere near to your skill, respect for proper going through, and only single player.

[@Invidente7]

That's some badass playing there, did you consider joining the DEA after finishing this game?

[@Wesley_C]

"You're Busted!" "I give up!"

[@MrLawstorant]

I have been laughing at shrinked dogs and super deadly syringes back then. The final boss was very hard and weird - at least the ending explained it all. I liked the music and the amusing style of hero's walking style. Oh, and Porsche 959 on every step, but this is America, a land of dreams.

[@LandersWorkshop]

The walk was a true heroic swagger!`

[@EmergencyChannel]

My sister walked in right as the NARC agent said "spread 'em", was awkward.

[@ScottEDawg23]

18:20 either the narc cop is on drugs here or i am.

[@PoofyKittyPants]

As featured in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.

[@BloodyBay]

You know, out of all the times I played through Stage 3, I don't think I _ever once_ thought to lure the rockheads and the psycho clowns onto the landmines. Good on you for doing that! So there's another one of NARC's nods to accuracy: Explosive devices know no friends.

[@Nukem2Bits]

The exaggerated swagger of a Narcotics Officer.

[@fedediazdiaz4309]

i still dont get it... ¿what the fuck is MR BIg?? he seems to have a body.. when he is on wheelchair and in the painting.... but then he reappears as some kind of giant crazy demonic head over some kind of machine... maybe the real mr big was the one you kill in the weelchair.. and the giant head is sone kind of robot.or demon, guarding the vaults?

[@LandersWorkshop]

Pretty much.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Wow an arcade shooter where you can actually arrest people? That's pretty rare.

[@-RH80-]

That was fun to watch, specially the stage 3.

[@GoldKnightProduction]

Why the *FUCK* does Mr. Big move so slowly in this video?! What makes *you* so special?

[@TheGrrson]

It's just like real life.

[@kilroy987]

Seeing the psycho clowns flail around and screaming after being hit by a car or a rocket always cracked me up.

[@LordBBH]

wow the thumbnail youtube chose for this is great

[@daviddyer3543]

This might work as an adapted Netflix series.

[@Kyur.]

No, no, no, and no.

[@TheGrindhouse70]

I'd love a hyper-violent animated movie based on this game.

[@kejiri3593]

Only if they make drug addicts and dealers look as shady as this game. And you are this overly violent buff looking Judge Dredd cop just flat out massacring them. Now that would sound cool!

[@bluedragonfire4960]

You can't arrest the pimps in the NES version

[@TheCastellan]

Hotel Le Snob

[@JoseRoberto-dk3yy]

Hole in Juan

[@DeadlyVenomKing]

Good job on one Quarter Back in day as a kid spent tens of dollars in quarters to beat this game' at the Arcades

[@dejiko]

Nice tips in the description, thanks.

[@KevinJohnson-rc8dw]

Nobody fucking move!! You’re all under arrest!!!

[@viket8316]

this is how you told kids not to drugs doing an actual good game being an awesome cop againts drug criminals

[@SDNate760]

You’re supposed to murder the drug dealers, not give them due process!

[@Aszaxa]

I finished this game....by having a fake 2nd player at the end....

[@mattb9664]

Who else had a model car they built which used the the same wheels as on the Porsche?

[@robertmatthews9650]

“Cocaine is a heluva drug!”

[@henrycordy]

Sir, I tip my hat.

[@jokerswank6082]

This game seemingly predicted Mexico's future seeing the enemy's similarity to the cartels there in certain levels

[@OscarMemo333]

19:00 JUST love that SUICIDE kill all sound effect.

[@JoseRoberto-dk3yy]

5:55 - These red-haired enemies look similar to Sweet Tooth's clown minions from Twisted Metal PS3

[@skudzer1985]

Why did you skip all those weed plants, they were worth 5k each.

[@jamierose9095]

skudzer1985 Yeah, that made no sense. He also doesn't blow up the drug lab equipment which is 10k a pop if memory serves.

[@LordBBH]

Jamie Rose I was mainly aiming for the one-credit clear. Certain plants explode and cause instant death and I didn't feel like memorizing which ones were instakills when I could just safely take the top route and not have to touch any of them. I didn't blow up the lab equipment because taking that much time brings your ammo down to the single bullet, and more and more dogs keep showing up the longer you stay on that level. I probably could have done it but again, I was not maximizing score.

[@saenkoludmila]

+LordBBH Trust they arm, Bust 'em!

[@MarquisLeary34]

The weed plants are WAY too much of a risk given how it seemed like every other one was booby trapped.

[@JudgmentStorm]

@Jamie Rose: Gotta agree with BBH on this. The lab equipment is actually 1K a pop, 25K if you wreck all of it. I'd rather save the rockets to trash more helicopters on the bridge. One will drop 5-10 bags of drugs when it blows up. Each one is 500 at pickup, 2000 later. 12500-25000 there. Add another 5000 if you shot the copter down with a rocket/gun (gun works also, but it takes many hits) rather than slamming a car into it.

[@calmbeforethestory]

Dr. Spike Rush? Man, with a name like that ...

[@UNCOVR]

18:41 MC Hammer - This is What We Do

[@westoncharm7467]

Loved this game. So much chaos

[@RoboArdy]

This is a World Record. Why not Submit it. IT is a Game that is underrated and a Remake that Suck on PS2 and Xbox.

[@jamierose9095]

Ledgardo D Chino Ardy Lacson Not even close to a world record. I've gotten twice this myself.

[@LordBBH]

Jamie Rose If you've gotten 6+ million on a single credit, I'd love to see it. (dying in the gold room at the end of the game and then using a continue to pick up more gold is a known exploit and shouldn't be allowed)

[@jamierose9095]

LordBBH Yes, I know the drill. Pics or it didn't happen. >_> I did it on the Gamecube port. In all honestly it just a matter of how willing you are to farm the early levels when the A.I. is too stupid to duck and shoot when you're doing that.

[@METAL1ON]

Lol I once got 27 million doing that.

[@BasqueNYC]

I remember playing this and could do it with little quarters cause if you bust a lot u get extra credits like crazy,dope game

[@tristanwassman3085]

"I give up!" WHAM!

[@TorinnDerg]

Too little too late, talking leg.

[@BasqueNYC]

Haha I love that and he just pops the fuckers lol

[@civilwildman]

Man, Mr. Big looks like he probably has Type-2 Diabetes. =/

[@YoungLeosword]

And probably an injection of G-virus. X3

[@ERIMATAIMY]

5:56 lol!

[@aodhablackheart]

Good stuff. I know NARC very well, it was one of the favourite arcade games of my youth, and a 1 credit clear is bastard hard, well done.

[@PeekaPeep]

Haha, K.R.A.K.!!! XD

[@grantorino2325]

In the NES version, it was changed to "K.W.A.K."

[@60BloodyChamp60]

How did this not become the most popular game ever?

[@AllGamingStarred]

hit manL "yeah, i'll just pull off here, you got this"Max force: "really? you're armed to the teeth and you're leaving me to die? i'm afraid of clowns!"hit man: "0_0 LOL"(Max force drives away as level starts)