NARC Arcade 1CC High Score - 6,388,550 (60 FPS)

[@MiketheCabbie]

If you look at his gameography, and if you listen to him in interviews, it's pretty clear that Eugene Jarvis could be considered the first "mad scientist" of video games.

[@GameFreakTelevision]

Making arrest makes all the difference in this game. Well done. You're the best Narc player on KZbin.

[@GameFreakTelevision]

Best Narc player currently, i should say

[@chrishubbell3313]

Can’t even believe this game existed, with all the drugs & violence. I LOVED THIS GAME! I own the Arcade version & am not even close to this good. I enjoyed watching immensely! Thanks for posting.

[@Steventhe2nd]

"I GIVE UP!!!" too little too late talking leg

[@Tubewings]

0:14; START GAME 4:34; KRAK Labs 8:52; The Bridge (this one takes a while) 48:36; Sunset Strip 52:16; Hippie Greenhouse 59:34; Downtown 1:07:51; Mr. Big's Office 1:11:43; YOU DIE, COP!!

[@jimmyqballs]

Awesome, thanks for the breakdown!

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

i LOVE that acronym KRAK and puns like KRAK STOP, hahaha!!!

[@theodorehsu5023]

The Bridge might as well be "Chopper Coke Farming" given how many choppers get taken down and how much cocaine is seized (there are no limits to cash and coke a player can take, while you're limited to 50 busts).

[@theodorehsu5023]

Sunset Strip has a pink Cadillac that can help clear the streets if you lure thugs and dogs to it (and you jump over it). Saves on ammo--unless you shoot it, then you get whatever loot is in it.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

I think the game is mostly fair up until the last two levels. Then ,the deaths become pretty damn ridiculous. Still a fun and important game, though. You can see some remnants from Defender in the design. I'm astonished Warner Bros. Interactive hasn't attempted to re-release it along with all the other arcade classics they own (Like Klax, Marble Madness, Defender, Rampage, MK and the like).

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

@clint45 Sound emulation errors abound.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

@clint45 Sometimes the music stops playing or sound effects get cut off. There are some nuances of the arcade hardware that the emulator Midway used can't recreated.

[@jorgemoreno5585]

You did splendidly, as arresting the enemies gives a lot more points. Some enemies do have to be knocked out because of what they have that makes it impossible to arrest them (Joe Rockhed is so strong that he instantly defeats anyone who tries to bust him, K-Pinky the Clown uses a knife to stab anyone who tries to bust him, Mr. Big's initial battle has him using a weaponized wheelchair, and the final Mr. Big battle is his giant head form). That is one interesting arcade classic because of the anti-drug message it had. NARC 1988 had drug offenders as the enemies, and as a result, I had a weird dream that someone made a NARC 1988-themed skin for Pac-Man 99. That maze royale shut down on 8 October 2023, so the strange dream was one of my latest reactions to the shutdown. Again, I like how excellent you did, and this would be the music/sound scheme if someone were to make a skin based on NARC 1988: Intro (once the "READY!" text disappears): Credit Insertion Sound (also used when using a continue after losing every life) Power Pellet Sound: "You're busted!" voice clip (sometimes said when busting enemies) Ghost Eaten Sound: "BUSTED" Stamp Sound (plays after successfully busting enemies) 99-player music: Junkyard - Normal Version (also used in Skyhigh's Nursery) 50-player warning sound: "We're on our way!" voice clip (one of the level-starting voice clips) 50-player music: Bridge Level - Normal Version 10-player warning sound: Mr. Big's Laugh (plays right before his initial battle and his last battle) 10-player music: Inner Sanctum (used in the final battle with Mr. Big's giant head form) Victory: Evidence Bonus Sound (plays at the start of the results/evidence screen) Winning Results: Name Entry Rap Defeat: Game Over - Bridge Version Losing Results: None It is going to take a lot of room just to list the other sounds. Still, in the weird dream where someone made a NARC 1988-themed skin for Pac-Man 99 in reaction to the maze royale's shutdown, Max Force (Player 1's character from NARC 1988) replaced Pac-Man himself while the enemies from NARC 1988 represented the Ghosts. I see why people would want to see the old classic, NARC 1988, released on more Nintendo consoles.

[@curcumin417]

"Narc is the first arcade game to use the Texas Instruments TMS34010, a 32-bit processor with graphics-oriented instructions built-in." -Wiki

[@sammylenjou4235]

2 years ago i suddenly remembered the name of this game that i loved so much as a kid. It made me start my journey into emulation, first mame (what a pain), now finalburn Neo. (Enormously easy to use and never any problem)

[@AphasicMute]

Imagine getting arrested just to float into the atmosphere to die due to lack of oxygen.

[@Ricardosucio]

The brown coat store must’ve had a pretty booming business before level 1 happened

[@lancecurry7538]

Jontron lampshaded it best... "Cocaine is really popular with, um... the same guy."

[@JavierS83]

That prison made the yearly quota with all those busted thugs 😂

[@antoniettols]

Killed half a city, that day, arrested the other half...

[@Rokabur]

This is how the 'war on drugs' should have been handled.

[@AndrewBlechinger]

If it was, it would have ended the exact same way.

[@mathew3267]

It’s kind of amazing they didn’t put a time limit on this game, I guess they thought running down to 1 bullet would bore players into exiting the level.

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

you are wrong. if you stay in one place without moving, i forget, but a swarm of enemies come after you or something similar but you can't stay at one place too long. otherwise the quarter muncher fails at its job which is to make profits for the arcade owner. all arcade games aimed at that rather than just having fun

[@mathew3267]

Video Games Are Fun You are right I forgot about those bugs. Midway used that technique in Smash TV as well with buzzsaws or something.

[@theodorehsu5023]

@@mathew3267 Bugs and dogs (brown at first, then faster grey and finally quickest black, which force you to shoot or rocket them) get on you if you delay too long.

[@boswollox4636]

I loved this game as a kid. Also,calibre 50 and midnight resistance

[@AllGamingStarred]

Drug pusher: "Call the police see if I care" Police:

[@RoqueFortStu]

did they re-use the growl of the PCP addict for Goro in Mortal Kombat?

[@jimmyqballs]

That's a very interesting question, I need to look into that lol

[@solarflare9078]

This game did use the same arcade board as Mortal Kombat actually

[@RoqueFortStu]

Makes sense, with the digitised graphics

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

​@@solarflare9078 that was the Y unit actually. That had Trog and Total Carnage on it. Narc used Z unit with unique non-Jamma wiring. It's medium resolution too to further add headaches.

[@solarflare9078]

@@mostverticalproductions4808 Thx for the addendum. Midway's arcade hardwares are weird

[@MegaMrJIN]

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[@josbar2835]

I often say that to my girlfriend: "Spread 'em"! =)

[@JudgmentStorm]

Good job shooting down helicopters with just the machine gun. I'll usually slam the car into one if I can catch it before takeoff, but now I've got to try this.

[@jimmyqballs]

Yeah shooting them down is purely for point milking. Helicopters are worth a minimum of 16,000 points, so if that is your goal they are essential for a big score. 5,000 for the helicopter, then a minimum of 5 crack bags (up to 9 bags). They are worth 200 at the time of pickup, + 2,000 at the end of a level. So 5,000 + (200 X 5) + 10,000 = 16,000 minimum! It's really tricky to do and also time consuming lol, but it works

[@JudgmentStorm]

Actually it's even better, the crack bags are 500 when picked up. 17,500 minimum there rather than 16,000. I've seen some drop 10 bags, so this can be up to 30,000 total for one helicopter as long as it's shot down. Ramming a car into a helicopter doesn't get the 5,000 for that kill.

[@blueyosh43]

Why does the ammo count stop at 1? Whats the difference between having one bullet and many bullets?

[@jonah1976]

If you only have 1 bullet, the gun shoots just 1 bullet at a time. You can't shoot again until that bullet hits something or goes off screen. If you have ammo, you can have up to 5 bullets on screen at once. So running out of ammo makes it harder to play.

[@nostalgia46]

Imma be honest, I skipped past all the helicopter kills, bro was bringing down copters for a solid 30 minutes!

[@jimmyqballs]

lol yeah as far as I know, this is the ultimate score strat but it's very time consuming

[@sevcrimsonkilla]

I didn’t know such people this good lived.

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

he's not good. he's a CROOKED COP. he is stealing money dropped off the drug dealers after he kills them.

[@TV-Tony]

@@Video-Games-Are-Fun Better the cop gets the money than a dirty drug dealer. And how do you know he's not putting that money back into his community? I'd say that money is also deserved overtime he's putting in for arresting and killing all these scumbag drug dealers as well.

[@SmoggyLambGG]

_GRINDDD_

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

0:21 why didn't you blow up your own porsche after jumping out of it? they won't let you keep it so DESTROY IT!!

[@METAL1ON]

I topped out at around 27.5 million took about 3.5 hours. There is a sneaky way to get super high hi scores ;)

[@rgblde]

The way I did many points is repeating the jackpot level. I just need to be killed after collecting the gold. The continue starts from the krak lobby , and you can farm money, bags, and busts again in these levels

[@METAL1ON]

Same here.@@rgblde

[@ZeroHourProductions407]

So, did you go apply at the DEA already? seems they got a job for you 👮‍♀👮‍♂🚔

[@m_5373]

*Jontron*

[@mikewarner5583]

I need this on ps5

[@jimmyqballs]

haha dude I know right, just you commenting on this video makes me want to play it again

[@mikewarner5583]

​@jimmyqballs how were you to create video??? Emulation or on ps2 midway classics disk?

[@mikewarner5583]

I need an arcade 1up cab!!! With smash t.v

[@TV-Tony]

If you would've went for the max 99 busts in the final level, you would've got an even higher score. Just saying.

[@jimmyqballs]

The max amount of busts on any level is 50, you can't go higher unless you're playing the NES version lol

[@TV-Tony]

@@jimmyqballs That's what I meant 50 whoops lol. I try to do that every level when I'm playing this on Midway Arcade Treasures 2.

[@jimmyqballs]

@@TV-Tony lol yeah believe me, I tried to get 50 on all levels when possible, but it's so tough for everything to go your way and not use any continues. That Midway Treasure 2 is actually using an earlier ROM version of the game that has some physics issues and other strange things haha

[@TV-Tony]

@@jimmyqballs Ah, without continues. I use continues lol.

[@TJ_Actual1]

Ugh MAME. When I looked for high score I'd thought this would of been original hardware....

[@jimmyqballs]

I know, I know... If I could do hardware I would, trust me! I actually played this a ways back at a Barcade for the first time on hardware and managed to clear it on my first attempt but the score was only around 3.9 million. It'd definitely be a lot tougher to get a big score on the arcade because of how god awful the stick/buttons are. I should go back on a slow afternoon and try to record a decent run, or just buy a cabinet lol

[@TJ_Actual1]

Not knocking/judging your run. Just finished my run two hrs ago on my dedicated NARC machine and only got around 4 million. Saw your score and was amazed but saw MAME. MAME has a bad rep bc of cheating and it's emulation. Not saying you cheated but I'd love to see you run NARC on a dedicated machine. Your score is amazing

[@jimmyqballs]

Yeah I should head back out to the arcade and try to record a legit 5+ million on hardware, just need more practice with the controls. I learned this game in Mame and my button layout was almost opposite of the arcade version so I was constantly fumbling with the rocket and crouch lol. 4 Million is still a good game and just clearing Narc on a 1CC is still an achievement in itself, it's not an easy game. 5 million + is a strong game that can be achieved without too much luck and even a modest jackpot room. There are so many situations where either the bust ratio is low, or what side the enemies show up that completely changes the dynamic of so many situations. The final rooms before Mr. Big can be nasty if it's stingy with rocket drops, or what side the dogs spawn on. The Jackpot room tends to vary from around 800,000 to about 1,560,000 which is a huge variance for an otherwise modest scoring game... If you get a chance you should try the 10/10 Extra Extra Hard difficulty if you get a chance in the dip switch settings, it's much more intense and good practice when you go back to the default 3/10 "Easy" mode!

[@aodhablackheart]

Would have, if we're going to be snobs.