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Narc

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…

40 31 December 1988

Narc is an arcade developed by Williams Entertainment, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari ST/STE.

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What Narc is

Narc is an arcade game developed by Williams Entertainment and released in 1988. It was published by Ocean Software. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NO ONE HAD THE GUTS...UNTIL NOW" You are Max Force... your mission: bust Mr. Big and destroy the dreaded criminal empire... seize all contraband, stolen money, illegal weapons... use rocketbombs, high-powered machine guns... apprehend all suspects... protect the innocent and punish the guilty... stop at nothing!
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

How it was received

Narc holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 31 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Narc launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Narc — frequently asked questions

When did Narc come out?
Narc was released on 31 December 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
Does Narc have multiplayer?
Yes. Narc supports multiplayer, including co-op.

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