NARC (arcade)
200x100 GFX Company: Williams
Genre: Shoot 'em up, Run 'n gun
Released: USA: 1988
From the game's intro
NO ONE HAD THE GUTS ...UNTIL NOW!
This side-scrolling shooter features Max Force and Hit Man hitting the streets to take on the K.R.A.K. syndicate, a criminal organization led by the sinster Mr. Big. No, not Ronald Isley, but a criminal kingpin with much less soul and a sinister secret. This game has many of the gameplay items seen in earlier games by Williams (like Defender and Robotron 2040), including the radar screen and protecting hostages. This one might be a coincidence, but warning the player to "Beware" and that the final boss lives is a bit similar to the booming "Beware, I live!" proclaimation from Sinistar in his eponymous shoot-and-mine-em-up arcade classic, also made by Williams. Then again, the final boss bears some other similarities to Sinistar, but I won't spoil that for you. The game features some of the most notable use of digitized graphics until Pit-Fighter and Mortal Kombat came along. Besides playing the anti-drug angle to the hilt (including a metric ton of puns), the game also became notorious for its high gore factor, including rocket and missile explosions which make the target explode in a shower of more limbs than their creator originally gave them. Yes, that reminds me of Mortal Kombat, too.

The title NARC is written in all capital letters, even on the flyer.

Stages - sectors
Stage 1: The Junkyard, the Pipeline
Stage 2: KRAK Street, K.R.A.K. Stop
Stage 3: The Bridge
Stage 4: Sunset Strip (The Kennel) (Kinky's Bigtop) (Real Exit) (The Swamp) (Scrap Heap)
Stage 5: Skyhigh's Nursery, the Greenhouse
Stage 6: Downtown, the K.R.A.K. Lobby
Stage 7: Red Level 1,Blue Level 2
Stage 8: Mr. Big's Office
Stage 9: Inner Sanctum
Player Characters:
Max Force - no. 357 Hit Man - no. 999
Enemy Characters:
Das Lof Gang HQ Posse Dr. Spike Rush - Hypoman Joe Rockhed/Dumpster Man Kinky Pinky Mr. Big
Other Characters:
Hostage
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