Narc (video game)

Narc (stylized as NARC) is a 1988 run and gun arcade video game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro,[1] Todd Allen, and Eugene Jarvis, with art by Jack Haeger, John Newcomer, and Lin Young.

The game's main characters are Max Force and Hit Man, who have received a memo from Spencer Williams, Narcotics Opposition chairman in Washington, D.C., dispatching them on Project NARC.

The player controls either Max Force or Hit Man, who shoot or arrest junkies, drug dealers, and organized crime kingpins.

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

The main musical theme by Brian L. Schmidt was recorded by the band Pixies and released as a B-side to their "Planet of Sound" single in 1990.

Max Force and villains Dr. Spike Rush, Joe Rockhead and Mr. Big appeared as characters in the cartoon The Power Team and in the 2014 film 22 Jump Street.

A March 21, 2005, press release announced the game's shipment to retailers and emphasized that NARC was designed for an "older audience".

Arcade screenshot