NARC - Your thoughts on the game?

pixelsmashpixelsmash
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While the arcade version seems cool, I'm just not that sure about the nes one . I'm trying to like the nes version, but the limited lives and ammo, drab colors and graphics, and having to find keys from different random enemies, seems to be making it a little hard to stay motivated when playing the game, at least right now. Still there is something appealing about it, the fact that it's still a port of great arcade game with all the violence, the 80's cheesiness makes it somewhat cool. I'm not crazy about the gameplay itself, but maybe its something I may personally come to enjoy with a little more practice, maybe not.



What do you think of NARC?



 

Comments

  • rdrunnerrdrunner
    Stick with the arcade. I've played all the way through the NES version and it's awful.
  • ginoscopeginoscope
    I used to love the arcade games as a kid. Funny as kids playing a game about shooting drug dealers and picking up drugs lol.



    I remember being pretty disappointed in the nes version but I have not played that version in a long time.
  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    Originally posted by: rdrunner



    Stick with the arcade. I've played all the way through the NES version and it's awful.

    I usually get used to irritating games of this sort, at a much faster pace, and I'm finding this a bit annoying at least for now. I just think they should have added more lives at least. It just seems a bit silly. Oh well.



     
  • MuNKeYMuNKeY
    I'm not a big fan of NARC period but I've played both versions and I'm kinda meh on both.
  • Mario's Right NutMario's Right Nut
    I played this a lot when I was a kid. I thought it was awesome that you could blow up the background. I also liked that it was 2 player and had good GG codes.
  • LeonLeon
    I actually picked this up as an adult - as soon as I turned it on I went back to flashback mode of playing it at the arcade! I had no idea it was the same game.



    Sadly like others have said - it's not nearly as good as the arcade version.
  • TulpaTulpa
    That's one of those games where the arcade version blows the NES version so far out of the water it's not even funny.
  • Trj22487Trj22487
    It was one of my earliest NES games and I enjoyed it for what it was. I always remember noticing as a kid that the instruction manual contained a pic of the beta title screen where the license plate reads "SAY NO OR DIE" like the arcade version.
  • mbd39mbd39
    The NES port came out in 1990. It should have been ported to the Sega Genesis.
  • Trj22487Trj22487

    Originally posted by: mbd39



    The NES port came out in 1990. It should have been ported to the Sega Genesis.



    Rare was backed by an unlimited budget from Nintendo at that time.


  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    Originally posted by: mbd39



    The NES port came out in 1990. It should have been ported to the Sega Genesis.

    Well you did have a 16 bit amiga version that seems similar to the arcade, from that time not sure if the gameplay is the greatest. I was considering putting the nes version aside, just for the amiga version. Keep in mind the emulation takes away from the graphics check it out below :













     
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  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    Originally posted by: mbd39



    The NES port came out in 1990. It should have been ported to the Sega Genesis.

    Well you did have a 16 bit amiga version that seems similar to the arcade, from that time not sure if the gameplay is the greatest. I was considering putting the nes version aside, just for the amiga version. Keep in mind the emulation takes away from the graphics check it out below :













     
  • MrWunderfulMrWunderful
    Originally posted by: ginoscope



    I used to love the arcade games as a kid. Funny as kids playing a game about shooting drug dealers and picking up drugs lol.



    I remember being pretty disappointed in the nes version but I have not played that version in a long time.



    When I was 10 or so me and my buddy played the shit out of it at his house and I never quite 2 and 2 together until you said that.  Nobody even cared either, if you did that today everyone in the country would have pitchforks out

     
  • gutsman004gutsman004
    The arcade I thought was kind of cool,but after the novelty of the violence and theme wore off,you realize it's just a clunky side scroller.



    The nes game is terrible. They probably were on drugs when they made it.
  • NESfiendNESfiend
    Never played the arcade game. Picked up the NES cart at the suggestion of a buddy. Yeah, it's god awful. Nothing more to add. 
  • NostalgicMachineNostalgicMachine
    Originally posted by: rdrunner



    Stick with the arcade.

    This.
  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    I'm putting this game aside for now, will probably return later to finish it.
  • bertsampsonbertsampson
    I don't remember ever playing the arcade game. NARC is another game I had as a kid, and played it quite a bit until I beat it. Never really thought of it as a bad game. I really enjoyed the bridge or highway or whatever where you can get in the car and run over the bad guys.
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