The History of Narc - Arcade Console documentary 

The amount of casualness that the "Your mom" joke, expertly placed in the middle of a video game review. 👏👏👏👏👏

"She was portrayed by your mom" I fell out lmao! Instant thumbs up for that comment and coverage of this fun crazy game.

i think it’s so funny how people are blown to literal pieces while dogs are simply returned to adorable puppies

I remember the day I saw this game at the arcade. I was blown away as a 10-year-old. I also recall thinking this was way too violent and "adult" for me to be watching, let alone playing. But I played anyway, of course. Narc really paved the way for games like "MK", "Pit Fighter", and "Crime Fighters"- all super violent games that were unlike anything else in the arcade.

I never knew that Eugene Jarvis guy had lost people to drugs, makes sense that this game was made for personal reasons. For some reason I have memories of a remake of NARC from like 2005 I'm glad you were able to fill in the blanks for me.

Seeing a new Patman video makes me a happy little viewer😁

I think Narc helped contribute to me thinking that drugs just make you go crazy and bezerk back when I was a kid. Guess it did a good job at keeping me away from them!

NARC was part of my life like crazy. My older sister use to work at Pizza Hut and at the main lobby, NARC was there and brother, It blew me away from syringes references, action non stop and a little bit in between, I forgot all about the pizza and play the hell out of it. I will go to a convention someday and hopefully, I see you PatmanQC. Preach on brother!!

I love how they take violet games and movies and turn it into kids cartoon shows. Narc characters into The Power team and The Toxic Avenger into the Toxic Crusader.

Thanks, Pat, for the great review. I loved NARC as a kid. I would always go around saying "You're Busted" when I'd play outside.

this was once a very common arcade game at most arcades (at one time, there were at least 3 possibly 4 in m town alone) these have become super rare in working "original" condition is very rare. The weak point is the monitor, the game requires a special "medium-res" monitor that is incredibly rare and only a small number of mostly much less common arcade games actually used this sort of "medium-res" monitor and using the incorrect resolution CRT will make the game not appear correctly (though using certain types of newer LCDs will often work fine due to their variable resolution). Most restorations of NARC are forced to use modern LCDs as replacing the monitor with a working and correct resolution CRT is almost impossible now-a-days.

Those graphics remain impressive to this day. Can't imagine what it was like, seeing this in 1988.

Man, I put SO many quarters into this coin op it isn't even funny to even think about. And the worst part, I remember in my local arcade at the time, Narc was right next to a Mercs machine and a WWF Wrestlemania machine. Talk about dumping money out lol

Always get excited when I see a new PATMANQC video has been uploaded. Found the channel about a year ago when I was dealing with radiotherapy treatment. Went through the entire back catalogue of videos and they got me through some tough times. Just wanted to say thank you for the content. And I'm hoping to be able to afford to become a Patreon supporter soon. Keep up this fantastic work ❤️

From some of the playthroughs I've seen, 50 is the limit of busts on a level. Once you get to 50, then you just blast everyone else otherwise (Joe Rockhead, Kinky Pinky and Sgt. Skyhigh are "must blast" enemies). 50 gets you to "two and a half men" (two extra lives and halfway to a third), so the more lives you can rack up before facing Mr. Big the better. Kinky Pinky is like the "Lander" from "Defender" kidnapping innocents; you must blow away Kinky before he gets the victim away to his porn empire. (It's also fun on "the bridge" to run down Kinky with the Porsche or the pushers.)

Thank you for this incredible documentary. I loved NARC so much when it first came out. I played it until I was expert enough to finish the game on one quarter. Your video game history videos just the most amazing videos to watch for those of us who remember the original arcade games. Being able to see the concepts and people behind their development gives us insights into legends like Eugene Jarvis that we would otherwise never know. Thank you so very much for the efforts you have gone to. The only question I have now is: who was the actor that played Dr. Spike Rush? He was absolutely bad ass.

Props on the "your mum" joke. Well played, sir.

Eugene’s nightclub pointed out in this video is actually the Fireside Bowl, bowling alley in Chicago Illinois. Located at 2648 West Fullerton Ave. A few minutes drive away is 3401 North California, where work on some Midway games was done. Motion capture work for the original Mortal Kombat was done here. Also, the building is seen in footage of Brett The Hitman Hart entering to do motion capture for a video game. This was a Midway facility until the 2000’s. It is currently occupied by a company that makes video gambling machines. Nether Realm Studios (which is the current studio responsible for creating Mortal Kombat) is now located just a few blocks away at 2650a W Bradley Pl, Chicago, IL.

Supposedly at the Galloping Ghost Arcade theres a prototype version of NARC that was given to the owner by Eugene Jarvis himself. The game features a extra bonus stage that was cut out of the final version of the game where you take control of a helicopter. This version is also not on MAME.

Another enjoyable video. Ya gotta love the sense of humor, and appreciate all the work behind all of these videos!

I only played Narc a handful of times in my local arcade as a kid. But I rented the crap out of it from 7-11. I once had a near perfect run and made it to the last stage, but then got clobbered. I’ve still never been able to beat it. Darn you, Mr. Big!

I remember this game in the arcades. The Pixies did a song called 'Theme from Narc' I got this notion from somewhere that the song was written for the game.

There is something every ironic watching a video on an anti drug game while smoking my morning joint! I’m glad I did!

All the love from Toronto dude! I wish I could go to the convention state side but I'm glad you're getting the love you deserve!

Another incredible deep dive on the history of an arcade classic! Absolute love watching your vids and learning more about this awesome industry. Great work PatMan!

Whoa! I almost completely forgot about the Chiller video game. I was very young back then. I didn't think of the game as "violent and gory." I just found it weird and creepy. 🤷

I remember seeing pictures of NARC in magazines at the time it came out,and I thought it was the best looking most badass (it was the 80's) game I'd ever seen..still looks good today.

Great doc :) and dammmmn it still looks nice that arcade version! It blew me away on a school trip from the UK to France on a ferry across the water, and they had a NARC arcade machine rocking in the sea! What a sight in 1989 for my 12 year old brain to see, mind blowing graphics and sound. Digitized games were just beautiful, knowing they were real actors just wowsers..... shame the style isn't used more these days.

I thought you previously talked about this game before. But it's great you're talking about it again. The C64 port is pretty nice mainly for it's music. Composer Jon Dunn converted the song. The NES port is my favorite given I played it a lot more, albeit the Arcade original is definitely very dynamic. Too bad I won't make it to MGC this year.

I remember playing this on Midway Arcade Treasures 2 for the Gamecube and being blown away by how crisp the graphics were for the time. Very violent, yet satisfying gameplay too

Funny Story, the first "Violent" Arcade Game was Death Race, but the first Violent HOME Game was the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE! it was also the first game ever that let you play as the Villain! Hell Yes im Proud. i absoluely Love Leatherface, so it's cool that he will always old that honor, no matter what.

Wow another awesome video by Patmanqc! Keep them coming!

There was a style and attitude of the 80"s that just cannot be duplicated in both it's games and movies. I remember 1st seeing NARC in an arcade at a Horse Racing track as a young kid and it blew my mind.

My morning just got better. Thanks lad.

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woohoo a new Patman video!!! hope you are doing well sir. i always appreciate your content. thanks for all the work that you do on these.

Awesome video !! Love of all your History of s !! Love your humor too !!!

These are some of the very best videogame videos made. He knows his stuff

These videos make my day! Thanks Pat

Jack Forzinski was voiced by Michael Madsen and Marcus Hill by Bill Bellamy for the 2005 "Narc." Ron Perlman was their boss in the US, while "Inspector Lao" was voiced by James Hong, who did "Big Trouble in Little China" as the main villain, and for the 2000s, the adopted father of Po in the "Kung Fu Panda" movies.

I just realized something. Games designed by Eugene Jarvis always have either too many buttons, or no buttons.

Been waiting for this one bro , great video my guy 💪🏽💯

Such a GREAT, thorough presentation! The joke about MY MOM had me literally laugh out loud and earned me as a new subscriber!

The way the sounds from this used to pop over everything else. In my local arcade as a kid was unreal

A notable cultural remnant of Reagan era moral panic.

This video is great! I love NARC and you shared some history that I was unaware of, very well done and super entertaining to watch. ✊🏼 Only thing I’m surprised you didn’t mention is the lost level that is featured at Galloping Ghost. It’s never been rom dumped so it’s the only place you can play it, Kinda cool.

Wow. I was only ever aware of the NES version. The arcade version (even from that time) looks (visually) so much better.

That’s awesome you’re being hired for appearances. If u ever come to the Long Island Gaming Expo, I’ll definitely stop by and say hello. Btw did u see the Robocop documentary on TUBI yet? Right down ur alley

Excellent! a Patman video is always great to see, but it's even sweeter when it's covering one of my favourite arcade stress-relievers of all time in NARC! Not only was the gameplay an addicting and fun update of the venerable side-scrolling blaster with violence at a whole new level, the AUDIO! My ghod, some of the best sample work of the era was done in this game. I'd try my best to make the high score list JUST to hear that amazing closing song. "Oh no the narcs, mang! oh no no no no no the narcs mang!" Absolute gold. The only thing to hold against it was kind of unfair because it's exactly as designed: a total quarter muncher. This game is HARD, Hard as the rigid shaft of Satan himself. Even the tactic of ducking shots only gets you so far, so you better farm up all the busts for extra men you can on the first couple of levels because that's the last freebies you're gonna see in this monster unless you set it to cheat mode. Great video as always Patman! I didn't even know there WAS a European release for the Amstrad and the ancient Speccy, but the Spectrum version actually looks great for that machine even if it is likely unplayably slow. Thanks for the thorough coverage and giving Eugene Jarvis the props he deserves!

Another great retrospective Patman!

This game blew me away in its time, I remember playing it at the bowling alley. It definitely had more gore than most games back then, which added to the mindless fun. I seem to recall being unable to beat Mr. Big in the NES version even with a Game Genie and infinite lives.

Awww yes my favorite !! Thank you Pat!

Nice review of this tough action side action game NARC, Patman. I tried getting through the arcade game but only got about halfway as it's a quarter muncher with the high difficulty. Thanks for covering this unique game and it's ports! Enjoy the Games show Expo Convention too.

thanks for another video Patman!

I used to love Narc in the arcade. Played with a friend and we put so much money into this. Also, never knew Eugene Jarvis was behind Narc. Great video.

Another happy little day thanks to the Patman!! Here's some ideas for the next documentary: - Captain Commando - Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - T2 The Arcade Game

I *still* can't believe a game as shockingly sadistic bloody and tasteless like Chiller was allowed to be released to public arcades in the mid '80s. To quote someone named James Rolfe, "WHAT were they thinking?!?..." 😮😏

WE GA IT! One of my favorites arcade ever. Hopefully we see a true to its root remake someday.

I loved this game when it first came out in the arcade, but if I had a nickel for every quarter I pumped in to this game... well I probably would have cashed them in for more quarters to feed it.

Always surprised there wasn't ever a Sega Genesis port of NARC. A TG16 port could've been fun, too.

Thank goodness for you, Patman. Right now on RU-vid there is content that makes you feel really low*. ( *Seriously, what on Earth is going on?? ) THEN I saw you just posted a new video, and I feel better right away! 😸 Oh, I remember this one all right, I immediately started pumping quarters into it faster than my character was shooting on the screen! It was fast, it was loud, and you got to blow away bad guys by the dozen! The Gaming Convention looks like an absolute blast, incidentally I'm going to see the Vocaloid 'Hatsune Miku' at the time of the convention. Thanks again for all the hard work, editing and such, I know it isn't easy; I once made a Visual Novel and it took me over 2 months.

NARC always stood out in the arcade too. It drew you in with the black cabinet but also the violence and the real-life message about drugs. I was a kid in the 80s, so I got hit hard with anti-drug PSAs and tv specials. My school also had D.A.R.E. So when I would go to the arcade, the impression I got from NARC was "whoa 😲 This game is serious" LOL

Great research once again, have a great time at the convention 👍👍👍👍

That's too cool that they were willing to be interviewed to contribute information to the show which means they have trust in you and appreciate the videos. Narc is another one similar to Bad Dudes where it's crazy that it got an NES release and not a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo port when they are more capable systems. I had never heard of Crime Wave and may need to try that one out soon but that NES version by Rare was a classic that I played a lot as a kid and teenager. 😄

The Power Team was good in that it showed Max able to lead his fellow teammates (Tyrone, Kuros and Qwirk) without needing to get needlessly violent. They cleaned up Joe and Spike to make it able to pass muster with the Moral Watchdogs of the 80s.

finding a complete working ROM of this gem is hard as hell. My pandoras box doesnt have one, and it has thousands of games. Ended up resorting to Midway Treasures on Dolphin

Another fantastic video

Awesome job. Good stuff

I remember playing NARC when it came out. Of course I wasn't good at it. Hopefully i can try it now. I thought there was blood in the arcade version of this game 🤔 i remember the Power Team cartoon as well. Great video Patman🏆💪

Oh man, I knew Crime Wave was coming and it sure did! I forgot its name but I remember clear as day watching a computer whiz friend of mine playing it. The digitized videos were amazing (for the time)

Great video, thanks for posting.

I had Crime Wave pirated on DOS back then. Enjoyable game if you had a sound card. Had no idea NARC even was a thing.

I was just playing this earlier to make sure my modded Wii U could handle arcade games. Still love this game.

For me that license plate is my favorite detail. Good work.

This game definitely gets inspiration from Jail Break.

I watch your channel for the humor and the nostalgia of video games

I saw an episode of Adam Ruins Everything, which explains that the drug war was actually a predigest war and a waste of time, money, and energy.

Wow! First time viewing you, but this was great. Similar to UCBVG and the NERD but I like your delivery and the facts associated with the game.

Narc took over the arcades, I still remember the lines, and oh, I'll see you at the classic Pat, cant wait to meet you

Great video Pat - brings back many memories of hammering this on my Amstrad CPC464 whilst looking on enviously at my friend's Amiga 500 version! Just fyi it's actually phonetically "Pomp-eee" and not "Pomp-pay" - it's a city called Portsmouth on the South Coast of England, although it's quite sketchy as to why it's nicknamed "Pompey" but the earliest written reference is to the local football team who, to this day, still use the reference in their chants ("play up Pompey!").

I loved this game. I got it for Sega Genesis in high school and would play it for hours after i went surfing. I remember no desire to visit an arcade after Sega genesis and super Nintendo came out.

Mr. Big has got so many chins it looks like he's peeking out over a stack of pancakes.

The final boss in the arcade version is absolutely OFF THE RAILS!😅😅😅

the "thug" with the bag of pills and joint reminds me of dave attel..

Oh man... The gaming classic looks "most excellent!!!" Would love to attend!

I had, and still have the commodore 64 version. The box art was awesome and the level one music was so awesome I intend to look it up after watching this video.

WOOOOOO! Another banger from PatManQC!!! Here’s another one just for you PatMan good sir!!😂 Navin R. Johnson: “First I get my name in the phone book and now I'm on your ass. You know, I'll bet more people see that than the phone book!”

Great work covering the history of the game NARC! I have for long just wondered why they never made any 16-bit ports for the SNES and the Mega Drive/Genesis (?) especally since Acclaim liked to publish as much as possible. I remember even believing there was ports on the systems - at least for Sega, but as I got older I learned that never happend (for some odd reason).

Many good memories with this game. My friends and I cheered when we won at the end.

It's not often I laugh out loud, but one orange gag in this video broke me. 😂

Great great stufff... This game swallowed my allowance as a kid. Then after long last it came out on the amiga! Whoohooo! What a time to be alive! Great vid! There was this other one... With the game show, two players and shooting everything in sight... I forget the name... I'll look it up.. Also pumped it full of nickels.. 🎉🎉🎉

A NARC arcade machine was featured in the Foot Clan Hideout sequence of the first Ninja Turtles movie.

NARC , finally!!! I remember playing this at Aladdin's castle at the Joliet Louis Mall. True Classic

22:20 Now that's Nostalgic! I feel like I'm walking through an arcade and I can smell the smoking, cheap cologne and new vinyl plastic & wood, thay draws me to a new cabinet,....and next crazy adventure!!!

That convention sounds dope as hell

Loved NARC. What a quarter muncher. Enjoyed the NES, but Seeing some of these conversions makes me realize, man, some games have not aged well.

I remember there was a code that gave you extra continues on the NES version. I don’t remember what it was though. Also, the version of the game on Midway Arcade Treasures suffered from bad emulation. The GameCube version of that compilation suffered from delayed sound. Did nobody play test this? Still, I love this game! I wish the arcade bar near me would get this.

Nice video but there's one major omission that I'm surprised nobody has mentioned in the comments either because its the most interesting fact about this game. NARC was allegedly the first ever 32 bit arcade game! Boom!

There's a NARC cabinet at my local arcade. My first time playing this game was on the NES which has a surprisingly good port

"She was portrayed by your mam"! You actually made me laugh out loud 🤣👌