Gameplay from NARC for the NES. This 1990 version of NARC, published by Acclaim Entertainment and developed by Rare Ltd. was billed as "the first video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) with a strong anti-drug message". Despite the NES's system limitations, the game retained most of its violence and gore.
The gameplay was significantly handicapped because of the NES controller's limited number of buttons (only two buttons on the NES controller, whereas the arcade version has four independent buttons). The ability to jump and fire missiles was preserved, however — the player had to tap the B or A button, as opposed to pressing it normally.
Despite the game's strong anti-drug message, Nintendo forced all drug references to be removed from the actual gameplay.
