{"podcast":{"title":"Play Retro Show","slug":"play-retro-show-4624804","podcast_index_feed_id":4624804,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6500f7e38c35840011fa822f","website_url":"http://frogpants.com/playretro","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6500f7e38c35840011fa822f/1695849151473-19fc972d701fa82f5c780dbd47664755.jpeg","author":"Scott Johnson","episode_count":227,"summary":"Scott Johnson and Brian Dunaway talk about retro video games! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T12:20:34.666634+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804"},"episode":{"title":"PLAY RETRO 222: NARC","slug":"play-retro-222-narc","published_at":"2026-06-25T00:58:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804/play-retro-222-narc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804","url":"https://shows.acast.com/play-retro-show/episodes/play-retro-222-narc","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6500f7e38c35840011fa822f/e/6a3c7d52eeb75ff76e55c79f/media.mp3","summary":"NARC (1988) brought digitized graphics, massive explosions, and War-on-Drugs satire to arcades in one of the most controversial games of its era. Players take on the roles of narcotics officers Max Force and Hit Man as they blast their way through a criminal empire using machine guns, rocket launchers, and sheer excess. We explore the arcade original and its many home ports, with a brief look at the 2005 reboot that attempted to bring the franchise into the modern era. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BwBewmod2QU  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"NARC (1988) brought digitized graphics, massive explosions, and War-on-Drugs satire to arcades in one of the most controversial games of its era. Players…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3537,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/play-retro-show-4624804/episodes/play-retro-222-narc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804/play-retro-222-narc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}