Earthworm Jim 3D is a platform game, the third in the Earthworm Jim series. It is a sequel to Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2, and the first game in the series to not be developed by Shiny Entertainment, which had recently instituted a strict "no sequels" policy. Interplay Entertainment, having recently purchased the Earthworm Jim rights, handed the franchise off to VIS Interactive. The game suffered a difficult, prolonged development cycle and was repeatedly delayed until it was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. The game was not received well, with critics claiming that the charm of the originals was lost, and that despite the long development period, the game still felt sloppy and lacked previously promoted features.
NARC is a 3rd-person shooter that has the player tracking the distribution of the deadly new narcotic "Liquid Soul" across two different cities in Asia and the U.S.A. The player controls one of two characters - Narcotics detective Jack Forezenski (voiced by Michael Madsen), or D.E.A. agent Marcus Hill (voiced by Bill Belamy). Both are led by Narcotics chief Joe Kowalski (voiced by Ron Pearlman), and the player switches between the two as the story unfolds.
As an undercover cop, players are free to roam the streets and dispense justice at their discretion. Aside from storyline missions, players can encounter 12 types of randomized street crimes and stop them to boost their "badge rating" (loosely, a measure of their trust within the police).
One-on-one fighting! Tag team tournaments! Just choose your character and then select the location. All the environments are modeled after scenes from your favorite Tom & Jerry episodes. An "All-Star" line-up of characters such as Tom, Jerry, Butch, Spike, Tuffy, and Duckling help to make this the ultimate Tom & Jerry experience! Weapons include shovels, bombs, red-hot pokers, tennis rackets, furniture and an assortment of fruit, plus there are countless other tricks, traps and surprises to be found. It doesn't get any better than this. So go to your corner, wait for the bell and come out fighting. Just keep an eye out behind you, because no one fights fair in this game!