Karnov
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| Karnov | |
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| Developer: | Data East |
| Publisher: | Data East |
| Release date: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Platform |
| Game modes: | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Cabinet: | Standard |
| Controls: | Joystick; 3 buttons |
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| Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Type: | Raster, standard resolution (Used: 256 x 240) |
| Notes | |
| First appearance of the character Karnov. | |
Karnov is a 1987 arcade game by Data East. The game puts the bulging muscled, fire-breathing, ex-circus strongman east-russian (asian) hero on a quest to search for treasures. However, between him and the treasures were several horrendous monsters, including sword wielding monks, foot hopping giant fishes and ostriches.
Karnov later became Data East's mascot, and was reintroduced in many other Data East games, including Bad Dudes in which he played a boss in the first level. Karnov would later appear in 1994 in another one of his own games for the Neo-Geo hardware called Karnov's Revenge. This game is not a sequel to the original Karnov, but another fighting game, this time a competitive one, in which Karnov was the end boss.
Karnov although popularly illustrated as a Eastern European or Slavic Russian is actually from the Far East of the former Soviet Union as shown on the original arcade flyer and again in Karnov's Revenge.
Karnov's full name is Jinborov Karnovski.
Several ports of this game were made for Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum and others.
External links
- Coin Op Museum's take on Karnov (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=K&game_id=8283)
- Arcade History Database entry (http://www.arcade-history.com/history_database.php?page=detail&id=1263)
- A "Fake" Sequel to the Karnov games done by Something Awful, includes many of the bad guys in the original game (http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=142)