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Karnov
Sign in to saveis a 1987 platform game developed and published by Data East for arcades. A Nintendo Entertainment System port followed, which was released in Japan by Namco the same year and in North America by Data East in 1988. Players take control of the title character Jinborov Karnovski, or "Karnov" for short. Karnov is a strongman popularly illustrated as being from an unspecified part of the Soviet Union's Central Asian republics, as shown on the arcade flyer.
Game data
- Released
- 1987-12-18
- User rating
- 3.67 / 5
- Platforms
- PC, NES, Classic Macintosh, Commodore / Amiga
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Karnov is a 1987 platform arcade game. It is the debut of Data East's mascot of the same name. After Data East became defunct due to bankruptcy in 2003, Paon, a company comprising former Data East staff, acquired the rights to Karnov, along with multiple other Data East games. In the game, players take control of the title character Jinborov Karnovski, or "Karnov" for short. Karnov is a strongman popularly illustrated as being from an unspecified part of the Soviet Union's Central Asian republics as shown on the original arcade flyer and again in Karnov's Revenge.
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Shooter, Music, Platform, Adventure
- Platforms
- Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Mac, DOS, Amstrad CPC
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Data East, Data East
- Publisher
- Electric Dreams Software, Data East
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Karnov
- Video game.image
- Karnov game flyer.png
- Video game.caption
- Arcade flyer
- Video game.developer
- Data East
- Video game.platforms
- Arcade, NES, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC, Mac OS
- Video game.genre
- Platform
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
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- publication date
- 1988-01-00
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- IBM PC
- NES
- Reception
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a 1987 platform game developed and published by Data East for arcades. A Nintendo Entertainment System port followed, which was released in Japan by Namco the same year and in North America by Data East in 1988. Players take control of the title character Jinborov Karnovski, or "Karnov" for short. Karnov is a strongman popularly illustrated as being from an unspecified part of the Soviet Union's Central Asian republics, as shown on the arcade flyer.
As a character created by Data East, Karnov was reintroduced in several other games from the company, including Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja in which he is a boss in the first level. Karnov later appeared in the 1993 fighting game ''Fighter's History, in which he is the final boss, and as a playable character in its sequels, Karnov's Revenge, also known as Fighter's History Dynamite and Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!''.