Karnov
| Karnov | |
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Arcade flyer | |
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| Publisher(s) | Data East
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| Platform(s) | |
| Release | Arcade 1987 NES |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
Karnov (カルノフ, Karunofu) is a platform video game released in the arcades in 1987 by Data East. A Nintendo Entertainment System port followed, when it was released in Japan by Namco the same year and in North America by Data East itself 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 and again in Karnov's Revenge.
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 sequel, Karnov's Revenge, also known as Fighter's History Dynamite.