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- Karnov -  
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Karnov's origins lie in the
arcades and as such it's a pretty basic sidescrolling platformer. You play
as Karnov, a firebreathing Russian, who is looking to recover the lost treasure
of Babylon which has been taken by an evil dragon. You can collect powerups
to spew more fireballs at the same time and even some others that allow
you to go places you normally can't.
The treasure was actually kept in Karnov's home village of Creamina and
it is there where Karnov starts his quest. Various monsters small and large
stand in your way but the powerups that you can pick up will double or triple
your firepower by letting you shoot two or three fireballs at once. Some
powerups are needed for the larger enemies like a shield but others like
the ladder are need to get into places. The problem with some of these is
that it isn't always clear which items you can or cannot jump onto as they
all look exactly the same. After you finish a stage you will get a piece
of the map leading to the treasure and a hint about what to do in the next
stage. Can you defeat Ryu, the dragon, and get back the treasure?
There have been so many platform games it would have to be seriously good
to stand out from the crowd. I know there are a lot of people who like the
game but for me the game doesn't really stand out. Sure there's some fun
in the game and it not particulary bad or anything but maybe it's just the
conversions most of which aren't too good, the NES version isn't too bad
though so check that one out if you want to try it.
Overal rating: 6/10
Erde Kaiser
Karnov was released for many different systems here are some notes:
| Amstrad
CPC |
Released
in 1988.
Same story as the C64 version not too good. |
| C64 |
Released
in 1988.
This is very dissapointing, it uses a nonstandard graphics format
and it's very jerky and badlooking because of this. |
| DOS |
Released
in 1987.
Of all the nonconsole versions this is probably the best. |
| NES |
Released
in 1988.
This is pretty good, smooth scrolling and responsive controls the
best version overall without a doubt. |
| Others |
These
versions are not available.
Apple released in 1988.
ZX spectrum released in 1987. |
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Date added |
Jan-26-2007 23:34 |
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Karnov |
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Developer |
Data East
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Publisher |
Data East
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First released |
1987 |
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Genre |
Action
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Download |
Amstrad CPC, filesize: 135 Kb
Commodore 64, filesize: 133 Kb
MS-DOS, filesize: 236 Kb
Nintendo Entertainment System, filesize: 97 Kb
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Manual |
Download manual for Karnov
, filesize: 4 Kb
This is the same as the text manual. |
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Solve / Docs |
No solve available
Get text manual here
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