Karnov

published by Activision / Data East / Electric Dreams in 1988, developed by Mr. Micro / Software Studio, running on Amstrad CPC

type: shooter, platformer
genre: Run and Gun
perspective: side view
player options: single player

languages: eng

3.6/5

Official description

Join Karnov the fire breathing Russian strongman, on his hazardous quest to defeat the evil dragon Ryu and find the lost treasure of Babylon. Karnov is a vast 4 way scrolling game that combines both strategy and fast action in 9 challenging levels of gameplay. It is recognised by arcade addicts everywhere as one of the best games of its kind. For a start you won't have to get bored going over the same route every time you get killed - there's more than one way back to the point of death! Karnov is also highly playable and addictive. And the graphics are phenomenal. And on top of all that, Karnov does have something special in the way of characters - have you ever been killed by a skeleton or an ostrich?

# 2016-12-17 03:56:03 - official description

Technical specs

display: raster

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game genre

External reviews (7) - average: 72.4% - median: 75%

review source		issue	date	score
Amstar (01-23)	fr	22	1988-06	n.a.		view
Amstar (24-53)	fr	24	1988-08	11/20	55%	view
Amstrad Action	uk	34	1988-07	50/100	50%	view
Amstrad Cent Pour Cent	fr	6	1988-07	85/100	85%	view
Amstrad Computer User (13-53)	uk	46	1988-09	15/20	75%	view
CPC (12-38)	fr	36	1988-07	n.a.		view
Computing with the Amstrad (29-44)	uk	44	1988-08	91/100	91%
The Games Machine	uk	8	1988-07	81/100	81%	view
Tilt 39-113	fr	57	1988-09	14/20	70%	view