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Karnov

Description

You play a Russian strong-man fighting his way through nine levels in order to piece together a map that leads to the treasure. End-of-level monsters appear during each stage. Finding hidden power-ups along the way can make your job easier.

Karnov was produced by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan in 1987.

Nihon Bussan/AV Japan released 59 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Nihon Bussan/AV Japan was based in United States.

Other machines made by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan during the time period Karnov was produced include: Breywood, Kyoukou Toppa, Lock-On, Last Mission, Ring King II, T.K.O. Boxing, Gondomania, SRD - Super Real Darwin, Meikyuu Hunter G, and Makyou Senshi

Specs

Name	Karnov
Developer	Nihon Bussan/AV Japan (United States)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8283
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Fighter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Karnov Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - FireJumpSelect
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Karnov PCB Image

Video Clips

Karnov Arcade Game

Game Introduction

The player character is a fire-breathing Russian named Jinborov Karnovski, also known as Karnov, a former circus strongman whose quest is to find the lost treasure by collecting pieces of the map which leads to it at the end of each stage.

As Karnov travels through each level, he will encounter many different prehistoric and mystical creatures that he must avoid or destroy using his fire-breathing powers.

Players can also use power-ups to help Karnov in his search for the treasure and 50 "K" boxes can be collected to gain an extra Karnov.

The game ends after the ninth level is completed and Karnov has found the treasure.

Karnov KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

Miscellaneous

Converted to Spectrum, Amstrad and Commodore 64 by Electric Dreams Software in 1988.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Karnov Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 68 known instances of this machine owned by Karnov collectors who are active members. Of these, 18 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 44 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Karnov machine for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with a Karnov circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Karnov circuit board set.

This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Data East - Hits To Fit All Locations

1987

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Karnov Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(1 page, 107 kB File)

Operation & Service Manual - Karnov Manual — **Operation & Service Manual**
(42 pages, 3.8 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (7fe2a6995e3979ade66202687a227eab)

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