Karnov
- Genres
- Shooter Music Platform Adventure
- Platforms
- DOS · Mac · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · Arcade
- Release
- Arcade Jan 01, 1987 DOS 1987 Month only ZX Spectrum 1987 Month only Amstrad CPC 1988 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1988 Month only Mac 1989 Month only
- Credits
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DE
Data East
ED
Electric Dreams Software
- Board status
- —
About
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.