Karnov's Revenge (AKA Fighters History Dynamite in the USA and Japan releases) is a 2D fighter released in 1994 that has been ported to the Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, and Sega Saturn. Despite being a very early fighting game in the genre it offered some novel ideas on what could be done with fighting game character kit design.
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Every time I play this game I get pissed off, but I always come back to this game. What the hell.
Do not play a Canadian in this game, worst decision in my life
Game so fire it made Capcom feel threatened enough to file a lawsuit. The only game I've ever played where you can punch the logo off a dude's t-shirt.
After Street Fighter 2's release in 1991, both the arcade and home consoles would see a flood of imitators hit the market. Alpha Denshi (later ADK) would bring us the World Heroes series, Konami had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters.... there was Body Blows, Power Move, Kaiser Knuckle, the list could go on forever. Most of these games were trash. When the dust finally settled, only one of them really stands out to me as worth revisiting. That honor goes to the Data East classic Fighter's History Dynamite, also known as Karnov's Revenge. Karnov's sets a golden standard for kusoge; a ridiculously broken game that remains entertaining by sheer spectacle. Objectively, we know this game is horrible but it doesn't matter when you can make Karnov turn into a balloon and spit fire. Nothing in Street Fighter 2 ever came close to the sheer exhilaration of Clown telling me to "pick a card." Matlok anti-airing by thrusting his entire body upwards in a strange leap-frog manuever. Marstorious setting up inescapable throws from full screen by sliding towards you with a blood-curdling screen. It is pure kino. No imitator will ever do it like Karnov did, and that is a good and bad thing at the same time.
Definitely a bit of a jank-fest, but not an entirely unfun one. I didn't exactly play the game that much and mostly just messed around in versus mode with a friend watching how busted a lot of the character's moves were, but for what it's worth it was a fun time.
Karnov | MaraSNK%
Karnov é um jogo que me surpreendeu bastante
O visual é meio genérico, parece um SF2 clone requintado, mesmo vale pra OST. O que brilha msm é a gameplay, é super técnica e gostosa. E os personagens são bem carismáticos até, com movesets bem criatívos.
8/10
Karnov é um jogo que me surpreendeu bastante
O visual é meio genérico, parece um SF2 clone requintado, mesmo vale pra OST. O que brilha msm é a gameplay, é super técnica e gostosa. E os personagens são bem carismáticos até, com movesets bem criatívos.
8/10