Karnov - Commodore 64 - longplay

Many many many many many thanks to minotaurus, the C64 superhero, he only plays forgotten games :D
As usual, he wrote A LOT of notes about this game, let's see:
"Arcade port of the 1987 Data East title of the same name.
The goal of the game is to find the treasure of Babylon; to fulfill this mission our Karnov will have to collect all map pieces of the map, each of them obtained by completing a level, defeating the boss.
There are many power ups:
- the ball (or sphere if you prefer) which allows us to improve the shot (up to a maximum of 3 shots at a time);
- the letters K which are somewhat like coins in Super Mario Bros.: by taking 50 you gain an extra life;
Other power are selected by moving the joystick left and right and pressing the Y button (but you can stop the game with run-stop and choose wisely without having to move at the same time our dear Karnov) From left to right in the lower part of the screen they are:
- the shoe: allows us to jump higher and go faster (very useful in certain parts for collecting bonus objects or quicly get rid of obstacles);
- bombs: used to strategically eliminate enemies, but even more useful to open shortcuts and secret passages (very useful when you'll be near the end of the game in particular)
- the ladder: allows us to reach inaccessible areas (to reach bonuses or shortcuts. It is even possible to pick up the ladder after you've used, but only from the bottom; I didn't use this trick in the longplay.
-the boomerang: a very powerful and effective weapon but if you don't pick it up after throwing it you lose it, returning to the previous shot;
- fire: allows us to have greater shooting power, very useful against certain types of annoying enemies (shots are not depleted by time but by consumption);
- Underwater helmet (situational): has the same speed effect as the shoe but only when you're underwater;
- wings (situational): fly at will, but can only be used in specific points of the game;
- mask: allows us to SEE hidden bonus objects;
-the scooter (situational): allows us to make appear a sort of giant rail scooter, which defends us from enemies for those level sections where the track/rail is located.
The game includes many enemies, hidden objects or objects that can be taken by wisely using power ups, different secret passages and crossroads in several levels (you can take different paths).
Too bad it is a lazy conversion from the spectrum version. Furthermore, certain enemies launch shots identical to those launched by Karnov, making it impossible to understand when you are hit if you are shooting at the same time a lot of shots.
The game received many negative reviews at the time, and it's no surprise 😅 bad scrolling, terrific slowdowns, choppy controls and almost no checkpoints (if you lose a life you have to do the whole level from the beginning or halfway through the level, losing the upgraded shot but at least keeping the objects at the bottom).
If you lose all your lives you won't be able to continue.
I must say that the ending is perhaps the best thing this conversion has to offer."
Played by minotaurus and recorded by VED, as part of the videogame endings database, whose goal is to catalogue and create the world's largest archive of videogame endings! (what an humble and not ambitious project :D)
If you want to contribute please let me know!
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[@FARDEENKHANQWE123]

Art style and grafx both 9/10. Its a 3/10 for gameplay.

[@VED]

and coming (not so) soon also an alternate longplay, where minotaurus took different paths!
Longplaying this game 2 times means great devotion or some sort of self-punishment :D

[@Emulous79]

I was just thinking of this game before finding out you longplayed it. Strange.

[@VED]

next time try thinking to find a gold bar, hope it has the same effect :D :D :D :D

[@FARDEENKHANQWE123]

@@VED jeff bazos get all the thought up gold bars

[@giammitobelgiasergio]

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