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Arcade Archives KARNOV comes to Switch and Switch 2 today
Karnov, the master of acid reflux
Karnov
Released Jan 1, 1987
Rating 62/100
Perspective Side view, Text
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.
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Karnov is this week’s Arcade Archives title for Nintendo Switch 2, and Switch
The latest entry in the Arcade Archives collection is the title Karnov. The game is set to release for both Nintendo Switch 2, and Switch tomorrow September 10, 2026. Karnov is a 1987 action side-scroller in which you progress through levels while defeating enemies. The main weap…