Atomic Runner Chelnov

Atomic Runner Chelnov
Japanese arcade flyer
DevelopersData East
Dempa (X68000)
Publishers
Data East
  • Genesis
    Dempa (X68000)
    Paon (Virtual Console)
DesignerAkira Otani (MD/GEN)
ProgrammersSōichi Akiyama
Takuya Haga
Takaaki Inoue (Arcade)
Kohji Sasamoto (MD/GEN)
ArtistsJun Sato
Masanori Tokoro
Mix Man
Ritsu T. (Arcade)
Mau Yokoi, Mutsunori Sato (MD/GEN)
ComposersAzusa Hara
Hiroaki Yoshida
Tatsuya Kiuchi
Tenno (Arcade)
Masaaki Iwasaki (MD/GEN)
PlatformsArcade, Genesis, X68000
Release
January 1988
  • Arcade
    • JP: January 1988
    • NA: 1988
    Genesis
    • NA: July 1992
    • JP: 16 October 1992
    • EU: 1992
    X68000
    • JP: 29 January 1993
GenresPlatform, scrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
(not in all versions)
Arcade systemKarnov-based hardware

Atomic Runner Chelnov is an arcade side-scrolling shooter platform video game developed and published by Data East in 1988. It was ported to the Sega Genesis in 1992, and the X68000 in 1993. In the game, the player takes the role of Chelnov, a coal miner who miraculously survives the malfunction and explosion of a nuclear power plant. Chelnov's body gains superhuman abilities due to the massive amount of radiation given off by the explosion, and a secret organization seeks to harness those abilities for its own evil purposes. Chelnov must battle and defeat the secret organization using his newfound abilities.