Karnov

*Karnov*
Karnov
	Arcade flyer
Developer	Data East
Publishers	Data East NES JP: Namcot; NA: Data East; CPC, ZX Spectrum; Electric Dreams Software;
Platforms	Arcade, NES, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC, Mac OS
Release	January 1987 Arcade JP: January 1987; NA: March 1987; NES JP: December 18, 1987; NA: January 1988; C64 EU: March 1988; NA: July 1988; CPC, ZX Spectrum EU: March 1988; IBM PC August 1988; Mac OS 1989; ;
Genre	Platform
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Karnov (カルノフ, Karunofu) is a 1987 platform game developed and published by Data East for arcades. A Nintendo Entertainment System port followed, which was released in Japan by Namco the same year and in North America by Data East in 1988. 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 arcade flyer.

As a character created by Data East, Karnov was reintroduced in several other games from the company, including Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja in which he is a boss in the first level. Karnov later appeared in the 1993 fighting game Fighter's History, in which he is the final boss, and as a playable character in its sequels, Karnov's Revenge, also known as Fighter's History Dynamite and Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!.