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title Big Karnak
set name bigkarnk
manufacturer Gaelco
year 1991
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source gaelco.c
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rating

70.9% after 39 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu M6809 @ 2.21675MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3.58MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.056MHz
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data
version added .037b06
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
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d5  65536  3b73b9c5  bigkarnk    1b1c5545609a695dab87d611bd53e0c3dd91e6b7 
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h10  524288  ab442855  bigkarnk    bcd69d4908ff8dc1b2215d2c2d2e54b950e0c015 
h8  524288  83dce5a3  bigkarnk    b4f9473e93c96f4b86c446e89d13fd3ef2b03996 
h6  524288  24e84b24  bigkarnk    c0ad6ce1e4b8aa7b9c9a3db8bb0165e90f4b48ed 
d1  262144  26444ad1  bigkarnk    804101b9bbb6e1b6d43a1e9d91737f9c3b27802a 
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cabinet art
flyer bigkarnk.png
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additional information
info 0.37b6 [Manuel Abadia]

WIP:
  • 0.101u3: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed Gaelco sprite and tilemap drawing. This fixes the priority problems in Big Karnak.
  • 24th September 2001: Manuel Abadia fixed Big Karnak, which was broken due to tilemap changes.
  • 13th December 2000: Manuel Abadia fixed the missing music in Big Karnak.
  • 0.37b8: Changed YM3812 clock speed to 3580000 Hz.
  • 5th September 2000: Manuel Abadia fixed some of the priority problems in Big Karnak.
  • 0.37b6: Manuel Abadia added Big Karnak (Gaelco 1991).
  • 30th July 2000: Manuel Abadia sent in a Gaelco driver for Big Karnak, Biomechanical Toy and Maniac Square.
LEVELS: 4

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Romset: 2880 kb / 8 files / 1.14 zip
history Big Karnak (c) 1991 Gaelco S.A.


In this platform game you control a pharoh that attempts to fight through several deadly enemies like cobras and scorpions.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : 901112-1


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : M6809 (@ 2.21675 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.58 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 8 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Shot, [B] Jump


- TRIVIA -


The boss at the start of the 2nd stage was a rip of Karnov in "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja".


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Items list :

Cup : Give extra energy.

Egg timer : Give extra time.

Sword : Extra arms phase I.

Scepter : Extra arms phase II.

Life : Extra life - 100,000 points.


- STAFF -
  • Direction : Julian Goicoa
  • Story : Tony Yeste
  • Program : Luis Jonama, Albert Sunyer
  • Graphics : Tony Yeste
  • Graphics C. : Xavier Arrebola
  • Sound : Josep Quingles
  • Hardware design : Chu-Lin
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=big-karnak&page=detail&id=241&o=2
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00000000:FF9C70:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:FF801A:0000003B:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFCA62:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FFCA64:000000C0:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:FFCA6C:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFC962:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FFC964:000000C0:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:FFC96C:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
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