CarnEvil
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| Developer(s) | Midway Games |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Games |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Genre(s) | Light gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Midway Seattle hardware |
| CPU | Main CPU: R5000 @ 150 MHz |
| Sound | Sound CPU: ADSP2115 @ 16 MHz Sound Chips: (2x) DMA-driven @ 16 MHz |
CarnEvil is a rail shooter arcade game using a light gun. Released by Midway Games on October 31 (Halloween), 1998.
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[edit] Plot
The game is set in the fictional town of Greeley Valley, Iowa. The main character, Jacob, joins a tractor-drawn trailer called Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour on its path through a cemetery. According to an urban legend, if a golden token is inserted into the jester's mouth on top of the tombstone of Ludwig von Tökkentäkker, a haunted amusement park will rise from the earth.
The main character leaves the tour with his friend, Lisa, and approaches the tombstone to find a golden coin sitting in a small hole on the tombstone, and surprised, Jacob inserts the coin into the jester's mouth, resulting in the legendary undead carnival rising from the ground. Wielding a shotgun from the shooting gallery at the entrance, Jacob fights through hordes of monsters, zombies, and insects as he tries to escape.
First, Jacob goes to "Rickety Town". There, he rides the "Slay Ride" and battles several demonic elves, zombies dressed as goofy dinosaurs and flying bug like things and see Lisa trapped on a ferris wherl. Finally he battle "Krumpas", a Santa Claus like monster.
Jacob then goes to the Haunted House and battles through hordes of zombies, spiders, ghosts and bats. He notices that Lisa is being chased by zombies. He battles Hambone, a large Jason Vorhees-like creature with a gatling gun for a hand. After going through "the hall of hands", Jason fights Hambone the Revenge, who now has a skull launching grenade launcher for a hand. Soon he is pushed off the roof into a grave with a thombstone saying "Rest in Pieces". At last he fights "Evil Marie" who, after deafting her, she is impaled by a thombstone.
Jacob then visits the Freakshow.
Jacob then goes through the Big Top, and battles Tökkentäkker ontop of his blimp.
After defeating Tökkentäkker and surviving the explosion of his airship, Jacob awakes the next morning in a pile of leaves in the cemetery, next to Lisa and in front of the Tökkentäkker tombstone. He then sees the token in its slot and, ignoring Lisa's protests, puts it into the jester's mouth for a repeat performance.
[edit] Gameplay
The game consists of four levels, each ending with a boss fight. The players shoot enemies on the screen while progressing through four amusement park-themed horror environments.
Occasionally, Lisa will appear amidst a group of monsters. Shooting Lisa when she appears earns a life penalty, but does not garner any long-term consequences or changes to the game. Power-ups are rewards for shooting enemies. Grabbing these power-ups also provides bonus points.
[edit] Characters
- Jacob - A local teenager and the protagonist of the game. After hearing the legend of CarnEvil, he takes Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour through the local Greeley Valley Cemetery to see whether the stories are true. When he sees the professor's grave, he ditches the Ghost Tour and foolishly puts the token into the mouth of the Jester Skull. As Tökkentäkker and his minions emerge from the depths of Hell, the player learns that CarnEvil is beyond anything the legend described and grabs a pump-action shotgun from the shooting gallery, realizing that he must either fight his way out or die in the evil amusement park. He is Player 1.
- Lisa - A teenage resident of Greely Valley Iowa, Lisa reluctantly agreed to go along with her friends on the "Spooky Sam Ghost Tour" through Greely Valley Cemetery. Little did they know that this would be the night that CarnEvil would return. Lisa is now helplessly trapped within the twisted walls of CarnEvil.
[edit] Reception
It is said to be "the most twisted video game ever" by the LA Weekly.[1]
[edit] CarnEvil original soundtrack
The original score was composed by Kevin Quinn.
- CarnEvil Introduction- 1:38
- CarnEvil Superbeast- 0:30
- Select Your Doom- 1:03
- Christmas Wonderland- 1:06
- Big Bunyan Ride!- 1:22
- The Garage (Bumper Cars) - 1:30
- Krampus- 1:31
- Haunted House- 1:07
- Freak Show- 0:52
- The Chamber of Horrors- 1:25
- Junior- 1:24
- Ludwig von Tökkentäkker's Big Top- 1:04
- The Final Ring- 1:04
- The Baron's Airship- 1:17
- Credits- 2:35
