Karnov - Bad Dudes

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Lightning Speed
Composer Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida
Released 1988-04-??
Title Origin Game Location
Loops Yes

Karnov is the specialized boss theme heard when you're fighting Karnov in Bad Dudes, the boss of stage 1. The song is nearly identical to the Dragon Ninja tune heard for every other boss, but the melody of this track uses a tune very similar to the one heard in the stage music of the game Karnov (ARC).

Title

The official title come from the Deco History: Data East Game Music Scene One album where the song is named 忍者火流野夫 (Ninja Hi Ryu No Otto). This doesn't have a known translation, but the words mean "ninja fire style field husband." A ninja using the fighting style of fire certainly fits Karnov, but the last two words don't make sense. They may be a name or figure of speech that doesn't translate to English. For now, the title remains based on who the boss is rather than the official wording.

Games

Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja (ARC)

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Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja (ARC)
Output - OPL2.svg
Bad Dudes - ARC - Karnov.png
Arranger Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida
Released 1988-04-??
Format UNK

This is the original version of the song. It is rendered on the game's YM3812.

Dragonninja vs. Dragonninja (AMI)

Platform - AMI.png
Dragonninja vs. Dragonninja (AMI)
Arranger Jean Baudlot
Released 1988-??-??
Format UNK


Dragonninja vs. Dragonninja (AST)

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Dragonninja vs. Dragonninja (AST)
Arranger Jean Baudlot
Released 1988-??-??
Format UNK


Bad Dudes (NES)

Platform - NES.png
Bad Dudes (NES)
Output - NES.svg
Bad Dudes - NES - Karnov.png
Arranger Masaaki Iwasaki, Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama, Junichi Uchida
Released 1989-07-14
Length 0:20
Format NSF

The NES port is nearly identical to the arcade version, only it's a bit louder.

The song is track 2 in the NSF file.

Other Ports

The Amstrad, C64, and Spectrum ports have different soundtracks that don't include this song. The Apple II, DOS, and MSX ports do not have music.

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