Lost In Translation/Chelnov - Atomic Runner - Nuclear Man, The Fighter

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Chelnov - Atomic Runner Nuclear ManThe Fighter
Manufacturer	Data East Corporation
Released	1988
Control Method	8-way Joystick 3 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 10.000 MHz) M6502 (@ 1.500 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM2203 (@ 1.500 MHz) YM3526 (@ 3.000 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 240 pixels 60.00 Hz 1,024 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	18 ROMs 985,088 bytes (962.00 KiB)
MAME ID	chelnov · chelnovj · chelnovu

About The Game

Chelnov - Atomic Runner - Nuclear Man, The Fighter is a horizontally scrolling platform shoot-em-up in which the player controls Chelnov, a former coal miner caught up in a Chernobyl-like nuclear accident. Now possessing superior physical strength and agility, Chelnov is determined to escape the Eastern Bloc country he called home and run and jump across the world to finish in the US.

What distinguishes this game from others of its genre is its use of forced scrolling. The screen moves continuously from left to right and players must negotiate the game's many obstacles and enemies without the benefit of dictating their speed of progress. Enemies attack from left, right, above and below and Chelnov can switch the direction he's facing to attack enemies that are behind him. Some enemies carry different types of weapons and power-ups and when they are shot the power-ups drop to the ground and can be picked up.

Trivia

This game is known in Japan as "Atomic Runner Chelnov - Tatakau Ningen Hatsudensho".

This game came out a couple of years after Russia's power plant accident. One of Japan's prestigious newspaper 'Asahi Shinbun' had article about the title of this game and its imprudent attitude, Data East responded that Chelnov was a sequel to Karnov and that it had no relation to the accident.

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Data East Game Music - 28XA-205) on 10/05/1988.

Updates

The US version & the Japanese version of Chelnov have different gameplay.

Chelnov later appeared in "Karnov's Revenge" as the final boss. He also appeared as the final boss in the Nintendo Super Famicom game "Fighter's History - Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!" as well as an unlockable playable character.

Staff

Program

Inoue

Akiyama

Haga

Hard

Shinozaki

Sound

Hara

Yoshida Hiroaki

Kiuchi

Tenno

Graphic

Masanori Tokoro

J.S

Mix Man

Ritsu. T

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Chelnov arcade cabinet.

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  Chelnov - Atomic Runner flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sega Mega Drive (1992)

Computers

Sharp X68000 (1988)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Data East Game Music	28XA-205	1988-05-10	Alfa Records	CD version.
Data East Game Music	ALC-22925	1988-05-10	Alfa Records	Cassette version.
Data East Game Music	ALR-22925	1988-05-10	Alfa Records	Vinyl version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.