Arcade Longplay [225] CarnEvil

[@joshuaxiong8377]

For a cheesy and weird game, it had one of the best art styles for an arcade shooter. You couldn't really find anything else as creative in its appearance as CarnEvil. Although, the game could've used a whole lot less spots of taking instant-damage.

[@Shagon89]

Well it is to take ur money... even the Antagonist is Tokkentaker! :D

[@jeremystrauss9208]

This is precisely what keep me away from the game as a child, despite loving the aesthetic. There's tough and then there's just unfair.

[@Sean_Regan]

The difficulty made it more exciting. If you can easily mow down your opponents it‘s less scary and more boring. But yeah there’s tough and then there’s unfair. You can’t mix up “scary” with “frustrating”

[@screwthenet]

The two Haunted Museum games were pretty close in their interesting look and theme. After that, there were some fun shooters in pizza places that catered to children like Chucky Cheese, etc.

[@JohnnyNatrium]

"For an arcade shooter" what are you talking about? The art style is one of the main attractions that any successful rail-shooter excels at. It's pretty much the main attraction because otherwise there's not exactly a lot of unique or deep gameplay mechanics that could make it stand out.

[@mam162]

I love the blink-and-you'll miss it message on the clown doctors' chalkboard: "Umlaut is a kiss-ass". I guess the annoying jester isn't even popular with his own side.

[@mam162]

At the 26:33 mark, right after the chalkboard flips. It's a bit easier to see if you switch to fullscreen.

[@kareemmasri3934]

mam162 umlaut is the best part for me, his snarky rhymes are burnt into my memory.

[@StormKittyAnimations]

I like umlaut the jester skull he’s one of my favourite jester character I’ve been involved by his voice

[@scogia]

How did everyone miss that

[@sinwithagrin4243]

Poor Umlaut

[@bazookapenguin8582]

Head canon: In the game you are actually playing as Spooky Sam who has repeatedly had to deal with CarnEvil due to the occasional idiots on his ghost tours and he has a rivalry with Tokentaker who has vowed to make Sam his star attraction someday

[@illuminatidad]

What if instead spooky sam is hambone

[@MrWii000]

@@illuminatidad Really? I don’t think Spooky Sam would put the token in at the end of the game.

[@bazookapenguin8582]

The idiot survived

[@FunvoltGunvolt]

​@@MrWii000uhh....that was the POV of a different guy

[@AkuiAnzo]

It’s a cool take but you’re the dumb kid who summoned carnevil. I read somewhere his name is Jacob but I am unsure if it’s official. Several enemy voice clips call you “kid” and “boy” however.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

This game needs an HD Remake.

[@kingbawesome]

AGREED!

[@GabrieloTomorrow]

TheNaturalPatHarris I would like if someone could Reboot this game but not as a "Rail-Shooter" or just a simple "HD Remake"....I would like to play a better version that focuses more in the story,exploration and the mysterious origin of the local legend...It would be MUCH more interesting.

[@linearman0245]

Dany Knightfull It would be a first-person game in the vein of Condemned, but more of a action-based game.

[@GabrieloTomorrow]

linearman0245 It doesn't have to be so "Action-oriented"...if they Reboot the game,they could do whatever they want this time...Because when it comes to this game,I always loved the CarnEvil introduction and I found it very scary when I was little .It's so mysterious,interesting,and kinda creepy like a good horror game or movie...But after that,it just turns into a typical Rail-Shooter like "The House of the Dead",and it just focuses on the action and it becomes practically not interesting or scary at all from that point forward....But it was the mysterious story about a haunted amusement park that rises from the earth at night that always got my attention (since I was a kid)....To be honest,I would like to see a game with that kind of story even if it isn't called: "CarnEvil" (though that wasn't a bad title).

[@linearman0245]

Dany Knightfull So like The Evil Within-style gameplay?

[@IMCR8Z]

If I owned the rights to this game, I would make an enhanced version for modern consoles and PC called "CarnEvil: Reopening", featuring improved graphics (obviously), ragdoll physics for dead enemies, online multiplayer, and an improved damage system so you can knock heads, limbs, eyes, and guts off of enemies and watch them roll around on the floor. Oh, and it includes the unaltered original game too.

[@cadaverous6]

Fuck yes.

[@jeremym9011]

+The Shotgun Gamer I would have the Japanese publish and have the rights to it.

[@joshstorms3953]

+The Shotgun Gamer Are you Kidding this should be turned into a movie as well. It would be so refreshing to see as many zombie films are just dumb comedies or drawn out dramas (I dont mind Walking Dead but it does drag in some parts) . It would be good mix of horror,action and suspense.

[@nonsequiter5411]

Strangely enough, HOTD1 has dismemberment for all of the limbs(head legs etc.) But was removed in the later iterations, wonder why that happened?

[@undoneonion90]

Movies based on video games don't do very well with critics.

[@jignjorf9076]

It's baffling that this gem of a game hasn't seen any ports or rereleases. House of the Dead 2 & 3 were put on the Wii, so this one could've easily worked.

[@CrimsonNick171]

Josh Walker ikr. At least add it to steam.

[@Vieweracc99]

I think the real issue is who owns the rights. Midway Games got sold off to a smaller company after Midway folded in 2010.

[@jeremyriley1238]

@@Vieweracc99That is actually true. While Warner Bros. does own NetherRealm Studios (which was once Midway's Chicago studio), and therefore, owns Mortal Kombat and some of their arcade classics, CarnEvil may not be one of those game WB owns the rights to.

[@Tigron101]

Yeah and I heard this was Midway's most successful arcade game back in the day. Certainly has better voice acting that's for sure. :P

[@NashTheBlade]

THIS needs a reboot...Hard to imagine that THIS is almost never mentioned...But yes, rebooted into a GOOD survival horror game I vaguely remembered this game from my childhood when I saw this in the arcades...But the volume was so low on this thing I couldn't hear most of it so responding to some of this stuff was kinda hard...but I fell in love with it because it reminded me of something straight out of a Tim Burton nightmare of awesomeness.

[@BlamefulEye36]

+Xavior TheLycan (The Black Hood) Actually a console port of this game would be nice!!

[@Oscar95451]

+BlamefulEye36 this game is like something from PS1, N64 and Dreamcast

[@BlamefulEye36]

Oscar95451 It would've been nice if they imported it to those consoles!! I would've so got this game!! This was one of my favorite arcade shoot-em-ups!

[@_P4nth3r_]

+BlamefulEye36 Argreed as Long as it's a console I have!

[@BalancedEarth]

it needs to be put in vr... unless it caused nausea. who owns the rights to this game anyway? Sega?

[@eddzetarabbit]

Happy Halloween and 20th Anniversary to CarnEvil, the most twisted arcade game ever existed.

[@mickeyelric11]

My Crush's Childhood Trauma made me remember this legendary game. Man, I still can't forget all those times I went to Peter Piper Pizza as a kid to watch, from far away, how all those teenagers and young adults played this game which gave me the creeps. Now, I finished watching the whole gameplay, and to be honest: I'm in love with this concept! The Universe of this videogame is amazing! Impressive how can you start fearing so much something only to admire it years lateR!

[@avimidi]

3:12 You expected this game to be about an evil carnival, BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!

[@jacobc8036]

Ryu Hacco! I know and he is also in the special thanks in the credit screen

[@ShosuCeladon]

Oh my... Hold up. Does Dio own CarnEvil?!

[@andyburton1160]

Who's dio

[@avimidi]

@@andyburton1160 Bruh.

[@fuckitweball77]

@@andyburton1160 Bruh

[@DGneoseeker1]

You know what pisses me off about this game? There's actually a much, much longer and better explained story, but it's in the manual. The manual that only the cabinet repair guy would ever read. The one that the player never sees. What's the point in that?

[@boxylemons7961]

Yea. If that's one of the flaws for this good game, that's one. Btw, is there any manuals of the game on ebay?

[@DGneoseeker1]

Joe Olson Not that I know of, but I did find a pdf of it somewhere if I recall correctly. Try google.

[@boxylemons7961]

DGneoseeker1 mind linking it?

[@DGneoseeker1]

Joe Olson I would if I could remember where I found it. I can have a look...

[@boxylemons7961]

DGneoseeker1 k

[@lebonk8081]

Imagine how horrifying this would be irl

[@Sean_Regan]

SilverFatalis 5653 and the main character is a bone headed hero, he’s like “I don’t care if there’s zombies, I WANT TO SEE the freak show!”

[@lebonk8081]

@@Sean_Regan lol, true

[@supersmashbro596]

*especially* the freak show. seriously one look at the flapjacks and all i can think of is "mercy kill."

[@RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher]

@@supersmashbro596 Johnny Nero: Action Hero has a kit that converts CarnEvil.

[@mr.spielefreak707]

Would be worth for the gaunted house stage 😏

[@tablefancy7992]

maggots with human faces... gross... but intriguing. I love this game

[@Spartan9095]

To everyone talking about the protagonist inserting the coin again: You are the player. You inserted the coin to play the game. You beat the game, you liked it, you put the coin in again to play again. It's not that deep.

[@codenamefirestarter7478]

Its the thrill of one more kill lol

[@sinwithagrin4243]

I always loved it because I was like. "Yeah I'd do the same bro that was fun as hell"

[@BlueGriffin20]

Technically it shouldn’t have worked given it needs a full moon to trigger and it looked like the morning when he put it back in.

[@summerlaverdure]

thank you, finally someone gets it

[@KetsubanSolo]

@@BlueGriffin20 nah, that's just the legend. It's kind of a trope that the "rules" of a supernatural entity were created by people who don't fully understand what's going on

[@TheFoxVampire]

Here's an interesting bit of trivia for those who dont know! The boss at 21:04 was considered controversial since you're fighting a *giant monsterous baby* ...and it's for that reason that on certain arcade cabinets, there's a switch that allows players to make the boss a giant monstrous teddy bear instead.

[@notinmyworld8239]

And tone down the level of gore too

[@megatron8449]

Which is (in my eyes) actually more creepy, but than again, so it's that entire level.

[@piperformerlycassette]

Oh so that's the "Deaddy" bonus fight on this video!

[@lanthelancer]

At the end he put the token back in?! What was he thinking?! What is this to him, does he think it is some kind of arcade game where you can just go around shooting things in an evil carnival?!?! I mean come on, who would even make a game like that?

[@zenkill24]

i know right he is a total dink

[@ExcessiveSpareTime]

The dude crawled into a loaded cannon, then proceeded to attempt an entire acrobatics routine while firing a shotgun about. I don't think he's what most would consider Ivy League material.

[@Vernal_Sky]

I want to know why he wanted to go through that torture all over again. Did he actually have fun or something? (ಠ_ಠ)

[@Vernal_Sky]

That sounds fun, but couldn't the kid have just gone clown hunting around the neighborhoods?

[@Vernal_Sky]

Maybe someone should put up a Kickstarter to fund one. XD

[@DarKKnightt07]

I played this game back in the day at my local mall, spent all my bus money lol

[@jacobc8036]

DarKKnightt07 just curious, how’d you get home?

[@brilicusgaming6922]

Saw this at my mall as well in the food court but I never got the chance to play it, since I had no money I was real little. Tried to get my dad to give me some change he said no every time.

[@DarKKnightt07]

@@jacobc8036 I walked my ass home, it was worth it. I live very close to the mall anyways lol

[@BlackArroToons]

The Goofy sounding monsters laughing as they're getting blasted apart at 16:52 are funny.

[@moistexistence3090]

I’m telling ya if they make a remake of this and it’s a lot more scary people will dig it from the new and old players.

[@TwistedSkullable]

CarnEvil was the first arcade game I ever played. God the memories.

[@CrimsonNick171]

Hardcore Dinosaur what I'd give to play it again.

[@redrasegarden]

Where they terrifying ones?

[@KetsubanSolo]

@Vega Yagami While it's not exactly the same experience and you must be willing to do something legally grey, it's relatively easy and cheap to recreate the experience at home. WHAT YOU NEED: 1) An old office PC from around 10 years ago (you can find one used for typically less than $100, although you may need to get a SSD but you could prolly get away with a decent one for like $25). 2) the Rom AND CHD files for CarnEvil (you're on your own there. Google is your friend). 3) A Wii Sensor Bar ($10 on Amazon. There's the "candle" trick if you don't want a dedicated bar, but live fires are dangerous for your TV/Monitor) 4) Two official Wiimotes (clones won't work, Amazon has them refurbished for like $26 each at the moment) 5) Wiimote Gun holders (they come in a set of two for $20-$30) 6) the ability to flash Batocera onto the computer's hard drive. There's some pretty good guides out there both on setting up Batocera AND setting up CarnEvil on it specifically, and while you won't have 100% the same experience, it's still going to be a blast to play.

[@flamethrowerdude]

a funny detail, in the big top tent, the mimes don't even hurt you. the developers just assumed that to the players mimes are a kill on sight regardless if they are a threat or not.

[@963CHEMA]

When you realise the laugh from the cinematic at the start of the game, is the same from the CoD Zombies series

[@somenimrod326]

Really... now I want someone to mod in a carnevil map into zombies, I think it could be neat at least.

[@Suckit626]

IS IT I DIDN'T WATCH WITH SOUND ON

[@xavierochoa7937]

One of the things that I’m truly thankful for is having a badass childhood. I grew up on these kinds of games, and played resident evil, house of the dead, and carnevil since I was little guy. Definitely my most favorite genre. Btw the intro of this goes too hard 🔥

[@freshislee5277]

Right there with you 🔥

[@Kiriharaakira]

Holy crap I have been looking for this game for 12 years! No joke! I saw this game at my high school and now I am feeding my family! I can't believe I could ever find this game again. Thank You!

[@abbas-aliibnmohammadal-nam929]

I guess you're divorced now?

[@DeathmetalSe7en]

My buddy and I used to get stoned out of our gourds and go to Tilt at the local mall. After Taco Bell in the food court, of course. We would play this game everytime. So much so, that we could beat it 2 player with 5 bucks. (5 credits each) Great memories here as well as Gauntlet Legends! I miss the classic arcade days! Thanks for posting. 🤘🤘

Me too.

[@sonrouge]

Krumpus has got to have the most anti-climatic death scene of all the bosses.

[@Samagachi]

They could’ve had him fall through the ice for his death animation

[@williamcrowe2576]

It's not a horror game unless it has the obligatory "twist ending".

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

To think that Midway, the creators of Mortal Kombat, made this awesome game

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

They are known for their explicit and gratuitous amounts of violence.

[@sugamamaproud9810]

Wait! What! The mortal kombat actually make this game of carnevil? Now that a shocker!😲😦😑😐

[@xanderonamy]

Imagine carnevil bosses in the new mortal kombat

[@E-102GammaMKII]

Not quite. _Mortal Kombat_ was created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. _Carnevil_ was made by Jack Haeger.

[@RenTimH]

They need to bring this to the consoles with motion controls, just the Wii U, PS3, PS4, Vita, and the 3DS.

[@kennethbosquemarinmoved1078]

WB planned that. But only for ps3/ps4

[@AFROKID116]

It was also rumored for it to come out on the ps1 and ps2 but never did. I wonder why

[@JoeManza]

30:59 Umlaut:...or is it? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Me: Yes, it is. There are no plans for a sequel, and there never will be. Umlaut: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[@solidsnape9557]

Unless Ed Boon or other Nettherealm staff would revive it...

[@colecadwell2739]

There will be plan for a sequel

[@hunterkrovac]

Ed boon never worked on it. Atari did

[@hunterkrovac]

It was only published under Midway

[@j.p.obregon1415]

This actually would make a decent movie, in my opinion. It'd probably be a little campy, but it could be good.

[@CoolKent-py2xp]

This arcade game is my favorite!

[@ULTIMATZEKROM]

Tokkentakker...yes he certainly was

[@gman4736]

umlaut the jester Head should have been like a true main antagonist and should have possessed tokkentakker

[@lanthelancer]

When the moon is full and the trees are bare walk through the cemetery if you dare. Where skeletons rot and corpses fester, locate the tomb with the skull of a jester. Feed him the token all shiny and new, it is then that CarnEvil will return for you.

[@zenkill24]

when i was 11 in 2010 i was so scared of this game i died in the haunted house first level not second or third but now i wanna play it

[@CrimsonNick171]

This game was seriously graphical at its time. I mean it in a good way. Not a lot of arcade shooters had that kind of detail when you shoot an enemy.

[@VultureXV]

Seriously the one demon theme in the beginning sounds so much like Rob Zombie's Superbeast.

[@MoltiSanti]

Was about to comment this but decided to search and see if someone else said it. Thank you.

[@stone_low]

i’m pretty sure it is, just pitched down slightly.

[@mr.emanon7684]

@@stone_low I thought maybe the game designers made a faux version of the song to avoid copyright issues, but interestingly CarnEvil was released on 10/31/98. Superbeast was released on 5/1/99.

[@allecsgaut8161]

I remember seeing this game in a bowling alley as a kid, and that intro terrified me

[@AGL0626]

Even today, I still think it's hard to find an arcade game with so much gore out in the arcade machine area today.

[@theblocksays]

I always thought the Teddy Bear (tame) verson of the Freak Show boss was a lot creepier then Junior, but that's because it reminds me of that scene form Akira. Junior must have been inspired by that creepy Pixar baby form their early shot "Tin Toy" LOL!

[@cheffdonty]

Well the developers were anime fans. Supposedly there's a render of Sailor Moon that is just sitting in the graphical fata

[@sinwithagrin4243]

You remember the teddy bear boss in hunter the reckoning? That fucker was creepy

[@KetsubanSolo]

@@cheffdonty Sailor Jupiter, actually. Although Queen Serenity is mentioned in the Special Thanks section

[@Popsomechicken]

6:01 Lady: HELP! Player: _aims directly at her face_

[@j.p.obregon1415]

Fun fact: each arcade unit had a switch on the inside that the owner could use to change the boss Junior into a giant freak teddy bear instead. Apparently, shooting a giant baby was considered too graphic for some. I believe the bear was called Deaddy

[@KathyHarrington]

Interestingly, despite his different appearance, Deaddy still behaves exactly like Junior and still feels very much like a baby.

[@cadaverous6]

I miss this game so much. Spent so many quarters on it.

[@themad8088]

an excellent, bloody, creepy, funny and nightmarish game, totally unforgettable, ideal to play in halloween, this classic game deserve a sequel soon, by the way, these zombie mimes, serve more as moving targets than enemies.

[@chaselatimer-prewitt5768]

Yeah, I actually feel bad for them, they're the only thing in this game that doesn't attack you.

[@Machamp-ps7wx]

The shooting segment from the perspective of laying in a grave is so cool and I’ve yet to see another arcade game do that. Sure there’s plenty where you’re in a moving vehicle or on a ship but laying in a grave fighting for your life is so dope.

[@NoBody-dj1jj]

Whoever voices Umlaut is really good, I dig

[@juliusquasar1565]

No Body My friend had a roommate like him once, in his personality and his voice...not a hovering jester head with sharp teeth but just as scary

[@WojakJack]

According to Behind The Voice Actors, it’s Jack E. Haeger, the guy who created the game, it also says he voices Tokkentaker

[@IIxXEXCELSIORXxII]

11:56 Mr Smiley saying hello with a right hook to the jaw

[@rolplayer]

¡Que grande que es este juego! Gracias por recuperarlo del olvido

[@nathanbyberg]

I absolutely love this game! These zombie first person shooters are the best! I used to play this game a lot at an arcade I used to frequent before it closed! You made this game look easy, I am damn impressed with your skills! This game needs an HD Remaster! Also, am I the only one who thinks Evil Marie was a good looking boss, or does someone agree with me on that? Great job, you have my utmost respect! ✊👊

[@KetsubanSolo]

Evil Marie is what the kids would call thicc these days

[@TheRadPlayer]

Now THIS is what scared the piss out of me as a kid.

[@AnimatedAndrew]

Wait, they originally did have a port planned for PS2, but they cancelled it?! That sucks... if they'd have gone through with it, I totally would've gotten this game!

[@somedude9878]

PsychoFoxAnimations could ps2 handle the graphics tho?

[@IsaiahHoltBass]

+sohandsome yes

[@leogamer9793]

Ps2 ? this look more like a ps1 game.

[@leogamer9793]

+sohandsome Well it handled Virtua Cop.

[@undoneonion90]

The game came out in 1998.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I love the Krampus' swear words 'Tannenbaum!' 'Jack Frost!'

[@Infected-Candies]

Jeez, Jacob has a lot of girlfriends and I'm betting most of them are his exs

[@jacobc8036]

Infected Candies speak for yourself!

[@thelonecourier3439]

Dude must have been dating twins or something

[@RokuroCarisu]

8:52 The female zombie has jiggle physics... And this is not even a Japanese game.

[@AMReese]

I remember playing this game at the arcades. My strangest memory about it is watching my sister and my mom play the game together. It kinda makes sense for my sister because she's the oldest and she was the one who made my parents cool with the rest of us playing games because she played them when she was young, and she still plays Wii games and stuff like that. The thing is, my mom really only plays games like The Sims, Tetris, and Bejeweled. It was really weird watching her play it, but cool.

[@SaltheSalleyface]

00:01 我記得pristin的成員EUNWOO生日前夕 EUNWOO許願要邀請大家去參加夢之嘉年華，我想根本是在做夢，因為我看到成員們害怕到吃手手的表情就知道夢之嘉年華有多可怕了，剛好跟我挑戰心魔的日子是同一天，偶爾撞期一次也不會怎麼樣，那時候我因為小時候對小丑有很大的心理陰影，只要一聽到類似小丑的笑聲或者是紅色的氣球都會想到小丑，讓我恐懼不安，就嚇得患上了心理疾病，我到現在還非常怕小丑 01:57 到了EUNWOO生日當天我後悔了，因為我買了好幾張夢之嘉年華的門票，我知道反悔的話後果不是被雷劈就是被成員當成出氣筒來進行圍毆，可是這都是被Kyulkung所逼的 03:44 逛鬼屋的時候壽星EUNWOO天生就很勇敢的緣故什麼都不怕從頭到尾都沒有放聲尖叫，而我跟其他成員早已被鬼屋裡的所有機關給嚇得半死了 09:59 中午在恐怖快餐店吃午餐的時候Kyla看到切麵包上的恐怖嬰兒臉就嚇得把整個漢堡丟到我的臉上，我心裡就想到兩個字(逃跑) ， 結果nayoung看到我一臉的漢堡就笑到肚子疼了，這下我更加無語了 15:58 下午在觀看怪胎秀的時候，在觀看空中飛人時Kyulkung嚇到手上的爆米花都掉了下來灑在Ynha和Roa的身上，我看了也是忍不住笑出來了，笑著笑著就被一旁的Kyla一包打到了頭頂，然後我直接暈了過去，等我醒來時發現自己被當成了魔術秀裡的靶子，本想逃跑但是手腳被匕首困住根本跑不了，千鈞一髮之際Roa的超能力被激發定住了時間，然後一個閃現到舞台上幫我鬆了綁，我欲哭無淚的向Kyulkung道歉，沒想到Kyulkung竟然原諒了我 22:38 是時候該跟我的心魔決一死戰了，我在成員們的陪同下鼓起勇氣面對我對所有小丑和惡魔的心理陰影，而且我不需要吃藥也能解決任何問題，因為我發現沈小姐的前男友是我的心理醫生，他推薦我的那些做法對我來說根本沒有用，反而讓我的心病越來越糟糕，就連皮皮都無法理解我的心理感受，直到Pristin成員Eunwoo的出現我的心病很快就好了一大半 30:01 到了最後我帶著一股強烈的怨氣，一腳將心理醫生的頭給踩爆了！事實證明心理醫生推薦我的那些治療法和一些藥物其實傷害了我，然後我在飛船的爆炸中緩緩的閉上了眼睛，當我再次醒來時發現自己跟其他的成員一起回到了現實世界 31:32 接著我把事情的經過用畫畫的方式給表達出來，向我自己抓到的那些寶可夢說明一切的來龍去脈 37:01 我再次跟心魔決一死戰的時候我吞下了一整個成員們買給我的巧克力，目的就是治好我現在的心病

[@thedredayshow9246]

The Conjoined freaks in the freak show level sound so DERPY! God I miss my arcade in the mall. Fucking stupid ass Beauty salon replaced it. :(

[@heman-jb6eg]

If u think about when they laughed when they got shot they sound like goofy from mickey mouse

[@thedredayshow9246]

I know its weird and funny!

[@heman-jb6eg]

Yea I kniw right

[@MrRolyat98]

That was the gag. The back story was that they were twin brothers artificially conjoined by Tokkentakker. Supposedly he Lobotomized them to make them easier to control.

[@thedredayshow9246]

I know. As a kid, it was funny

[@R3DDWOLF]

I remember as a kid me and my friends always wanted to get to evil Marie and that was it lol.

[@NewtypeEri]

We know why....

[@willtheshyguy]

I remember when I was a little kid and I saw this at an arcade and I was too scared to play it now I am older and see that the game is good, a bit cheap with it's undodgeable attacks, but if it was remade I would pay for it.

[@thepolacek]

I loved this as a kid. This game is about a half hour from me right now. Awesome.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

so THAT explains where the Medic put all those missing skeletons. Ok, jokes aside this looks like a cool rail shooter and definately deserves a reboot :P

[@edwardthomas7890]

the honking clowns in the Big Top level almost make me wanna laugh

[@Guessnought]

I remember playing the arcade version of this, but they replaced the giant baby boss with a giant teddy bear

[@KetsubanSolo]

Yeah it was an arcade dipswitch. There was controversy about the boss baby, so they created a model swap for arcade owners who didn't want to deal with any of that fallout

[@crapcrap7996]

This is so much better than the new Ghostbusters movie.

[@johnnyzero8853]

crap crap Agreed

[@johnnyzero8853]

That’s what the next plot should’ve been.

[@jeremiasestevam4624]

Anything is better than the sad excuse of a reboot that was

[@ZorotheGallade]

You know what I would expect as a bonus boss in one of the stages? Merasmus the wizard.

[@camoking3609]

*Merasmus the Wizard, HAS CUM*

[@elizabethchisum6694]

When I saw the ending I was like: man he obviously shouldn't done and here we go again.

[@SgtJohnEnclave]

A time back in 2006 there was an arcade at my hometown mall called tilt. This game stood out from the others and two young souls played and beat this game four times in a row. $20 was most likely spent at the time

[@tdheng4996]

west covina mall??

[@astuteandy]

Loved this game as a kid. Got to Tokentaker but couldn't beat him.

[@JFKHaircut]

That rob zombie intro gets me more pumped than the plastic shotguns

[@sosansational]

This game is why I'm afraid of clowns.

[@BatteriJuizzi]

at 02:30 Rob Zombie - Superbeast?? :D almost... this game and album was released during same year

[@thomaspleacher2735]

This looks great! Like a cartoonier version of Sega's House of the Dead. Can't believe this was never ported to any home console.

[@benjamincastro6063]

This game had the most unique game over screen for an arcade game of the time

[@jerichohoutrouw1084]

I love this game alot.the laundromat where i wash my clothes has the arcade version im like hell yes!

[@TrunkJunky]

I was hoping the Jester fight was going to be a bit more...exciting.

[@savageaxel6893]

Imagine how scary the game would be if it was in vr

[@jeremyriley1238]

Well, I found out someone is actually doing a VR recreation of this game, while adding new content to it.

[@tonypalmieri4806]

i remember play this one on arcade when i was 12 i dont saw the machine anymore on the mall a half year after they put them, now i know why, thanks for the remember of this game, i was forgotten his name for years

[@silerthinprath4283]

For a game so old the dismemberment and gore are top notch 👌

[@camofan123]

The final boss is called "The token taker"....Fitting name

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

Lol, perhaps the creepiest part of all this is the fact that a random person walked into an ethereal theme park with little to no backstory and just started murdering everyone with a series of firearms. 😂😂

[@schoolfreak32]

Well, it does take place in the USA, so...

[@uno9915]

I seen this arcade machine in a pizzeria as a kid and that shit was so scary to even approach, and the preview was so grotesque for my child brain

[@alexzandersonjrg862]

ahh carnevil i remember 3 years ago me and two of my freinds all beat this game and i was like finally overcame my fear as a kid and beat it lol but even as a kid i wasnt even that scared rather more then amazed of how cool this game was:)

[@cimaingenieros]

Del 99 al 2002 fueron años muy buenos!! Nunca los olvidare.

[@BigDexMedia]

Definitely one of the creepiest and weirdest light gun shooters I have ever watched before

[@jaredhaden1989]

Have you had the chance to play it? It's so much different

[@BigDexMedia]

@@jaredhaden1989 unfortunately not

[@jaredhaden1989]

@@BigDexMedia Might be an emulator of this, I played the OG arcade version

[@KetsubanSolo]

@@jaredhaden1989 it requires a specific build of MAME, and you will need to get into the Arcade operator menu to calibrate your "guns"

[@zekeram129]

I wonder if, because it's so damn easy to summon CarnEvil, the Greely Valley locals are just completely desensitized to it. They hear the distant blaring of carnival music and it's just "Well there goes my evening plans. Wonder if there's anything on that's loud enough to let me ignore that."

[@Arcee720]

This game is one of the best games I have ever seen in arcade history! There should have been a remastered version of the game! Maybe Warner Bros. Games can make an adaptation of this game. I also hope that SEGA would provide the players with the best arcade experience for a remastered version of the game! I honestly wish that Midway wouldn't be defunct, because I honestly hope that Midway would produce some really great lite-gun games!

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

0:55 soon as I hear this music, I'm transported back to my local movie theatre lobby. You could hear that music all the way across the room where the snack vendor was.

[@1989marcomendez]

this game it give me the shits along with twisted metal back in the day

[@HypeMaster1473]

Local Legend - When the Moon is full and trees are bare, Walk through the Cemetery if you dare. Where skeletons rot and corpses fester, Locate the tomb with the skull of a Jester. Feed him the token all shiny and new, it is then that CarnEvil will return for YOU! Pure Brilliance…

[@NinjakX]

Great game. You should thank Mame for.making it happen. Much better with two players but this game easily can cause nightmares

[@HansKlopek]

What a flashback. Going to the arcade on a Saturday in the local mall to spend allowance money followed by a trip to media play for a new cd. The late 90s was a good time.

[@300kyuubi]

I am eyeclops! Me: I...am getting the fuck out of here.

[@brandoncutler09]

Do these classic cabinets still exist?

[@JohnSTF72]

The final boss is called TokkenTakker? Really? :) Never saw this before but it looks kinda fun.Decent variety of foes as well.

[@johnsocoloski9862]

I loved to play this game. Fun challenging and creepy all at the same time

[@NFSBeast2365]

two days from now is Carnevil's 18th birthday!

[@StrickenRecord]

To hell with that. What you said earlier is now my personal CarnEvil headcanon.. it's just so wonderfully twisted, and worthy of the game.

[@RyuKaguya]

aaahhh i have fond memories of this parody game hilarious, thanks for this XD

[@sosansational]

3:15 you thought it was a great score, but it was ME, DIOOOOO!!

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

This Kinda Reminds Me of Goosebumps

[@juliusquasar1565]

MK1MonsterOck1989 yeah I remember the choose your own horror series where you escape the carnival of horror and then return to it in another book (got them both).

[@catswoah6839]

If it was for adults :-)

[@hunterkrovac]

17:14 I like how the game gives off vibes on how and why it burned down. Seems like it could've been due to the Black Plague. Though it's unclear

[@KetsubanSolo]

Pretty sure that's just a long-dead corpse getting feasted-on by maggots