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Instruction booklet · November 1993

Total Carnage

ShooterArcade1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

The names of the two player characters are Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem. Blast your way through the Baby Milk Factory and fight Orcus, the Mother of All Bosses. Collect keys to enter the Pleasure Domes. Many special weapons and secret areas.

Specifications

Released
November 1993
Developer
Black Pearl Software
Publisher
Malibu Games
Players
1
Genre
Shooter · Arcade
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Themes
Science fiction · Comedy · Warfare
View
Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
67/100 (10 ratings)
Nintendo Power
3.05/5
AllGame
4/5
GamePro
3.75/5
GamesMaster
90/100
JP
69%
Player One
75%
VGS
64%
BE KIND, REWINDNovember 1993
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Vol. 3 · No. 116Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
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Week of November 5, 1993
Nov. 11

Microsoft releases Windows 3.11 for Workgroups to manufacturing.

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