<s>
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1991	B-Application
platform	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Gaelco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Trojan	B-Application
and	O
Ghouls	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Ghosts	I-Application
,	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
pharaoh	O
warrior	O
who	O
embarks	O
on	O
a	O
journey	O
through	O
four	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
levels	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
Ancient	O
Egypt	O
setting	O
to	O
save	O
his	O
wife	O
by	O
defeating	O
the	O
Egyptian	O
gods	O
Horus	O
,	O
Nut	O
,	O
Isis	B-Operating_System
and	O
Osiris	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Losing	O
all	O
the	O
energy	O
results	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
live	O
and	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
but	O
players	O
can	O
insert	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
was	O
created	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
El	O
Faraón	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
at	O
Gaelco	O
,	O
a	O
Spanish	O
game	O
development	O
company	O
co-founded	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
former	O
Tecfri	O
members	O
Luis	O
Jonama	O
,	O
Josep	O
Quinglés	O
and	O
Javier	O
Valero	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
first	O
arcade	O
projects	O
alongside	O
Master	O
Boy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaelco	O
decided	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
horizontal-scrolling	O
arcade	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
,	O
Bad	B-Application
Dudes	I-Application
Vs.	I-Application
DragonNinja	I-Application
and	O
Ghouls	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Ghosts	I-Application
,	O
recruiting	O
writer	O
Toni	O
López	O
Yeste	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
artwork	O
,	O
scripts	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yeste	O
began	O
writing	O
the	O
script	O
for	O
what	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
in	O
June	O
1988	O
and	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
once	O
the	O
script	O
was	O
shown	O
,	O
Gaelco	O
realized	O
it	O
would	O
work	O
and	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
began	O
in	O
September	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yeste	O
went	O
to	O
arcades	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
check	O
recent	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
study	O
them	O
,	O
with	O
Ghouls	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Ghosts	I-Application
being	O
the	O
title	O
he	O
studied	O
the	O
most	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
know	O
Bad	B-Application
Dudes	I-Application
Vs.	I-Application
DragonNinja	I-Application
until	O
production	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arrebola	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
to	O
video	O
games	O
Asteroids	B-Application
during	O
his	O
college	O
days	O
and	O
joined	O
Gaelco	O
in	O
1989	O
when	O
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
was	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
development	O
state	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
interest	O
with	O
computer	O
graphics	O
,	O
being	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
both	O
character	O
animations	O
and	O
level	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yeste	O
stated	O
that	O
when	O
production	O
started	O
,	O
several	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
script	O
for	O
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
were	O
added	O
or	O
scrapped	O
due	O
to	O
either	O
not	O
working	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
or	O
being	O
deemed	O
too	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonama	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
used	O
PCs	B-Device
with	O
ARPA	O
,	O
an	O
in-house	O
tool	O
created	O
by	O
Gaelco	O
that	O
allowed	O
artists	O
transpose	O
their	O
hand-drawn	O
animation	O
work	O
from	O
graph	O
paper	O
into	O
pixel	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
arcades	O
by	O
Gaelco	O
in	O
1991	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
presented	O
on	O
various	O
trade	O
shows	O
across	O
Europe	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
1991	B-Application
European	O
Computer	O
Trade	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
never	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
until	O
its	O
inclusion	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Gaelco	O
Arcade	O
2	O
compilation	O
for	O
Evercade	B-Application
,	O
marking	O
its	O
first	O
console	O
debut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
book	O
Video	O
Games	O
Around	O
the	O
World	O
,	O
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
"	O
achieved	O
great	O
success	O
"	O
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Big	B-Application
Karnak	I-Application
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
Piko	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
