<s>
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Midway	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
January	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
country	O
of	O
Kookistan	O
during	O
1999	O
,	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Captain	O
Carnage	O
and	O
Major	O
Mayhem	O
from	O
the	O
Doomsday	O
Squad	O
in	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
dictator	O
General	O
Akhboob	O
and	O
his	O
army	O
of	O
mutants	O
from	O
conquering	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
rescuing	O
POWs	B-Application
held	O
by	O
his	O
military	O
force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Williams	O
 '	O
1990	O
arcade	O
game	O
Smash	B-Application
TV	I-Application
and	O
shares	O
many	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
CD32	B-Device
,	O
Jaguar	B-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
multiple	O
compilations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
and	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Origins	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
successful	O
financially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
Mark	O
Turmell	O
would	O
go	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
highly	O
successful	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
similar	O
to	O
Smash	B-Application
TV	I-Application
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Captain	O
Carnage	O
(	O
P1	O
)	O
and	O
Major	O
Mayhem	O
(	O
P2	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
Doomsday	O
Squad	O
across	O
three	O
stages	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
fought	O
before	O
progressing	O
any	O
further	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
dictator	O
General	O
Akhboob	O
and	O
his	O
army	O
of	O
mutants	O
from	O
conquering	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
invading	O
Akhboob	O
's	O
"	O
Baby	O
Milk	O
Factory	O
"	O
base	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
rescuing	O
POWs	B-Application
held	O
by	O
his	O
military	O
force	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
players	O
 '	O
characters	O
are	O
patterned	O
after	O
John	O
Rambo	O
while	O
the	O
setting	O
is	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
1991	B-Application
Persian	I-Application
Gulf	I-Application
War	I-Application
(	O
including	O
the	O
Abu	O
Ghraib	O
Infant	O
Formula	O
Plant	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
or	O
colliding	O
against	O
dangerous	O
stage	O
obstacles	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
life	O
and	O
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
the	O
players	O
insert	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
behind	O
Williams	O
 '	O
Smash	B-Application
TV	I-Application
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
would	O
also	O
later	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
other	O
Midway	O
franchise	O
such	O
as	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Turmell	O
served	O
as	O
lead	O
developer	O
and	O
programmer	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
alongside	O
Shawn	O
Liptak	O
and	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
co-creator	O
Eugene	O
Jarvis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
co-creator	O
Ed	O
Boon	O
was	O
the	O
voice	O
of	O
General	O
Akhboob	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
ending	O
would	O
feature	O
the	O
women	O
and	O
playable	O
characters	O
from	O
Smash	B-Application
TV	I-Application
and	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
collected	O
all	O
the	O
treasures	O
in	O
the	O
dome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
bug	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
game	O
caused	O
the	O
"	O
good	O
"	O
ending	O
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
bad	O
"	O
ending	O
text	O
no	O
matter	O
how	O
many	O
treasures	O
were	O
collected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bug	B-Error_Name
was	O
uncovered	O
during	O
the	O
testing	O
for	O
2012	O
's	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Origins	I-Application
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
suggested	O
that	O
he	O
might	O
have	O
kept	O
the	O
bug	B-Error_Name
as	O
a	O
joke	O
on	O
players	O
and	O
went	O
unfixed	O
in	O
Origins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
CD32	B-Device
versions	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
UK-based	O
developer	O
International	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
with	O
Keith	O
Weatherly	O
and	O
Simon	O
Fox	O
acting	O
as	O
programmers	O
of	O
the	O
conversion	O
,	O
while	O
Ellen	O
Hopkins	O
and	O
Mike	O
Jary	O
were	O
responsible	O
for	O
adapting	O
the	O
artwork	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Weatherly	O
and	O
Fox	O
recounted	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
between	O
1993	O
and	O
1994	O
through	O
publications	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
One	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Games	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midway	O
provided	O
both	O
artwork	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
original	O
to	O
the	O
team	O
at	O
ICE	O
,	O
although	O
adapting	O
the	O
former	O
into	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
proved	O
to	O
be	O
difficult	O
,	O
as	O
both	O
Weatherly	O
and	O
Fox	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
colors	O
and	O
animations	O
were	O
reduced	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
by	O
Midway	O
in	O
January	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1993	O
,	O
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
by	O
Black	O
Pearl	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Malibu	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1994	O
,	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
port	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Malibu	O
Games	O
across	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1994	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
by	O
International	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
a	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
conversion	O
by	O
British	O
developer	O
Hand	O
Made	O
Software	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
arcade	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
re-released	O
in	O
2004	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
version	O
by	O
Hand	O
Made	O
Software	O
that	O
previously	O
went	O
unpublished	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
by	O
Songbird	O
Productions	O
,	O
nearly	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
originally	O
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
in	O
2006	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
in	O
2012	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Origins	I-Application
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
RePlay	O
reported	O
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
third	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
in	O
May	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Liptak	O
,	O
Total	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
failed	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
target	O
of	O
2,000	O
arcade	O
cabinets	O
ordered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
slow	O
sales	O
resulted	O
in	O
Turmell	O
taking	O
on	O
a	O
different	O
project	O
for	O
his	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
highly	O
successful	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
