Total Carnage is a multidirectional shooter game released by Midway in 1992. Set in the fictional country of Kookistan in 1999, players take on the role of Captain Carnage or Major Mayhem from the Doomsday Squad, tasked with overthrowing the dictator General Akhboob and his mutant army, stopping their world conquest ambition, and rescuing captured prisoners of war.
The game features dual-joystick controls, with the left joystick for character movement and the right joystick for shooting, allowing independent operation of movement and shooting directions. Players need to traverse multiple war zones and face a large number of enemies, including soldiers, turrets, vehicles, and powerful bosses. A variety of weapons and items are available in the game, such as grenade launchers, rocket launchers, plasma machine guns, flamethrowers, etc. Players can also collect bombs for use at critical moments.
Total Carnage was first released on arcade platforms, and later ported to multiple home platforms, including Super Nintendo (SNES), Amiga, CD32, Game Boy, MS-DOS, and Atari Jaguar. The game is known for its intense combat, rich weapon system, and two-player co-op mode, and is deeply loved by players.