Krazy Ivan
Encyclopedia
Krazy Ivan is a mech first-person shooter
released for PC
, Sega Saturn
and PlayStation in 1996 by Psygnosis.
The player took the role of Ivan Popovich, a Russia
n soldier controlling a giant mechanical suit, defending the Earth from robotic aliens.
The game was not a commercial success. The graphics were good for its time and there were a variety of weapons, but was incredibly short - the entire game consisted of five zones (Russia
, Saudi Arabia
, France
, USA and Japan
) each taking about 10 minutes to complete.
The game also has an interface at the end of each zone allowing you to spend the game's form of experience points (power cores) on upgrades and weapons.
But there were only a small selection of upgrades and weapons as well, so this is akin to the game's shortness.
who also composed the music for the Wipeout series of games released by Psygnosis Limited.
First-person shooter
First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
released for PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
, Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
and PlayStation in 1996 by Psygnosis.
The player took the role of Ivan Popovich, a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n soldier controlling a giant mechanical suit, defending the Earth from robotic aliens.
The game was not a commercial success. The graphics were good for its time and there were a variety of weapons, but was incredibly short - the entire game consisted of five zones (Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, USA and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) each taking about 10 minutes to complete.
The game also has an interface at the end of each zone allowing you to spend the game's form of experience points (power cores) on upgrades and weapons.
But there were only a small selection of upgrades and weapons as well, so this is akin to the game's shortness.
Audio Soundtrack
The in-game soundtrack was written and produced by CoLD SToRAGECold storage
Cold storage may refer to:* A form of refrigerated storage* Cold Storage, a musician also known as Tim Wright * Cold Storage , a supermarket found in Singapore and Malaysia* COLD...
who also composed the music for the Wipeout series of games released by Psygnosis Limited.
External links
- Krazy Ivan (PSX) at GameFAQsGameFAQsGameFAQs is a website that hosts FAQs and walkthroughs for video games. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff "CJayC" Veasey and was bought by CNET Networks in May 2003. It is currently owned by CBS Interactive. The site has a database of video game information, cheat codes, reviews, game saves,...