Play Total Carnage (usa, Europe) Online

Total Carnage came out for the Game Boy in 1994, developed by Beam Software. It was part of that wave of portable action games trying to capture the feel of bigger arcade and console titles, all condensed into a small, green-tinted screen you could take anywhere.

You control a lone soldier fighting through waves of enemies across different battlefields. Your main goal is to survive each stage, rescuing prisoners and wiping out everything that moves. The gameplay is built on constant shooting, with a top-down perspective that scrolls as you move. You collect power-ups to switch between different weapons, like a spread gun or flamethrower, and you are almost always surrounded, forcing you to keep moving and firing. The pace is relentless, and the difficulty is unforgiving, with enemies spawning from all directions. It feels like a frantic scramble for survival where one mistake can end your run quickly.