Atari 2600

Cosmic Ark

Description

The Alpha Ro solar system is in crisis! Their sun is about to go supernova, meaning the death of all the many planets and the exotic lifeforms who call them home.

Luckily, though, the noble Atlanteans have heard of Alpha Ro's plight and have sent a vast Cosmic Ark thousands of light-years across the galaxy to try and save as many species as possible.

You, as the captain of the Ark, will have to contend with deadly meteor storms and planetary defence systems if you are to succeed in your mission.

Cosmic Ark features two play screens - On the first, you will have to blast meteors with your four-way cannons. Blast enough, and you can go on to the second screen. The Ark descends low over one of Alpha Ro's planets. You then have to guide a shuttle craft down and beam aboard two creatures, while avoiding any laser defence system that may be in operation. You'll have to get the creatures back on board quickly, because another meteor shower could happen at any moment. Then it's off to the next planet!

With out of this world starfield effects and a head-spinning cornucopia of strange new planets and creatures to discover, Cosmic Ark is quite unlike anything you have experienced on your home entertainment system before!

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Playing As The Aliens

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The Press Says

Game Freaks 365	2002	7.8 out of 10	78
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Sep 25, 2004	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	May 05, 2004	C-	42

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Trivia

Cosmic Ark is the sequel to Imagic's earlier (and very different) game, Atlantis.

The last section in the Atlantis manual reads:

Atlantis, its last installation devastated, explodes in a fury of fire and radiation.

But wait! A satellite streaks into space!
Where is it bound?
Has someone survived the Gorgon onslaught?
Can the Cosmic Ark repopulate the ocean metropolis?

The saga continues.

And indeed, when you lose a game of Atlantis, the last thing you see is a small green shape flying off into the stars!

Incidentally, this is the same thing you see when you lose at Cosmic Ark, meaning that the saga still continues...