Microcosm

Description

In the year 2051, two mega corporations battle it out for supremacy over an overcrowded, overpolluted planet. CyberTech Industries, the dominant company on the planet, is being challenged by Axiom, who blames the former for their president's death. To gain revenge, they secretly inject CyberTech's president, Anton Korsby, with a virus that threatens to take over his body--and ultimately destroy himself and CyberTech. Your mission is to enter Korsby's body, destroy the virus, and defeat the organism that controls his brain.

Microcosm is a 3D action shooter, similar to Descent, that takes place entirely within the human body. You pilot your way through various parts of the anatomy, blasting virii and enemy ships, while gaining power-ups and faster, stronger craft to aid you in your mission. Eventually you will make your way to the brain, where you must stop Grey M, the entity that controls Korsby's body.

Microcosm makes heavy use of full-motion video and features high-resolution fractal graphics (to simulate the walls of veins and arteries), digital music and sound effects.

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The Press Says

Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA CD	Apr, 1994	9 out of 10	90
Svenska Hemdatornytt	Amiga CD32	Dec, 1993	90 out of 100	90
Power Unlimited	Amiga CD32	May, 1994	85 out of 100	85
MikroBitti	DOS	Apr, 1994	82 out of 100	82
PC Zone	DOS	May, 1994	70 out of 100	70
GamePro	SEGA CD	May, 1994	3 out of 5	60
Game Players	SEGA CD	Dec, 1993	60 out of 100	60
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	3DO	Aug, 1994	4 out of 10	40
Joystick	3DO	Oct, 1994	40 out of 100	40
Just Games Retro	SEGA CD	Jul 31, 2006	31 out of 100	31

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Trivia

Microcosm was initially developed on the Fujitsu FM-Towns, a Japanese Intel-based computer and console with custom chipsets. The game is the first part in a "trilogy" that comprises Scavenger (aka Novastorm) and Megamorph. The latter is unknown to most Western players. Megamorph was indeed announced for the CD-32 and FM-Towns; but after the demise of Commodore in 1994, the CD-32 version was shelved and the game was only released in Japan.