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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. The concept was inspired by the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage. The player pilots his way through various parts of the anatomy, blasting virii and enemy ships, while gaining power-ups and faster, stronger craft. The goal of the game is to eventually reach the brain to 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 Apr, 1994 9 out of 10 90
Sega-16.com Oct 18, 2010 8 out of 10 80
Power Unlimited Mar, 1994 7.3 out of 10 73
GamePro (US) May, 1994 3 out of 5 60
Game Players Dec, 1993 60 out of 100 60
Le Geek May, 2008 2 out of 5 40
Just Games Retro Jul 31, 2006 1.5 Stars1.5 Stars1.5 Stars1.5 Stars1.5 Stars 30
The Video Game Critic Nov 20, 2011 D 25

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Trivia

There was a "collector's edition" of sorts, for this game. Included inside the game box was a black promotional t-shirt with game information screened on the back, and an audio CD entitled Psygnotic Soundtrax Vol. 1. The CD contains selected songs from various Psygnosis games, professionally performed.


This entry was contributed by brickbat (141), Corn Popper (69145), Martin Smith (63357), Terok Nor (15629) and quizzley7 (21260)
 

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