Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
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On a trip with his parents to every kid's favorite place in the universe (Disney World, of course), Cosmo becomes stranded on a planet, his parents vanished. You direct him as he runs and jumps through different lands, such as alien tropics, haunted forest, ice cave, and future world, to find his parents. Along the way he encounters the various platform baddies that he must either jump to death in the classic style or destroy with bombs. Bombs are also useful for finding secrets. Cosmo is also armed with suction cup arms which he can use to climb up tall walls.
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Average score: 77% (based on 4 ratings)
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Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 33 ratings with 7 reviews)
All fun and great tunes make Cosmo a good game.
The Good
This game was a favorite of mine growing up. I loved it so much, I always wanted to order the non-Shareware sequels. This is among the best DOS games I've ever played. It has a lot of fun play. Basically, an alien boy is on a mission to save his folks on the "Forbidden Planet." To get to the end, he has to kill all sorts of evil creatures by jumping on them. It's tricky at times, but not frustrating. The graphics are cheery and splendid, and the music is incredibly catchy. I loved this game.
The Bad
There were very few things wrong with Cosmo. First, it's a little monotonous. There are like ten levels, and you really only face like five different creatures over and over again. You can also only kill them by jumping on them or bombs. It would have been cool if he found a ray gun and got to shoot sometimes, or something. But, all in all, the pros outweigh the cons.
The Bottom Line
A fun, cheery nostalgia trip that brings you back to a time when video games had silly synth music and graphics were not 3D but still looked good.
DOS · by Stephen Kozak (2) · 2001
The world's cutest platformer.
The Good
The story is very fun, if a little weird (I mean, Aliens visiting Disney world?).
The most original addition to this game are Cosmo's suction hands, which he can use to climb everything! Well, nearly everything, stuff like ice is just too slippery...
The graphics are still good looking, and Cosmo just looks cute ;)
The Bad
Is there anything bad?
The Bottom Line
Longing for good old 2D platformers? Try this.
DOS · by Qlberts (58) · 2003
The cutest, funniest and weirdest game on planet earth.
The Good
What can I say? The sound is impossible for 1992, the EGA graphics are amazing (probably because not many EGA games came out after 1992), the gameplay couldn't be better, there are extremely few controls, some even hardly used.
The Bad
Like most people the small variety of monsters, no, the extremely small variety of monsters. Every level you're like um... are there any more opponents to jump on! There's that red monster (the most common), the blue ball with the parachute, and the rest hardly appear.
The Bottom Line
This cute action-adventure is well-worth playing, I shouldn't be surprised because the creator of this game did make the award-winning Duke Nukem that held onto it's "best shareware" award for 2 straight years, and the wonderful Duke Nukem 2 that also won 3 or 4 awards (well it wasn't as good as the original). I am a huge Apogee fan, and this game just made me a bigger fan, a well deserved 5/5 for this game.
DOS · by Jim Fun (207) · 2001
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- Several references to Duke Nukem are made in this game.
- The high score list is stocked by default with names of Simpsons characters.
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Like most Apogee platformers Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure is actually a trilogy. The first part of the trilogy is shareware, the two other parts are not. The names of the three episodes are:1. Forbidden Planet: Adventure 1 of 3 2. Forbidden Planet: Adventure 2 of 3 3. Forbidden Planet: Adventure 3 of 3
Information also contributed by Adam Baratz and Roedie
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Game added by Derrick 'Knight' Steele.
Windows, Macintosh, Linux added by lights out party.
Additional contributors: Kate Jones, Xantheous, Adam Baratz, Jeanne, Frenkel, Patrick Bregger.
Game added February 26, 2000. Last modified January 25, 2024.