Cosmic Ark

Moby ID: 8923

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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. As the captain of the Ark, the player will have to contend with deadly meteor storms and planetary defense systems to succeed the mission.

Cosmic Ark features two play screens: On the first, the player will have to blast meteors with four-way cannons. Blast enough and the player can go on to the second screen. The Ark descends low over one of Alpha Ro's planets. The player will then have to guide a shuttle craft down and beam aboard two creatures, while avoiding any laser defense system that may be in operation. The player will 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!

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Average score: 74% (based on 12 ratings)

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Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 21 ratings with 1 reviews)

Playing As The Aliens

The Good
In This Game, You Play as a mothership and have to get as much points as possible by going through 2 sessions. One you have to shoot asteroids that are coming from four directions, after that you will need to take creatures on land to your spaceship. But you must hurry or your mothership will get hit by a asteroid.

The Bad
The Game gets hard after the first few levels.

The Bottom Line
Overall, I would give this game a 6 out of 10 for a Atari 2600 game.

Atari 2600 · by powerstone05 (344) · 2004

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Atlantis connections

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.

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Game added by xroox.

Additional contributors: Patrick Bregger.

Game added April 15, 2003. Last modified October 9, 2023.