Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

I cannot write a real review, since I played it in childhood was only a nostalgic game! So for new user maybe the first impact should be different, I remember the Spring of 1994 with my 80286 playing that XD

What is there to say about this game? Well first and foremost, most levels are tough, like unfair tough at times. You have to inch by inch your way across the screen only to be greeted by a blue rolling ball or a deadly floor spike that shoves right up your tail. This game could be a top contender as the king of cheap shots, so memorization is critical. So be ready to start over and over again on some levels. The game character(Cosmo) main defense is bombs and suction cup hands, however there is a large chunk of the games walls that can not be suctioned to. This game is full of colors and lots of items to grab. The downside is, sometimes it is hard tell what is background and what is foreground. Only until you run into said deadly plant or jump on a platform that was a foreground item, only to now be only background and you fall to your death. Save often and make sure you conserve your health as nothing regenerates from level to level. Which at times makes levels (like episode 2 's final level) to be next to impossible if you don't have at least half to full health to begin with. Now all that negativity aside......this game still pisses me off and made me remember exactly how frustrated with it I was when I downloaded the shareware version back in my 386mhz days. I love most side scrollers (Agent, Keen,Bio Menace, Duke etc). Those can be frustrating, but I have never had to inch my way through a side scroller like I have with this one. Maybe my patience is shorter with my advancing age, so your mileage may vary. On to some good points though. It is a very colorful game. The framerate is slow, but there is a lot going on. The sound is standard PC speaker affair, but very spot on and not too annoying. The music ranges from very cool(intro music) to damned annoying. Its as if Apogee payed Bobby Prince to only do half a page of music and then set it to repeat which can get old seeing how often you will have to repeat a level. It can be fun, but better is out there.

Back in the day I remember the first episode. Never did play the other two until now. Just the right pace for young and old players. I always liked Apogee games. It's good to save after level and even in the bonus rounds.

A classical platformer game with a classical gameplay of its time.

nostalgic! one of the best old dos games out there!