Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Developer(s)	Todd Replogle
Publisher(s)	Apogee Software
Release date(s)	1992
Genre(s)	side-scrolling
Mode(s)	Single Player
Platform(s)	MS-DOS

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure is a video game programmed by Todd Replogle and published by Apogee Software in 1992. It is a two-dimensional side-scrolling platform shooter produced for the PC platform, and features 16-color EGA graphics at 320x200 screen resolution. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Todd Jason Replogle is a video game programmer, known in the PC game community as the inventor of the successful Duke Nukem series. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a genre of video games in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right in order to reach their goals. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Todd Jason Replogle is a video game programmer, known in the PC game community as the inventor of the successful Duke Nukem series. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ... A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a genre of video games in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right in order to reach their goals. ... A screenshot of the original Donkey Kong. ... Shooter games cover a fairly broad spectrum of sub-genres that have the commonality of controlling a character who is usually armed with a firearm that can be freely aimed. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... The Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) is the IBM PC computer display standard specification located between CGA and VGA in terms of graphics performance (that is, colour and space resolution). ... The display resolution of a digital television or computer display is the number of pixels (or maximal image resolution) that can be displayed on the screen, usually given as a product of the number of columns (horizontal, X) and lines (vertical, Y) making up the aspect ratio. ...

The game's technology at the time was comparable and in direct competition with that of Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers 3 for the NES (which was released several years prior, but was still selling well at the time). Although Cosmo contained superior graphics capabilities in the form of three-layer masked horizontal parallax scrolling, This feature came at the cost of the game's frame rate. A file contained with the shareware version of the game urged people not to download it if their computers could not handle it. Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... This article or section should include material from Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 Super Mario Bros. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... In computer science, a mask is some data that, along with an operation, are used in order to extract information stored elsewhere. ... Parallax (Greek: παραλλαγή (parallagé) = alteration) is the change of angular position of two stationary points relative to each other as seen by an observer, due to the motion of an observer. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of how quickly an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. ...

The storyline, intended for smaller children, is about a little alien boy named "Cosmo" going on a wacky-go-lucky adventure to find his parents after an accident on their way to earth for Cosmo's Birthday Party at Disney World. There are 3 episodes in the game series by which you must navigate Cosmo through Either 11 or 10 alien-themed levels. A birthday is the date on which a person was born. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, three water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses...

Story

Tomorrow is Cosmo's birthday, and his parents are taking him to the one place in the Milky Way Galaxy that all kids would love to go to: Disney World! Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, three water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses...

Suddenly a blazing comet zooms toward their ship--leaving no time to change course... Comet Hale-Bopp For other uses, see Comet (disambiguation). ...

BLAM!

The comet slams into the ship and forces Cosmo's dad to make an emergency landing on an uncharted planet.

While Cosmo's dad repairs the ship, Cosmo heads off to explore and have some fun.

Returning an hour later, Cosmo cannot find his mom or dad. Instead, he finds strange foot prints...

...Oh no! Has his family been taken away by a hungry alien creature to be eaten? Cosmo must rescue his parents before it's too late...!

Endings

Open Wide!

At the end of the first episode, Cosmo unexpectedly gets swallowed by a large alligator-like creature. The story continues in the second episode, where Cosmo ends up in the creature's body and has to find a way out. Image File history File links Openwide_(Cosmo)_Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Openwide_(Cosmo)_Wikipedia. ...

At the end of the second episode, Cosmo finds the city where he thinks his parents might have been taken.

In the final episode, Cosmo finds his parents and has a great time at Disney World for his birthday! Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, three water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses...

Enemies and characters

Some of these names are not referred to in the game, and are mentioned here by their appearance.

• Cosmo: The main character in the game, that the player controls around the levels.
• Eye Plant: The pink stalk that has an eye growing in place of a flower, that is usually on the ceiling or floor of a level.
• Alien Dog: The red aliens that you encounter during your travels, usually in habitable levels. They hurt Cosmo by biting him.
• Parachuter: These blue aliens usually fall from the sky, sometimes taking you by surprise. They roll about on the floor, moving towards Cosmo, and if he touches it, it will knock one block off his health meter.
• Pea Shooter: These aliens have the look of a bird's head and shoot colorful bullets that may look pretty but can hurt Cosmo and knock his Health Meter Down one block.
• Duckibug: The large alien insects that usually fly during the first, second and third levels
• Little Blue Bird: A little bird that you come across in most of the levels, who flies back and forth trying to peck at Cosmo.
• Pultonian Alien Trap: An alien plant that eats Cosmo at the end of level 4 in the first episode in order to move onto the next level.
• Worm: a pink slug-like alien that appears every so often from a box that is red with warning stripes (yellow and black) in the middle. It is harmless until you step on it and touch the bubbling puddle it leaves behind.
• Clam Plant: Just like the name suggests, this plant opens and closes every few seconds. Its saliva contains a substance that can knock Cosmo's health down one bar.
• Stone Statue Head: This head is easily camouflaged in the spaces of the rock caves in level 5 of episode 1. If you get too close, it can fall on Cosmo and knock a bar off of his health meter.
• Ghost: These phantastic phantasms appear only in Level 4 of Episode 1, Level 2 of Episode 2, and level 9 of Episode 2. Can hurt Cosmo but only advance towards him when his back is turned. Similar to the Boo character of the Super Mario Video Game Series.
• Robot: Appears mostly in the levels of the series that have to do with electronics. Can hurt Cosmo. ( Level 7, Ep.1 ; Level 5, Ep.2; level 6, Ep.3..... etc.)
• Invisibots: Appear throughout the Cosmo Series. They are only discernible by the distortion of their invisibility. Can push and hurt Cosmo. UMPH!
• Green Prune: These enemies look harmless until you turn your back.
• Heart trap: This plant looks harmless too.... that is... unless you jump over it...
• Laser Legs: A robot with a high energy laser beam which shoots upwards.
• Head Plant: A blue plant that grows out of walls and its head spits out a colorful bullet every so often. See Pea Shooter.

• Zonk: The blue alien that you see at the "One Moment..." loading screen when you start the game, and the alien that helped Cosmo's parents to safety as later shown in Episode Three.
• Duke Nukem: Duke Nukem is found on Level 7, Episode 2 encased in a block of ice. You can bomb the ice to release him, in which case he will give you a cheeseburger. He refuses to help you as he is on a mission (saving the galaxy, no less), but tells you to watch out for his next game: Duke Nukem II.

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Items

• Power Modules: These colorful atom-shaped objects are Cosmo's life force. Anytime you have a health bar knocked out, collect one of these and it will restore one bar.
• Bombs: These bombs can blow up just about anything that CAN be blown up... even Cosmo! What about Duke Nukem and that Block of Ice he is trapped in?
• Stars: Does Twinkle Twinkle come to mind? Collect enough of these and you will be whisked away to a Bonus stage after you've completed the Level!
  • 25 Stars-49 Stars: Bonus Stage! ;
  • 50 stars- infinite: SUPER BONUS STAGE!!!

• Cheeseburger: Cheese Burgers are a rare sight in the game! These add one empty health point to your health meter.
  • One of them is hidden in Level 5, Episode 1 behind a wall inside a USA Earth satellite!
  • Another is hidden in a crate at the end of Level 9, Episode 1.
  • There is another in Episode 3, Level 8, but a red door blocks your way. The only way to get it is to find a red switch, which is hidden among flames.
  • Another is given to you if you free Duke Nukem in Level 7, Episode 2!
  • Yet another is hidden in Level 9, Episode 2. It is to the far right, just below the exit, in a secret area. Cosmo reaches it by climbing down a wall a bit before.
• Scooter: These little hovercraft things are also a rare sight in the game! Some levels they are found in:
  • Level 3, Episode 1;
  • Level 7, Episode 1
• Invincibility Shield Cube: This cube breaks open and provides an invincibility shield for Cosmo if he touches one.
• Hint Globes: Magic Glass Globules that are held up by a harmless bolt of electricity that help Cosmo if he runs into one. On occasion Cosmo might run into one that will help him find some goodies, or will tell him about aspects of objects or the level. Blowing Hint Globes up will give Cosmo 12800 points!
  • One of these in Level 8, Episode 1 and Level 5, Episode 2 makes up an error message saying "Out Of Order".
  • One in Level 4, Episode 3 says that its being upgraded to a Class E 8029 Hint Globe.

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External links

• Official Cosmo website
• Cosmic Caverns The only active fansite on the Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures game series]
• NewCosmo3: A complete additional episode - The only additional episode in existence; requires the registered version