CD32 no. 1
CD32 no. 2

Microcosm

General info

Not Amiga Original
2464

Relationships

WHDLoad

No WHDLoad installer.

Stats

6,096

Genre

Conversions

3DO
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
PC (DOS)
Philips CD-i
Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD

CD32

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1994
Microcosm
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
1
Unknown

Notes

[1] Two known different versions: One with an additional audio track (original, PAL-only release) and one without (the Commodore "Spectacular Voyage" bundle release, which supports NTSC).

[2] The music was written by YES keyboardist Rick Wakeman.

[3] Guide/Walkthrough by whowasphone404.

[4] Distributed in Italy by C.T.O.

[5] A limited edition with a t-shirt and an additional audio CD was released.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1993 Psygnosis FM-Towns release.

Screen info

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Box: CD32
Box scan CD32 no. 1

European Release (front)

Box scan CD32 no. 2

European Release (back)

Box scan CD32 no. 3

UK Release (front)

Box scan CD32 no. 4

UK Release (back)

Box scan CD32 no. 5

German Release (front)

Box scan CD32 no. 6

German Release (back)

Box scan CD32 no. 7

Limited Edition Release (front)

Box scan CD32 no. 8

Limited Edition Release (back)

Box scan CD32 no. 9

Box scan CD32 no. 10

Box scan CD32 no. 11

Disk: CD32
Disk scan CD32 no. 1

Disk scan CD32 no. 2

Demo Version

Misc: CD32
CD32 no. 1

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 55, 1/1994, Page 95)

CD32 no. 2

UK Advert (CU Amiga 4/1994, Page 46)

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Italian Advert

CD32 no. 4

German Advert (PowerPlay 2/1994, Page 89)

CD32 no. 5

German Preview (ASM 12/1993, Page 132)

CD32 no. 6

Note about wrong Screenshots in the Preview (ASM 1/1994, Page 12)

Manual info

CD32
CD32 no. 1

Manual (English)

CD32 no. 2

Manual (German/Italian/Spanish)

CD32 no. 3

Booklet (English/French/German/Italian) [Source: Retro Commodore]

CD32

1. There are two introduction sequences available, depending whether you hit the RED or GREEN button.

2. It seems that Psygnosis has put some music on the CD not used in MICROCOSM. Just try track 2 from the game CD on your audio CD

player.

3. Sometimes you need to warp back to a junction because you took the wrong branch or because of an endless loop you are flying in.

Just move to the map and place the outlined rectangle to the red mark you want to warp to (place it with the YELLOW or BLUE button).

To actually warp press the GREEN button while you are on the map.

4. Press PAUSE after the game started and try the 4 colored buttons.

If you hear a higher tone you hit the first button in one of the following combinations, now press the remaining buttons.

GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, DOWN, GREEN, RIGHT, RED, UP

or

RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW, DOWN, DOWN, BLUE, DOWN, RIGHT, BLUE

or

YELLOW, RED, GREEN, BLUE, UP, LEFT

or

BLUE, YELLOW, RED, GREEN, BLUE, LEFT

You will hear some sound and from now on your life never ends and you have access to the right brain with all weapons available, but all rendered sequences will appear grey shaded only.

If you hold down the two black buttons on the top of the joypad while pressing one of the above sequences the rendered sequences will still be in color. (Thomas Szedlak)

3DO
Conversion 3DO

Conversion 3DO

Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

PC (DOS)
No conversion screens found.
Philips CD-i
No conversion screens found.
Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD
No conversion screens found.

Map info

CD32

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga
Amazing Computing Vol 9 No 6 (Jun 1994)
1
Amiga Action
53 (Jan 1994)
84%
Rachel Ashworth
Neil Jackson
2
Amiga CD32 Gamer
Issue 1 Spring Special
6/10
Stuart Wynne
0
Amiga Computing
73 (May 1994)
66%
Simon Clays
0
Amiga Concept
1 (Feb 1994)
90%
Jérôme Quétard
0
Amiga Down Under
9 (May 1994)
97%
Dudley Storey III
1
Amiga Dream
3 (Jan 1994)
90%
Michel Houng
0
Amiga Format
58 (Apr 1994)
87%
Marcus Dyson
2
Amiga Format
77 (Nov 1995)
40%
Steve McGill
Re-release
1
Amiga Games
Apr 1994
84%
Hans Ippisch
0
Amiga Joker
Mar 1994
66%
Michael Schnelle
1
Amiga Magazine
28 (Jul - Aug 1994)
8/10
Lawrence van Rijn
2
Amiga Power
36 (Apr 1994)
44%
Stuart Campbell
2
Amiga User International
Vol 8 No 4 (May 1994)
80%
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 11 No 4 (Apr 1994)
Gareth Powell
1
CU Amiga
Dec 1993
86%
Tony Dillon
3
Datormagazin
No 9 (Apr 1994)
3/5
Jesper Almén
0
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 12 (Dec 1993)
5/6
Derek dela Fuente
0
The One
64 (Jan 1994)
86%
Simon Byron
4

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Computing
66 (Nov 1993)
Preview
1
Amiga Joker
Nov 1993
Richard Löwenstein
Preview (in-depth)
1
CU Amiga
Aug 1993
Preview
1
CU Amiga
Sep 1993
Preview
1
The One
52 (Jan 1993)
David Upchurch
Preview (in-depth)
3
Zero
31 (May 1992)
Preview (in-depth)
1

CD32

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