Cosmic Spacehead
Cosmic Spacehead, Developed by SuperSonic Software and published by Codemasters in 1993.
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Player's Review
Cosmic needs your help! He has no money, no car and no respect from his fellow Cosmonaut's! The trouble is, no one believed his tale of discovering a far away planet called "Earth" so it's your job to help him get back there and take some handy snaps! Starting from his home town Old Lino Town, it's Cosmic gameplay all the way in a unique blend of adventure and arcade action PLUS a whole galaxy of surprises thrown in! Absorb your senses in this giant Extra Terrestrial Odyssey of Cosmic discovery!"
Cosmic Spacehead is split into three main parts. The first is a point and click adventure that has you navigating Planet Linoleum on a quest to get off planet and find Earth. On various screens there will be items needed to be picked up and used or given on another screen. of course there will be obstacles in the way which need to be solved along the way which block your path until a prior puzzle is complete. Between each screen is a platforming arcade stage. You just need to jump across all the platforms to the other side avoiding the enemies. There are tokens to collect if you want them which lead to extra lives after collecting a specific amount. Once these screens are completed you don't need to play them again as you backtrack between areas. In each area is a teleporter which requires a key to use. Some are peculiar and award an additional ability when you beam to that area.
The second stage is quite short with not much puzzling going on. You just need to push through each screen, free the workers and after another arcade platforming section, take a car ride to earth. It is possible to complete the factory without needing to shut it off with the computer key and puzzle to shut it down. It is also possible to jump over the scrap metal and avoid the scrapheap arcade game without need to put the fire out in the generator. I guess there is the hard way or the easy way but whichever you take, it doesnt stop you getting to the car.
The third an final area on the space station requires you to visit six areas and collect parts needed to reach the money box and spacebucks. You need to do in a specific order as each item is used in the next area. Getting to each room is yet more platform arcade sequencies. Once you can pay for your gas, it's back to the car on a course for earth. See you next game!
Overall, it's a nice little adventure game on Sega's Game Game. There are some compromises though do to the small screen that can make the arcade sections extra challenging with blind jumps. Some areas don't fit the playable area and are cut off but sometimes the game will scroll up a bit. More time should have been spent optimising for the small screen.
Due to the single player nature of the hand held, the two player mini games have been removed which are available on the Master System version and later Nes version. You can only hold nine lives on this version and some of the coupons are in different places in the arcade sections. The two biggest differences apart from the screen size compared to the Master System version is that there is no Cosmic Clone required to press two switches to keep a door open. You can just walk right through this section. When in the car traveling to the space station, you have no control over it and it gets there in a few seconds with a couple of minor asteroid hits. You barely get to see the bus driver as the screen scrolls to the dialogue.
00:00:00 Title Music
00:01:20 Part 1 - Planet Linoleum
00:44:30 Part 2 - Detroitica
00:53:15 Part 3 - Space Station
Cosmic Spacehead is split into three main parts. The first is a point and click adventure that has you navigating Planet Linoleum on a quest to get off planet and find Earth. On various screens there will be items needed to be picked up and used or given on another screen. of course there will be obstacles in the way which need to be solved along the way which block your path until a prior puzzle is complete. Between each screen is a platforming arcade stage. You just need to jump across all the platforms to the other side avoiding the enemies. There are tokens to collect if you want them which lead to extra lives after collecting a specific amount. Once these screens are completed you don't need to play them again as you backtrack between areas. In each area is a teleporter which requires a key to use. Some are peculiar and award an additional ability when you beam to that area.
The second stage is quite short with not much puzzling going on. You just need to push through each screen, free the workers and after another arcade platforming section, take a car ride to earth. It is possible to complete the factory without needing to shut it off with the computer key and puzzle to shut it down. It is also possible to jump over the scrap metal and avoid the scrapheap arcade game without need to put the fire out in the generator. I guess there is the hard way or the easy way but whichever you take, it doesnt stop you getting to the car.
The third an final area on the space station requires you to visit six areas and collect parts needed to reach the money box and spacebucks. You need to do in a specific order as each item is used in the next area. Getting to each room is yet more platform arcade sequencies. Once you can pay for your gas, it's back to the car on a course for earth. See you next game!
Overall, it's a nice little adventure game on Sega's Game Game. There are some compromises though do to the small screen that can make the arcade sections extra challenging with blind jumps. Some areas don't fit the playable area and are cut off but sometimes the game will scroll up a bit. More time should have been spent optimising for the small screen.
Due to the single player nature of the hand held, the two player mini games have been removed which are available on the Master System version and later Nes version. You can only hold nine lives on this version and some of the coupons are in different places in the arcade sections. The two biggest differences apart from the screen size compared to the Master System version is that there is no Cosmic Clone required to press two switches to keep a door open. You can just walk right through this section. When in the car traveling to the space station, you have no control over it and it gets there in a few seconds with a couple of minor asteroid hits. You barely get to see the bus driver as the screen scrolls to the dialogue.
00:00:00 Title Music
00:01:20 Part 1 - Planet Linoleum
00:44:30 Part 2 - Detroitica
00:53:15 Part 3 - Space Station
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