home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: menudo.uh.edu!barrett
- From: aad.nieuwmans@amiexh.hacktic.nl (Aad Nieuwmans)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
- Subject: REVIEW: Microcosm CD32
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Date: 27 Mar 1994 23:00:50 GMT
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
- Lines: 145
- Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator)
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <2n5372$roh@menudo.uh.edu>
- Reply-To: aad.nieuwmans@amiexh.hacktic.nl (Aad Nieuwmans)
- NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu
- Keywords: game, shoot-em-up, CD32, CD-ROM, commercial
- Originator: barrett@karazm.math.uh.edu
-
-
- PRODUCT NAME
-
- Microcosm CD32
-
-
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION
-
- MicroCosm is a shoot-em-up game for the CD32.
-
-
- AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION
-
- Name: Psygnosis Ltd.
- Address: South Harrington Building
- Sefton Street, Liverpool L3 4BQ
- England
-
- Telephone: +44 51 709 5755
-
-
- LIST PRICE
-
- 129.00 (Dutch Guilders) for the Limited Edition, which comes with an
- audio CD (Psygnosis Soundtrax Vol.1) and a T-shirt of MicroCosm.
-
- 99.00 (Dutch Guilders) for the normal edition.
-
-
- SPECIAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
-
-
- HARDWARE
-
- A CD32.
-
- SOFTWARE
-
- None.
-
-
- COPY PROTECTION
-
- ??
-
-
- MACHINE USED FOR TESTING
-
- Amiga CD32
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- None.
-
-
- REVIEW
-
- The game is based on the movie Inner Space, where a miniature
- spacecraft is travelling through the body of a human.
-
-
- INTRO
-
- The Intro is most fascinating and extremely cleverly done. As we go
- to the Cyber*Tech corporation, we get a 3D look at the city and see some
- common vehicles run by. The next step is on top of the building where
- security agents are waiting for the transport to arrive. Incredible
- graphics and stunning action give you the impression that you are looking at
- a movie instead of a video game.
-
-
- GAME
-
- The game starts in a vein. The craft you're steering is simply
- drawn. The vein itself is very nicely done, like plasma. On our way to the
- control center we meet some body-habitants, which we must shoot down.
-
- With the help of a map (warning, the map is shown, but the action
- will continue as you read it), we can determine our way out. Different
- weapons can be selected, but there's no noticeable clue on the screen!
-
- Shooting at those weird-looking objects at a rapid speed seems to be
- the task here. There's some interaction; for example, when a vein splits in
- two we can actually choose to go right or left. When completing the first
- (still intro) level, you'll get the chance to enter at different locations,
- e.g., left brain or right brain. This will only show other aircrafts and
- other vein-graphics. The graphics in between all the action are superb.
-
- Although the gameplay is very difficult (you could be dead in
- seconds), continuing the game to see some other levels is done some five
- times. Maybe there's more to come...
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION
-
- Good. Normal explanation of the world and vehicles. The parts of
- the body you can enter are described.
-
-
- LIKES AND DISLIKES
-
- I like the Intro very much, and the animations shown throughout the
- game. They show what a machine the CD32 really is.
-
- The game however is not so exciting as I thought it would be. If the
- Intro shows so many nice/neat animations, then the game itself could be
- better.
-
- It would be best if this product had improved gameplay and maybe
- some improvement on the interactivity, controlling the ship better.
-
- The most annoying part is the loading disk at the screen, so the
- animation simply stopped or started.
-
-
- BUGS
-
- None.
-
-
- CONCLUSIONS
-
- Good.
-
- It's definitely a must-be-in-my-collection game. Although the
- gameplay isn't that exciting at all, the intro and animation make it all
- better.
-
-
- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
-
- This review is freely distributable.
-
- Aad Nieuwmans (aad.nieuwmans@amiexh.hacktic.nl)
- -Via PDQMail @ 2:281/510.0 (primary default address)
- -Via DDDGate @ 2:281/510.0 DDDGate 1.42 (30.09.93)
-
- ---
-
- Daniel Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews
- Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu
- Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu
- Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu
- Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews
-