Cosmic Carnage

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Cosmic Carnage
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS 68000/32X
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション)[1], Action[2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega 32X
JP
¥7,8007,800 GM-4004
Sega Rating: 18 and Up
Sega 32X
US
$69.9969.99[4] 84700
ESRB: Teen
Sega 32X
EU
84700-50
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega 32X
UK
£59.9959.99[5][6] 84700-50
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega 32X
AU
FCOS01SXC
OFLC: M15
Sega 32X
BR
151020
Tectoy: 13+
Sega 32X
AS
84700

Cosmic Carnage, known in Japan as Cyber Brawl (サイバーブロール), is a 2D versus fighting game developed by Almanic and ALU and published by Sega exclusively for the Sega 32X in late 1994.

Story

Light years away in a distant star system, in an intergalactic prison barge, four of the prisoners on the ship mutiny against their captors and escape, attacking the ship and destroying its controls and life support systems. The military crew onboard manage to bring the barge closer to safety, but all but one of the escape pods were destroyed in the destruction. Now the four prisoners and four soldiers must battle to use the last escape pod and escape to safety.

Gameplay

The goal of the game is to defeat all the other characters in as short a time period as possible. Depending on how quickly the game is completed, a different ending is shown, with the best possible ending having the character make it to the escape pod and escape the ensuing explosion of the barge.

The game uses two punch buttons (X normal, A fierce) and two kick buttons (Y normal, B fierce) on a six-button controller, with two buttons reserved for taunting the opponent and the use of some special moves (Z provoke 1, C provoke 2). On a three-button controller A, B and C, pressed at normal speed, are used for fierce punch, fierce kick and provoke 2 respectively; if the buttons are tapped quickly they will perform normal punch, normal kick and provoke 1. Similarly to Mortal Kombat, characters can be dismembered if they are hit on the winning round with any special move, although the game has no character-specific fatality animations.

While Cosmic Carnage makes use of the 32X hardware to provide smooth sprite scaling and rotation, it is frequently unable to hit its target 30FPS refresh rate, slowing down considerably when too much action is on-screen.

Characters

There are eight playable characters in the game, divided into two groups, 'Military' (Soldiers overseas) and 'Renegade' (Fugitives overseas).

The military characters have the advantage of getting to select their armor before a battle begins, with three pieces of armor for their body, arms, and legs. Each armor piece comes in light and heavy variety, with the difference of either size of the part being the special move it can use. Armor can be destroyed if it receives enough damage, disabling the use of the special move attached to it for the rest of the round. The renegade characters do not have any armor, and do not lose their special moves no matter how much damage they take.

Before the game was released abroad as Cosmic Carnage, the game received one major change. The three human fighters were replaced with aliens. The Japanese and North American copies of the game are however, identical - region encoding forces Cosmic Carnage to boot in the US, however by holding X, B, Z and  START  during the introduction, the contents of Cyber Brawl (i.e. the title screen and human characters) will be swapped in.

Military

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Jake (ジェイク) / Cylic
Cylic is a redesigned version of Jake for the overseas version.
Move list
Name Command Description
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Karl (カール) / Tyr
Tyr is the only character who has the same design between versions.
Move list
Name Command Description
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Naruto (鳴門)
Naruto had his sprite redesigned overseas as well.
Move list
Name Command Description
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Ray (レイ) / Zena-Lan
Zena-Lan is a redesigned version of Ray for the overseas version.
Move list
Name Command Description

Renegade

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Bolt (ボルト) / Talmac
Bolt is a tall humanoid with big razor claws.
Move list
Name Command Description
Gale Wall DownLeftP
Gale Wave RightLeftRightP
Pile Dragon RightDownRightP
Gale Arrow HOLD LeftRightP
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Finisher (フィニッシャー) / Deamon
Finisher is an humanoid creature that resembles a scorpion.
Move list
Name Command Description
Whirlwind Thrasher RightRightPK
Hammerhead Whip LeftDownUpP
Rolling Claw close P
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Stere (ステア) / Naja
Stere has a snake head, human upper body and a bionic snake-like lower body.
Move list
Name Command Description
Back Whip HOLD DownUpK
Winder Rush DownLeftP
Tail Squeeze close K
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Wishbone (ウィッシュボーン) / Yug
Wishbone is an humanoid that resembles a gorilla.
Move list
Name Command Description
Spinning Double Striker RightDownLeftPP
Blaze Hold DownRightP
Strangle Hold perform Blaze Hold, then HOLD UpPPPPP
Wheel Press UpRightDownK
Rolling Gangbuster LeftRightP

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Cosmic Carnage Cosmic Carnage
English (US) Cosmic Carnage Cosmic Carnage
Japanese サイバーブロール Cyber Brawl

Development

The game was initially developed for the Sega Mega Drive, but like Tempo and Chaotix, were converted on short notice so that the 32X could have a larger library of games.[7]

Production credits

  • : Naoyuki Hayakawa, Masaki Ishikawa, Youji Iwashita, Tsutomu Ando, Yasuo Wakatuki, Noriyuki Tomiyama, Hikoshi Hashimoto, Hiromitsu Shioya, Hidetoshi Fujioka, Hiroshi Yokokura, Hiroyuki Ohtaka, Ryoichi Hasegawa
  • Special Thanks: Takashi Yoneda, Takashi Sorimachi, Ryusaku Matui, Noboru Kosuge, Kyohko Niyama, Keiichi Egawa, Hiroyuki Sakiyama, Fumiko Aoyagi, Norihiro Sekine, Hideki Youkaichiya
  • Programmed by: Almanic Corp.
  • : Takashi Shichijyo
Source:
In-game credits
Cosmic Carnage 32X credits.pdf
[8]


Magazine articles

Main article: Cosmic Carnage/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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NL flyer
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Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #43: "Abril 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
65 [9]
Sega 32X
65
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
65
[11]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
69
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
48
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
40
[14]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[15]
FLUX (US) NTSC-U
33
[16]
Freak (IL)
75
[17]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
83
[18]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
61
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[20]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
66
[21]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
78
[22]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
38
[23]
Mega (UK) PAL
77
[24]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
60
[25]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
52
[26]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
42
[5]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[27]
Player One (FR)
40
[28]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[29]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[6]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
74
[30]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
62
[31]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
79
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
47
[33]
Última Generación (ES)
39
[34]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[35]
Sega 32X
57
Based on
28 reviews

Cosmic Carnage

32X, JP
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32X, US
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Cart
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32X, EU
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32X, FR (Blister pack)
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32X, AU
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32X, BR
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32X, Asia
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Cart
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Manual

Technical information

Main article: Cosmic Carnage/Technical information.

References

  1. File:Cyberbrawl 32x jp frontcover.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/32x/soft.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-06-19 13:31)
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 228
  4. GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 76
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 74
  6. 6.0 6.1 Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 84
  7. File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf, page 129
  8. File:Cosmic Carnage 32X credits.pdf
  9. GamesMaster, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-22), page 44
  10. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 52
  11. Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 76
  12. Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-11)
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
  14. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 302
  15. Famitsu, "1995-01-20" (JP; 1995-01-06), page 40
  16. FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
  17. Freak, "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  18. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  19. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  20. GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
  21. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 16" (1995-01-03, 24:00) (+7:45)
  22. Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 15
  23. MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 45
  24. Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 12
  25. Mega Fun, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 101
  26. Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 46
  27. Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 95
  28. Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 107
  29. Saturn Fan, "1995 April" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 41
  30. Sega Power, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-19), page 46
  31. Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 38
  32. Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 25
  33. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  34. Última Generación, "Abril 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  35. VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 65


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