Cosmic Carnage

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Cosmic Carnage
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP, EU), Sega of America (US)
Developer: Almanic, ALU
Distributor: Sega-Ozisoft (AU), Tec Toy (BR)
Sound driver: SMPS 68000/32X
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション), Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1995-01-27 ¥7,8007,800 GM-4004 US 1994-12 $69.9969.99 84700 EU 1995-02 84700-50 UK 1995-02 £59.9959.99 84700-50 AU 199x FCOS01SXC BR 1995 151020 AS 199x 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, four prisoners on an intergalactic prison barge mutiny against their captors and hijack the ship, destroying its controls and life support systems. The mutineers realize that their only hope of survival is to hijack another ship, so they activate a distress beacon and lure a military cruiser to them. When it is near, the crew activates the ship's engines and ram the barge into the cruiser.

Only four members of each ship have survived, and both ships are badly damaged and inoperable. The military cruiser has lost all of its escape pods except one, and it only has room for one passenger. Now the four prisoners and four soldiers must battle to determine who will use the last escape pod and escape to safety.

Gameplay

Character select

Armor select

The game is a fighting game. The player fights against other opponents in one-on-one matches, and the fighter who manages to deplete the health bar of the opponent wins the round. The first fighter to win two rounds wins the match. Each round is timed (though the timer can be disabled in the options); if both fighters still have health remaining when time expires, the fighter with more health wins the round. Similar to the Samurai Shodown games, the camera zooms in or out depending on the distance between the fighters, and the fighters swing their limbs toward and away from the screen to simulate depth.

Characters move with and and crouch with . They move while crouched with or . They jump upward with and jump behind and ahead with or . Using a Six Button Control Pad, characters perform a normal punch with , a fierce punch with , a normal kick with , and a fierce kick with . They can provoke (taunt) the opponent with or (which perform different taunts). Using a standard three-button pad, characters punch with , a kick with , and provoke with . Tapping the button does a normal punch or kick or the first taunt, while holding the button does a fierce punch or kick or the second taunt.

Attacks vary depending on whether the character is near or far from the opponent and whether the character is standing, crouching, jumping straight up, or jumping diagonally. Special moves can be performed using special button combinations. If the opponent is finished with a special move in the final round of the match (except for throws or chip damage from a blocked special move), the opponent is dismembered.

Characters block by holding the D-Pad in the direction opposite to the opponent. High attacks must be blocked standing, while low attacks must be blocked crouching. Mid attacks can be blocked standing or crouching. Special moves do a small amount of chip damage when blocked (except for the armored characters). Blocks can be canceled into into an attack. Characters become dizzy after being hit repeatedly, which makes them momentarily unable to move or attack. Moving the D-Pad and pressing the buttons rapidly wakes the character out of the stunned state faster.

Four of the selectable characters use armor to assist them in battle, and players may choose between one of two options (light or heavy) for each of the three armor pieces (body, arms, and legs), which changes which special moves are available to them. However, armor can be lost (for the remainder of the round) if the character sustains too much damage, which reduces the character's defense, causes the character to take chip damage from blocked special moves, and removes access to any special moves provided by that armor piece.

Modes

In single-player mode, the player can choose from eight playable characters. The goal of the game is to defeat all the other characters in as short a time period as possible; there is no boss character. Rather than each character having a different ending, the ending varies depending on how quickly the game is completed. In the good ending, the character makes it to the escape pod and escapes the ensuing explosion of the barge. In the bad ending, the character is caught in the explosion before the escape pod can launch. There are five difficulty levels, and the requirement for the good ending depends on the difficulty level chosen, with the easier difficulties requiring the player to finish the game faster.

There is also a dedicated two-player mode where both players choose a character (which may be the same character) and fight a match against each other. The winner of the match keeps the same character for the next match, while the loser can select another character.

Characters

Note: Move lists assume that the character is facing right. When facing left, and should be reversed.

P	Any punch button
LP	Light punch
HP	Hard punch

K	Any kick button
LK	Light kick
HK	Hard kick

TAUNT

Taunt

There are eight playable characters in the game, divided into two groups, called Military and Renegade in the Japanese version and Soldiers and Fugitives in the overseas versions.

The three human fighters from the Japanese version were replaced with aliens in the overseas versions.

Military

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.

	Jake (ジェイク) / Cylic
	Jake is a brown-haired human soldier in the Japanese version. Cylic is an alien red ant in the overseas version. Move list Name Command Description Double Needle Kick K Neck Throw +P or +P Energy Smasher (Light arms only) P Machine Gun Knuckle (Heavy arms only) P Energy Blaster (Light body only)  TAUNT  Grenade Attack (Heavy body only) Hold , then + TAUNT  Graviton Crusher (Light legs only) +K in midair Energy Thunder (Heavy legs only) KKKKK
	Ray (レイ) / Zena-Lan
	Ray is a blond-haired human soldier in the Japanese version. Zena-Lan is a female soldier whose head is constantly on fire in the overseas version. Move list Name Command Description Flying Lariat P Fury Punch (Light arms only) PPPPP Lightning Ring (Heavy arms only) PPPPP Riding Crusher (Light body only) + TAUNT  or + TAUNT  in midair (close) Blazing Charge (Heavy body only) + TAUNT  Bloody Spiral (Light legs only) +K Knee Blast (Heavy legs only) K
	Naruto (鳴門)
	Naruto is a brown-haired human soldier in the Japanese version and a shadow being in the overseas version. Move list Name Command Description Dash or Drop Throw +P or +P (close) Naruto Slice (Light arms only) P Spinning Double Slice (Heavy arms only) P Whirlwind Kick (Light body only)  TAUNT  Double Hand Blast (Heavy body only) + TAUNT  Spinning Kick (Light legs only) K Whirling Blast Kick (Heavy legs only) K
	Karl (カール) / Tyr
	Tyr is a man with metallic skin wearing samurai-like armor. He is the only military character who has the same design between versions. Move list Name Command Description Super Press P Tornado K Super Whip +P or +P (close) Atomic Hammer (Light arms only) P or K Mega Buster Drop (Heavy arms only) +P in midair Breast Charger (Light body only) Hold , then + TAUNT  Mega Cannon (Heavy body only) Hold , then + TAUNT  Dash Hurdler (Light legs only) Hold , then +K Mega Cyclone Wrecker (Heavy legs only) Hold , then +K

Renegade

The renegade characters do not have any armor, so they do not lose any special moves no matter how much damage they take.

	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 P P Blaze Hold  LP  Strangle Hold +PPPPP during Blaze Hold Wheel Press K during Blaze Hold Rolling Gangbuster P during Blaze Hold
	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 +P K Hammerhead Whip P Rolling Claw +P (close)
	Stere (ステア) / Naja
	Stere is a serpentine siren with a bionic lower body. Move list Name Command Description Back Whip Hold , then +K Winder Rush P Tail Squeeze +K or +K (close)
	Bolt (ボルト) / Talmac
	Bolt is a tall humanoid with big razor claws. Move list Name Command Description Gale Wall P Gale Wave +P Pile Dragon P Gale Arrow Hold , then +P

Stages

Every fighter is faced in his or her own unique stage.

Cylic

Zena-Lan

Naruto

Tyr

Yug

Deamon

Naja

Talmac

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.

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

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In-game credits

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• Japanese cover artist: Mari Koizumi

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Developer mentions

Magazine articles

Main article: Cosmic Carnage/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

NL flyer

Print advert in (ES) #43: "Abril 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Artwork

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  US prototype cover

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  US/EU cover

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source (UK) 65

	65
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score (RU) 30 (UK) 65 (UK) PAL 69 (US) NTSC-U 48 (RU) 40 (JP) NTSC-J 63 (US) NTSC-U 33 (IL) 75 (US) NTSC-U 83 (US) NTSC-U 61 (US) NTSC-U 75 (UK) PAL 66 (UK) PAL 78 (US) NTSC-U 39 (DE) PAL 38 (UK) PAL 77 (DE) NTSC-U 60 (US) NTSC-U 52 (UK) PAL 42 (US) NTSC-U 0 (FR) 40 (JP) NTSC-J 65 (UK) PAL 80 (UK) PAL 74 (UK) PAL 62 (UK) PAL 79 (JP) NTSC-J 47 (ES) 39 (US) NTSC-U 70

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Cosmic Carnage

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Technical information

Main article: Cosmic Carnage/Technical information.