Free classic / Platformer / 1992

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

A 1992 platformer: Cosmo, a little green alien, explores alien worlds with his suction-cup hands. The shareware first episode, Forbidden Planet.

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About Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure is a 1992 platform game from Apogee Software. Cosmo, a small alien with suction-cup hands, climbs walls and explores alien worlds to find his parents. This is the shareware first episode.

This page runs the original DOS files unmodified using js-dos, which runs DOSBox in your browser, under this site's removal policy: the game is taken down if the rightsholder asks.

Controls

  • Arrows: move, look up/down
  • Ctrl: jump
  • Alt: drop a bomb
  • F1: help, save and restore
  • Enter: choose
  • Esc: menu

Keyboard and mouse work best. On-screen buttons appear for the keys the game needs on a touch screen.

Questions

Is Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure really free?

It is free to play here, with no account and no payment.

Do I need to download or install Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure?

No. It runs in your browser from one click on the Play button. There is nothing to download, and no files to find or pick.

What are the Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure controls?

Use the arrow keys to move and look up or down, Ctrl to jump and Alt to drop a bomb. F1 opens the help menu with save and restore. Enter chooses in the menus and Esc opens the menu.

Does Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure save my progress?

Yes. Press F1 in the game, choose Save, then a number from 1 to 9; the game saves at the start of the level. Use the Save button above the game to keep those save files in this browser on this device. Restore from the main menu with R.

Credits and licence

Original game: Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, 1992, by Todd Replogle and team (Apogee Software). Published by Apogee Software.
Edition hosted: Shareware episode 1 (Forbidden Planet).
Licence: Apogee shareware distribution agreement (Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure). Shareware: Apogee's distribution agreement shipped in the package covers distributors of the shareware episode; Apogee keeps the rights. Hosted here under Retro Hideout's availability-and-owner-removal policy, unmodified and free, and removed on the rightsholder's request.

The game files are unmodified copies of the original release, hosted under this site's removal policy: the rightsholder keeps all rights and can ask for the game to be removed. Run by js-dos (DOSBox in WebAssembly).

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