Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel

Still entertains children so many years later. I remember fondly watching my late younger brother playing this game, and it does my heart good to watch my daughter do the same. Hearing her run to me begging me come to see what she found found (an ant tunnel full of ant babiesl) is priceless. It's a non-story point and click adventure by Cyan Studios, who also made Manhole, Spelunx and later the Myst games. The art is simple, but effective, the gameplay is amusing, and it's very good for teaching young children (~3) mouse control. The absurdist comedy really hits home for the young folk, and the focus on cause and effect makes a lasting impression.

Забавная игра от создателей известной "Myst", выполненная в чёрно-белом цвете. И это не совсем игра, в своём обычном понимание. Перед вами, с первого взгляда квест, но это не совсем так. В игре нет ни сюжета, ни конкретной цели. Вы просто исследуете мир, кликая по разнообразным элементам локации, что вызывает разные события. Проект старый, вышел ещё в 1990 г., и сейчас явно не должен продаваться по заявленной цене. Но это не делает его плохой. Любите исследования и загадки, то можно и взять по скидке. Но учитывайте то, что у игры нет логического завершения, зато много элементов для исследования миров, как в макроскопическом масштабе, так и в микро. В общем, проект неплохой, но для своей аудитории. Явно не для массового игрока.

To thoroughly enjoy this game you either need to be a child or maintain a sense of childlike discovery. There is no objective, no score, no gameover, no win conditions, no time limits. This isn't even really a game. Cosmic Osmo is a discovery experience that appeals to the humorous light hearted surreal nature of kids and those of us lucky enough to still be kids at heart. It plays much like a point and click adventure game, but without inventory or really plotline, your only driving motivation is to see what you can find next. You are essentially an alien visitor to a very strange and exotic solar system, the home of the titular Cosmic Osmo. You can use a spacecraft to navigate between multiple planets or use a very complex series of tunnels, teleporters, and other surreal means of navigation to traverse around this highly entertaining landscape. While the game certainly looks dated, the black and white cartoony style still maintains a lot of charm and is just as enjoyable today as it was in the early 90s when it was first released. A really fun game to play with your kids or by yourself, you'll be amazed that despite it's age this game contains a huge wealth of interesting and entertaining things to explore, ensuring that you'll discover something new each time you play.

[h1] Weird and peculiar adventure where you click on things. Some unusual art style filled with only black and white. You will encounter some really strange stuff which is hard to describe... You probably will run the game in a super small window. There is no music but only sounds. After playing for some time my cursor disappeared somehow. Hard to recommend but might be interesting if you're looking into some obscure exploration games. [/h1]

Have this game on hand to entertain young relatives. Kids still love it in 2014. The creators went on after this to create MYST and Riven, and it's a sedate and calming wacky little exploration gem. I could be wrong about this but I believe this is one of the first games to ever ship on a CD-ROM, weighing in at something like 80mb of 1-bit content, plus the soundtrack. Side note, it's baffling that it's been removed from the OSX offerings. It is clearly a port and not a bundled emulator pack. This should have the upside of eliminating legal issues with distributing apple macintosh ROM images, with the unpleasant side effect of creating an inauthentic experience to the original game. (Source for this is based on some of the crossfades having grayscale, which obv didn't exist on 68k macs from 1990 or whenever this came out.) No idea why it isn't available aside from windows.

It's Cosmic Osmo son. if you didn't grow up with this AWESOME GAME then I think your parents don't love you. Pros + You can click on nearly everything and some sort of LSD inspired animation WILL happen + It's got some groovy tunes + Just two colors, Black & White, which provide an extra level of creepiness + Tons-o-Secrets + Plays perfectly on Steam Deck Cons - There are none, ♥♥♥♥ you!

This is a really fun game to play with kids watching along. If I turned the game on my son would stop what he was doing and run to jump up in my lap to watch. This is definitely the kind of game I remember playing as a kid on computers where the only goal was to play around with the surroundings and have fun. One con to this game is that I couldn't get the resolution up and had to play it rather small but that is what happens playing an old mac game, but I can live with it. My son's input is that, "It's good, it has a banana phone, and it has a singing ketchup." 3.5/5 Stars

When I hear "Fun for the whole family," I think "Fun for kids, and some adults will pretend to like it, but not really." That said, this actually [i]is[/i] something enjoyable for explorers of all ages. There isn't much to the gameplay, aside from clicking around to different places, exploring little worlds, and watching a bunch of weird things happen. It doesn't sound like a whole lot, but the joy lies in the discovery. You can find so many different secrets and hidden passages, and the game makes them feel really important. Despite being in monochrome, there are some beautiful scenes to behold, too. You likely won't spend hours and hours on a single session, but you might just find yourself going back to it again and again, like I have over the years. As a side note, I've played this on a Macintosh Classic, and this version is a little different. The sound is different in that the quality is higher, which is to be expected, given that this is based on the CD-Rom version. There are also 3 whole new areas, adding up to a total of 7, and they fit right in with the rest of them.

Really cool kids game focused entirely on exploration of strange worlds. As a fan of the B&W Mac look, I think the graphics have aged very well too

I LOVED this game when I was a child in the early 90s. We spent hours playing Cosmic Osmo and I was overjoyed when I saw I could re-live those moments and share them with my daughter. The game is a 90s-style exploration game with no real goal or ending. Just enjoy clicking around and watch crazy stuff happen. Cosmic Osmo puts real thought and effort into making a world that is as complete as it is devoid of all context. Everything seems to connect together in a way that can only make sense in whatever universe this game takes place in.