<s>
Cosmic	B-Application
Ark	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Rob	O
Fulop	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Imagic	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
gather	O
specimens	O
from	O
different	O
planets	O
in	O
a	O
spaceship	O
which	O
contains	O
the	O
survivors	O
from	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Atlantis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
stage	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
fend	O
off	O
meteor	O
showers	O
from	O
all	O
four	O
sides	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
by	O
pushing	O
the	O
joystick	O
to	O
fire	O
in	O
the	O
desired	O
direction	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
1980	O
arcade	O
game	O
Space	B-Application
Zap	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cosmic	B-Application
Ark	I-Application
does	O
not	O
provide	O
a	O
set	O
number	O
of	O
lives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
,	O
Cosmic	B-Application
Ark	I-Application
ends	O
with	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
the	O
Ark	O
but	O
the	O
smaller	O
shuttle	O
ship	O
escaping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
starfield	O
effect	O
uses	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
A	O
.	O
Edwards	O
reviewed	O
Cosmic	B-Application
Ark	I-Application
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edwards	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Overall	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
difficult	O
to	O
praise	O
Cosmic	B-Application
Ark	I-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
fun	O
at	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
