<s>
Microcosm	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
rail	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
,	O
and	O
also	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Mega-CD	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microcosm	B-Application
featured	O
realistic	O
FMV	B-Application
animation	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
graphics	O
being	O
rendered	O
on	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
seen	O
in	O
a	O
demo	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CDTV	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lead	O
platform	O
was	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
,	O
and	O
development	O
was	O
funded	O
in	O
part	O
by	O
Fujitsu	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
console-styled	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	O
and	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
versions	O
feature	O
an	O
exclusive	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Rick	O
Wakeman	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
replaced	O
in	O
other	O
versions	O
with	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Tim	O
Wright	O
for	O
licensing	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
generally	O
rated	O
Microcosm	B-Application
as	O
having	O
excellent	O
graphics	O
but	O
very	O
limited	O
and	O
poorly	O
designed	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	O
Format	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
greatly	O
praised	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
but	O
described	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
merely	O
slightly	O
better	O
than	O
average	O
"	O
rail	O
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1995	O
second	O
review	O
,	O
they	O
lowered	O
their	O
score	O
from	O
87%	O
to	O
40%	O
,	O
mocking	O
their	O
earlier	O
review	O
's	O
emphasis	O
of	O
graphics	O
over	O
gameplay	O
and	O
describing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
decidedly	O
average	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
clone	O
that	O
certainly	O
looks	O
great	O
,	O
but	O
plays	O
horribly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	O
Power	O
similarly	O
described	O
Microcosm	B-Application
as	O
a	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
clone	O
with	O
extremely	O
limited	O
interactivity	O
and	O
little	O
variations	O
in	O
the	O
visuals	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
44%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
version	O
an	O
86%	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
not	O
nearly	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
,	O
with	O
enemy	O
sprites	O
that	O
look	O
"	O
pasted	O
on	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
considerably	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
opined	O
that	O
Microcosm	B-Application
represents	O
a	O
good	O
concept	O
for	O
FMV	B-Application
games	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
poor	O
level	O
design	O
reduces	O
the	O
gameplay	O
to	O
trial-and-error	O
and	O
takes	O
away	O
the	O
fun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly'''s	O
four	O
reviewers	O
gave	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
a	O
unanimous	O
score	O
of	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
a	O
huge	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version.Though	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
versions	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
review	O
does	O
not	O
mention	O
them	O
because	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
where	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
was	O
published	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
still	O
shallow	O
and	O
"	O
just	O
not	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation''	O
reviewed	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
two	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
those	O
games	O
one	O
can	O
never	O
describe	O
as	O
challenging	O
,	O
only	O
as	O
frustrating.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limited	O
edition	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
contains	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
manual	O
,	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
CD	O
and	O
a	O
T-shirt	O
.	O
</s>
