Cosmic Carnage

Cosmic Carnage
Also known as: Cyber Brawl (JP) Developer: Givro Publisher: Sega Platform: 32X Released in JP: January 27, 1995 Released in US: November 21, 1994 Released in EU: 1995 This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

Cosmic Carnage is one of the few 32X-exclusive fighting games. While it does have some distinguishing components like armor selection, it's otherwise not terribly noteworthy... or good.

To do: Does the Almanic screen from the prototypes still exist in the final game?

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Prototype Info

Regional Differences

Unlike most other games, the US and European versions of the game can be played in Japanese mode: with a six-button controller plugged in, hold B + X + Z on startup.

Title Screen

Cosmic Carnage	Cyber Brawl

Storyline

The intro story was rewritten for the Japanese version, though the general premise (two damaged spacecraft with one remaining escape pod) remained the same. Oddly enough, the Japanese story was also written in English.

US/Europe

Japan

Light years away, in an uncharted star system, an incident of epic proportions has occurred. The banished crew of an intergalactic prison barge enroute to a celestial mine has overpowered their captors. During their rebellious assault, most of the ship's controls and life support systems were severely damaged. For days, the barge drifted aimlessly through space. The renegade crew realized that their only hope was to hijack another ship. They activated a distress beacon, and managed to lure a military cruiser within their reach. The renegades engaged their engines and smashed into the starboard side of the unsuspecting military cruiser and then boarded it. What the renegades did not anticipate was that the tremendous impact would destroy all, but one, of the escape pods. Now, the four survivors of each ship must fight for their only chance at salvation, the last escape pod. The Carnage Begins...

In the distant Galaxy... A horrible disaster occured in the world of darkness and dead silence. Two experimental intergalactic spacecraft warped to the same coordinates; a one-in-a-million chance. An emergency alarm broke the cold sleep of four crew members on both ships, but they were helpless. Each ship's navigation computer tried to carry out an evasive maneuver, but it was too late. Both ships were heavily damaged, and began to drift through space, side by side. According to the report from the drive control computer, the fusion reactor was fatally damaged in the accident. With the engines still in hyper drive, the high speed energy reaction process continued. An enormous amount of energy began to build up inside the engines. Within a few hours, the ship would explode. To make matters worse, only one small escape pod survived; a miracle, considering the size of the accident. This time, only one will survive. And so the Brawl begins...

Characters

With the exception of Naruto, all of the fighters were renamed for Cyber Brawl:

Cosmic Carnage	Cyber Brawl
Cylic	Jake
Zena-Lan	Ray
Tyr	Karl
Yug	Wishbone
Deamon	Finisher
Naja	Stere
Talmac	Bolt

Cosmic Carnage	Cyber Brawl

Cylic, Zena-Lan, and Naruto were all changed into humans for Cyber Brawl, as seen above. Naturally, the background logo is also different for each version.