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Cosmic Wartoad

The Queen of the Cosmic Wartoads has been abducted by the Rigellian Slime Beasts, their deadliest foe, and turned into the most hideous thing imaginable: a human being! Traverse the Rygellian Time-Void, reach…

31 December 1985

Cosmic Wartoad is a shooter developed by Denton Designs, released 31 December 1985 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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What Cosmic Wartoad is

Cosmic Wartoad is a shooter game developed by Denton Designs and released in 1985. It was published by Ocean Software. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Queen of the Cosmic Wartoads has been abducted by the Rigellian Slime Beasts, their deadliest foe, and turned into the most hideous thing imaginable: a human being! Traverse the Rygellian Time-Void, reach the Slime King's lair and dismantle their deathly machine with your Cosmic Tool Kit.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Cosmic Wartoad launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did Cosmic Wartoad come out?
Cosmic Wartoad was released on 31 December 1985 for PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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