Cosmic Carnage
Cosmic Carnage — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Cosmic Carnage on?
- Cosmic Carnage was released on Sega 32X.
- When did Cosmic Carnage release?
- Cosmic Carnage was first released on November 21, 1994.
About Cosmic Carnage
What kind of un-be-leev-ably ugly monster is this? Chunks of armor fly off as you pound its body. This beefed-up, maxed-out monstrosity has jetted across the cosmos to beat your brains out! But is it the alien? Or is it YOU?
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Sega 32X
- Developer
- Givro
- Publisher
- Sega
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega 32X · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| European (PAL) release | $58 | $147 | $225 |
| Japanese release (Cyber Brawl) | — | $59 | — |
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a week
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about once a month
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $0.80 in Apr 2008, $12.85 five years ago, and $14.38 as of Nov 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $1.56 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $1.56 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $1.49 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $1.99 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $1.64 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $6.00 | $10.74 |
| Jan 2015 | $7.99 | $9.99 |
| Jan 2016 | $7.94 | $14.00 |
| Jan 2017 | $7.38 | $18.74 |
| Jan 2018 | $7.75 | $15.87 |
| Jan 2019 | $9.86 | $15.39 |
| Jan 2020 | $10.49 | $18.49 |
| Jan 2021 | $13.99 | $24 |
| Jan 2022 | $17.69 | $30 |
| Jan 2023 | $13.74 | $25 |
| Jan 2024 | $14.25 | $28 |
| Jan 2025 | $12.94 | $28 |
| Jan 2026 | $14.39 | $27 |
| Nov 2026 | $14.38 | $35 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Nov 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number | Barcode | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | December 1994 | 84700 | 010086847000 | — |
| Europe / PAL | February 1995 | 84700-50 | — | — |
| Japan | 27 January 1995 | GM-4004 | — | ¥7,800 |
| Brazil | 1995 | — | — | — |
- Japan: Released as Cyber Brawl.
- Region
- NA+EU+JP+BR
- Released
- 1994
- Authenticity
- Low
A cheap curiosity: a launch-day fighting game that the period press was not impressed by.
Cosmic Carnage was one of the four North American launch games for the 32X, on 21 November 1994. It is a one-on-one fighter in which you choose and can lose your armor, and it came out in Japan as Cyber Brawl, in January 1995.
Reviewers treated it as a first attempt. Electronic Gaming Monthly's panel, in its February 1995 issue, noted it was the first fighting game for the 32X and was not impressed. Game Players, in issue 68, said it was not in the same league as the 16-bit favorites it compared it to, and found the backgrounds boring and the characters pixelated. It did credit the armor system, and thought the music catchy but repetitive.
How it was made
Almanic Corporation developed the game together with ALU, and Sega published it. It was reportedly started as a Mega Drive game and moved to the 32X on short notice.
What the press said at the time
| Next Generation Issue 2 | February 1995 | * |
| Computer and Video Games | 65/100 | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5/10, 6/10, 4/10, 4/10 | |
| Famitsu | 6/10, 6/10, 7/10, 6/10 | |
| Game Informer | 4.5/10 | |
| Game Players | 61% | |
| GameFan | 80/100, 79/100, 89/100 | |
| GamesMaster | 65% | |
| IGN | 3/10 | |
| Mean Machines Sega | 42/100 | |
| Flux | D+ | |
| Games World | 78/100 | |
| Mega | 77% | |
| Mega Play | 58%, 45%, 55%, 50% | |
| Sega Magazine | 80/100 | |
| Sega Power | 74% | |
| Sega Pro | 62% | |
| VideoGames | 7/10 |
“It's just a shame that this 32-bit offering doesn't play as well as the best that 16-bit has to offer.”
“we conclude that Cosmic Carnage stinks. A sad, shambling mockery of a fighting game.”
“A mediocre beat-'em>up. Once youVe completed this on the easiest of the five skill levels you can’t fail to be disappointed.”
“A fighting game that could use quite a bit of improvement. The graphics are a bit crude and the sound effects are overly dramatic and somewhat out of place.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the 32X version.
Before you buy
Among US 32X games this is an inexpensive cart, well below the middle, and one rarely worth faking, so the US cartridge is the sensible buy. The European cartridge usually costs far more than the US one, loose and complete, and a complete Japanese copy (Cyber Brawl) usually costs considerably more than a complete US one.
Cosmic Carnage screenshots
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