Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade
Linus needs your help! He has no money, no car and no respect from his fellow Linomen! The trouble is, no one believed his tale of discovering a far away planet called "Earth" so it's your job to help him get…
Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade is an adventure developed by Codemasters, released 1 February 1991 on Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade is
Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade is an adventure game developed by Codemasters and released in 1991. It was published by Camerica. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Linus is an alien from the planet Linoleum who crashed into the legendary planet Earth. After returning home and expecting a hero's welcome, Linus soon found his fellow Linomen were skeptical of the existence of the so-called "planet Earth" and decides to return to it, this time with a camera. However, he has no money (Linoleum currency is the Linobuck), and must adventure around the planet to acquire a vehicle and a camera. In his adventures, Linus leaves Linoleum (using a fake ID for Larry Flynt to compete in a bumper car contest), quashes a robot revolution in Detroitica and gets gas from an abandoned space station.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade launched on 1 February 1991, within three weeks of Lemmings, Sengoku and Wings of Wor.
Released around the same time: Lemmings, Sengoku, Wings of Wor.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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