The Spoony Experiment

FMV Hell – Microcosm

by Scarlett on April 6, 2008 · View Comments


The Spoony One makes his triumphant return in this review of the worst, most boring game to ever blight the PC or the SegaCD: Microcosm. Take a Fantastic Voyage through FMV Hell and see if you can survive “the ultimate CD-ROM game.” But first, we need to take a look at the most grotesquely over-fluffed instruction manual ever written for a game. Keep a pen handy, or you’ll regret it…

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Spoonytwo :P November 2, 2009 at 11:12 am

Nice review =D

GuitarZero183 November 2, 2009 at 6:24 pm

I didn’t even finish watching the review and i was already stiffling rub cracking laughter at your Enter the Dragon Organ Smashing punch to get the game out its box XD oh man i love this

bogman November 4, 2009 at 12:19 pm

haha adagio for strings xD epic use ^^

alyon59 November 12, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Thanks for the earthbound music in background. That really made my day

you should review that game

lucek November 13, 2009 at 8:48 pm

don’t ever kill anyone with looks like in this one you be the only suspect.

Benoc13 November 14, 2009 at 2:46 am

was that frank zappa threatening the doctor at the beginning?

Count Draclecarde November 15, 2009 at 10:18 am

Great review. I could have sworn I heard Army Of Darkness music in there, or something similar. This game looks horrible.

Octovaitor November 15, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Warrior ritual seppuku?
Come on you can do better than that.

Shadowwolf November 17, 2009 at 6:12 pm

You finished The Stand yet? Its only been a year and some months since you did this review. But really though. Its a great book.

Charles Noyes November 18, 2009 at 9:49 pm

Rick Wakeman huh? Guess he forgot he was in Yes.

T3chn01R November 22, 2009 at 4:52 am

I have the same Cosa Nostra shirt. Nice review! XD

Sluice November 29, 2009 at 12:53 am

“Can you believe the fast and furious gameplay!?” *trickle of steam vents*
lost my poptarts there

Solbadgreg December 14, 2009 at 2:16 am

Thank God at least they made Colony Wars. A GOOD game series that needs to come back.

Garth's Brownie Girl December 14, 2009 at 9:32 pm

Nice knife! But I’ve got a bigger one. :D

Fusashi Yuraka December 24, 2009 at 5:54 pm

Man if only gas wasn't so much….I'd join ya in the killing spree….hell I'd even pay for all the gas to get there…but I'd bring my AK-47u….gonna LIGHT THEM SUCKERS UP BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

zenithl February 3, 2010 at 3:06 am

I don't think Psygnosis exist anymore. Bought by Sony or something.

Hey that's a good idea… Road trip to SCEA!

(Well, at least they did make Lemmings.)

zenithl February 3, 2010 at 8:06 am

I don't think Psygnosis exist anymore. Bought by Sony or something.

Hey that's a good idea… Road trip to SCEA!

(Well, at least they did make Lemmings.)

VenomSpawn February 23, 2010 at 4:29 pm

LOL, the comments card mails to cambridge. I am in that area quite a bit, and apparently it is right next to the T stop you get off to get there. Harmonix is 625 mass ave. Eat at the middle east restaurant, and play rockband, after you're done going to 675 with pitchforks and torches.

happydevil March 7, 2010 at 5:22 pm

Amazingly funny Spoony! You are the man

Hubbe128 March 10, 2010 at 8:01 pm

I think I figured out the main problem with this game…

They spent more time on the manual than the actual game.
But the story and backstory in the manual is actually KINDA decent. The key-word being kinda.

They Call Me The Fizz March 16, 2010 at 9:07 pm

FYI, Spoony… Gamesradar linked to you in their most recent Top 7 article: The Top 7… Least interactive games
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-least-int...

Vincent Kresse March 24, 2010 at 5:10 am

act on insinct lol
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

yeah i didn't think you'd get to boston mass either

mckaysproductions March 31, 2010 at 3:08 pm

Give them air :P

Steelia April 9, 2010 at 12:11 pm

Holy smokes, EarthBound music a minute in. Nice.

mobtank April 24, 2010 at 1:30 pm

Spoony, I like the new audio in this vid, it's a lot easier to hear what you are saying.
The one thing i wish you had kept was the Chrono Trigger music you had playing at the password scene.
Not only did it really fit the scene better, it is an AWSOME piece of music from a really awsome game that needs some more exposure (not sure i spelled that word right, I AM swedish after all).

razielstar April 27, 2010 at 11:30 pm

This has alway been one of my favorite one of your reviews. Sorry to be “that guy” but I really think the old music you had worked much better than whatever this new music is.

razielstar April 27, 2010 at 11:31 pm

This has alway been one of my favorite one of your reviews. Sorry to be “that guy” but I really think the old music you had worked much better than whatever this new music is.

spoonshock May 5, 2010 at 1:40 pm

The Giant Dizzy Gillespie bit kills me every time. Too funny.

ujo1934 May 12, 2010 at 2:22 pm

hey u have the same Hanes underwear as me…thats kinda disturbing

Erin Corah May 16, 2010 at 7:42 pm

I love it when he pulls out the dolls!

狐・小百合 May 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm

Did the music on this thing just change? I remember it was motorbike chase from chrono trigger when he was scrambling for the password.

jetman123 May 25, 2010 at 12:31 pm

… you're right, it is. Come on, the new music is just lame!

Busterdrag May 28, 2010 at 4:07 am

…Wait, why did you change the music, Spoony? o..o

Katie June 17, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Oh, man. I remember how ridiculously awesome it was to have a SegaCD game.
I only had the Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, and that shitty Atari thing my brother gave me.

Michele Castellani June 24, 2010 at 3:47 pm

Was that ashens? :D

mikeman63 June 29, 2010 at 12:45 am

this game is like sin and punishment only it sucks ass.

Matthew Eis July 8, 2010 at 10:01 pm

wow, dude this review was painful to watch. Bravo on your endurance

Matthew Eis July 8, 2010 at 10:02 pm

Good job bud, this was painful to watch I couldn't imagine playing it.

Jumpooleez July 11, 2010 at 3:36 pm

lol why did you change the music?

Eric McFadden July 15, 2010 at 2:43 pm

Please, oh please do a road trip! That would make an awesome feature video!

1oldmanjenkins1 July 15, 2010 at 3:06 pm

LOL superman a racist XD

Gabriel Silvestre July 15, 2010 at 11:05 pm

dude love ur site beter than u tube keepin the cusing coming.

ben a July 19, 2010 at 8:51 am

Good call, reading The Stand is a much better use of your time than this game.

Jesse M. Danielson August 1, 2010 at 9:21 pm

The lesson to take from games like this:

Games are not movies. And even if they were, this movie sucks!

Nicholas Nicola August 9, 2010 at 2:26 am

OH NO!! DIZZY GILLESPIE!!

Nicholas Nicola August 9, 2010 at 9:26 am

OH NO!! DIZZY GILLESPIE!!

Joshua Winter August 20, 2010 at 9:44 am

lol the mash theme

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