Cosmic Hero 2 Prologue

About This Game

THE STORY

In the 31st century, Earth's civilization is fully self-sustaining —powered by

Lazium

, a rare energy source extracted from distant planets. Massive autonomous facilities known as

AXON

s (Autonomous Extraction & Optimization Nodes) mine and refine this energy, sustaining humanity’s ever-growing needs.

Until one day, the transports of Lazium stop and communication with the AXONs is lost. Now it's only a matter of time before energy reserves run out and civilization collapses.

Your mission: reach the nearest AXON, recover as much Lazium as possible, and delay the forthcoming catastrophe.

The task is not trivial. AXON is damaged, and its interiors are in disarray, with Lazons (liquid Lazium units) and various pieces of facility equipment scattered throughout. Security systems are malfunctioning, and the wiring that controls barriers granting access to subsequent sectors is incomplete.

THE GAME

Cosmic Hero 2

is a retro sci-fi puzzle/arcade game for 8-bit Atari XL/XE machines (but you can run it on Windows too), inspired by classic Polish titles from the late 1980s and early 1990s —

Lasermania

,

Robbo

, and

Captain Gather

—which themselves drew from the legendary

Sokoban

.

Cosmic Hero 2

builds on these foundations and introduces a variety of novel mechanics, delivering rich and varied gameplay never before seen on 8-bit machines.

It's a spiritual sequel to the original

Cosmic Hero

, created in 1993—now revived by the same team, just 30 years older and a whole lot more experienced.

Cosmic Hero 2: Prologue

is a preview of the upcoming full release of Cosmic Hero 2. Rather than a typical demo, it’s a self-contained mini-game featuring 8 maps, 3 possible endings, and approximately 1–1.5 hours of gameplay on the first run.

Cosmic Hero 2

is a winner of

ATARI Homebrew Awards 2025

in the

ATARI 8bit/5200 Best WIP Homebrew

category.

OBJECTIVES

PRIMARY

Collect all Lazons

(liquid Lazium units) to activate the power source block.

Connect the power source to the exit b