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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the UsefulNotes/PCEngine's CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist Creator/KazuhiroOchi.

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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the UsefulNotes/PCEngine's Platform/PCEngine's CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD Platform/SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist Creator/KazuhiroOchi.



# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (The only non-Turbo release; remake of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD)

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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (The only non-Turbo release; remake of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD)Platform/SegaCD)



# ''Cosmic Fantasy Collection'' (2022) (An UpdatedRerelease of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)

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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Collection'' (2022) (An UpdatedRerelease of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)Platform/NintendoSwitch)
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It's also fairly notorious for being one strong case of NoExportForYou -- only [[SequelFirst the second game]] ever saw a release outside Japan, thanks to Working Designs.

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It's also fairly notorious for being one strong case of NoExportForYou -- only [[SequelFirst the second game]] ever saw a release outside Japan, thanks to Working Designs.
Designs. In 2024, publisher Edia, who have also been porting other items from Telenet's catalog, released a localized port of the first Switch collection in the west.



* AllInARow

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* AllInARowAllInARow: Your party dutifully follows behind you in the overworld.
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Per wick cleanup.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2'' (2023) (An UpdatedRerelease of the last five games, also for Switch)
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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the only non-Turbo release; remake of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD)

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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the (The only non-Turbo release; remake of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD)




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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Collection'' (2022) (An UpdatedRerelease of the first two games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)



* UpdatedRerelease: ''Stories'' is such for the first two games.

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* UpdatedRerelease: ''Stories'' is such for the first two games. The first two games were later rereleased for the Nintendo Switch in 2022, but only in Japan.
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Unfortunate Names now must be pointed out In-Universe


* UnfortunateName: Van, and did they really need to use the ''long'' A sound for Galam's first syllable?
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* FollowTheLeader: The battle system is pretty much ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' with the serial numbers filed off. ''4'' introduced the Active Time Battle system pioneered in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: While ''2'' was still fairly censored in its localization, not all of it was, notably Babbette's ShowerScene.

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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games.

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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' games.
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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.

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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s UsefulNotes/PCEngine's CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.
Creator/KazuhiroOchi.
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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games.

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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games.
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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' games.

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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games.
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* FollowTheLeader: The battle system is pretty much ''DragonQuest'' with the serial numbers filed off. ''4'' introduced the Active Time Battle system pioneered in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.

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* FollowTheLeader: The battle system is pretty much ''DragonQuest'' ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' with the serial numbers filed off. ''4'' introduced the Active Time Battle system pioneered in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.
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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.

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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the SegaCD UsefulNotes/SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.



# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the only non-Turbo release; remake of the first two games for the SegaCD)

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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the only non-Turbo release; remake of the first two games for the SegaCD)UsefulNotes/SegaCD)
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It might have something to do with Cosmic being an actual word that has an actual meaning,


* TotallyRadical: Good luck finding someone who doesn't use the word "Cosmic" in an unironic manner anymore.
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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' games.

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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''{{Ys}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' games.
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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Telenet Japan, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.

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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Telenet Japan, Creator/TelenetJapan's Laser Soft division, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.
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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the only non-Turbo release)

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# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the only non-Turbo release)release; remake of the first two games for the SegaCD)
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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a mixture of fantasy and sci-fi. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' games.

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Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a [[ScienceFantasy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi.sci-fi]]. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' games.
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''Cosmic Fantasy'' was the flagship RolePlayingGame franchise from Telenet Japan, created exclusively for the [[TurboGrafx16 PC-Engine]]'s CD attachment, with one CompilationRerelease for the SegaCD and masterminded by manga artist KazuhiroOchi.

Like Sega's own RPG franchise ''PhantasyStar'', ''Cosmic Fantasy'' combined anime presentation with a mixture of fantasy and sci-fi. However, by utilizing the CD format, ''CF'' was among the first such games to rely on fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes not unlike Nihon Falcom's popular ''{{Ys}}'' games or Game Arts' ''{{Lunar}}'' games.

It's also fairly notorious for being one strong case of NoExportForYou -- only [[SequelFirst the second game]] ever saw a release outside Japan, thanks to Working Designs.

Games in this series include:

# ''Cosmic Fantasy: Bōken Shōnen Yū'' (1990)
# ''Cosmic Fantasy 2'' (1991)
# ''Cosmic Fantasy 3: Bōken Shōnen Rei'' (1992)
# ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992) (the only non-Turbo release)
# ''Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shōnen Densetsu - Totsunyū-hen'' (1994)
# ''Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shōnen Densetsu - Gekitō-hen'' (1994)

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!! This series provides examples of:
* AllInARow
* AnimalMecha: Marley, a robotic cat.
* TheAnimeOfTheGame
* CatFolk: Very common through the franchise
* CoolMask: Galam.
* FollowTheLeader: The battle system is pretty much ''DragonQuest'' with the serial numbers filed off. ''4'' introduced the Active Time Battle system pioneered in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: While ''2'' was still fairly censored in its localization, not all of it was, notably Babbette's ShowerScene.
* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: The fourth game splits the adventure between the protagonists of 1 and 2.
* RescueThePrincess: Van for Laura.
* ScienceFantasy
* SpacePirates: Or '''Cosmic''' Pirates, rather.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Galam's plan.
* TotallyRadical: Good luck finding someone who doesn't use the word "Cosmic" in an unironic manner anymore.
* UnfortunateName: Van, and did they really need to use the ''long'' A sound for Galam's first syllable?
* UpdatedRerelease: ''Stories'' is such for the first two games.

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