Cosmic Spacehead

The game is a point-and-click adventure game in which items must be collected and later used in specific locations in order to progress. The player's character is directed during much of the game with the use of a cursor and written commands. It also includes numerous short platforming sections, as well as other mini-games and puzzles.

Each major location of Planet Linoleum has a teleporting device which can be activated using a card but they often leave Linus with a side-effect, required to complete a puzzle. To travel between adventure sections Linus goes through arcade sections where he has to reach the other side of the level, avoiding free falls, enemies and collecting Cosmic candy. After collecting 10, an extra life is added. Passwords are scattered at key locations.

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 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.

GamePro described the Game Gear version as "a great point-and-click text adventure", additionally praising the cartoonish charm of the graphics.