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Chaos Engine, The

CD32 AGA ECS/OCS

Chaos Engine, The - Double Barrel Screenshot

Information

Year of the first release

1993

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Renegade - Worldwide

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Bitmap Brothers, The

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Mike Montgomery
Coder : Steve Cargill
Graphician : Dan Malone
Musician : Farook Joi
Musician : Haroon Joi
Musician : Richard Joseph
Misc : Eric Matthews
Misc : Simon Knight

Language in manual

Hardware

ECS
OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

WHD install

WHD information

Authors	Harry JOTD MiCK Wepl
Updated	2020-04-16 17:21:04

HD install

HD notes

Genre
Category	Shooter
Subcategory	Shooter - Walkabout
Dimension	2D
Quickmatch	Chaos Engine, The
Scrolltype	Scrolling - Multi-directional
Theme	Science Fiction - Steampunk
Viewpoint	Sideways
Viewpoint	Top Down

Conversion hardware

Acorn Archimedes
Atari ST/E
Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)
PC (DOS)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion notes

PC versions: VGA N.B. Released in the U.S. as SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE for the Sega Genesis and Nintendo SNES.

Classic compilation

Beau Jolly
Triple Fun

Relationship

has a clone: Alien Bash II
is a precursor to Chaos Engine 2, The

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Game design by Simon Knight and Eric Matthews. Main coding by Steve Cargill; additional code by Mike Montgomery and Nick Pelling. Graphic design by Dan Malone; additional gfx by Herman Serrano. Music & sound FX by Richard Joseph; titlescreen music by Farook & Haroon Joi.

[2] According to coders Dan Malone and Mike Montgomery, the CHAOS ENGINE graphics were created for 32 colours and then reduced to 16 colours for the Atari ST version [Source: Personal communication from the coders, October 2012].

[3] The Chaos Engine is the first game that has been the lead development version on Amiga. All the previous Bitmap Brothers games were done on Atari ST as lead machine.