The Chaos Engine
The Chaos Engine is a top-down run and gun video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in March 1993. The game is set in a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must battle the hostile creations of the eponymous Chaos Engine across four landscapes and ultimately defeat it and its deranged inventor.
| The Chaos Engine | |
|---|---|
Clockwise from top left: Navvie, Thug, Mercenary, Priest, Gentleman, Brigand | |
| Developer(s) | The Bitmap Brothers |
| Publisher(s) | Renegade Software |
| Designer(s) | Simon Knight Eric Matthews |
| Programmer(s) | Stephen Cargill Mike Montgomery |
| Artist(s) | Daniel Malone |
| Composer(s) | Richard Joseph Farook Joi Haroon Joi |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, RISC OS, Mega Drive, Super NES, Mobile phone, Windows, OS X, Linux |
| Release | March 1993 |
| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player 2 player Co-op |
It was first released for the Amiga, with a version available for AGA Amigas, and later ported to MS-DOS, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST, Amiga CD32, RISC OS and Mega Drive. In the Super NES and Mega Drive versions, the character The Preacher had his clerical collar removed and was renamed The Scientist. The US versions of these two ports were retitled Soldiers of Fortune. A sequel to the game, The Chaos Engine 2, was released in 1996.