A touch of H.G. Wells on acid
Written on November 9th, 2025 by Tech Ads
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Meet the Chaos Engine—a side of merry olde
England you'd rather not know. But forget about tea
and crumpets and all that jolly rotten stuff. ‘Cause
this arcade-action style CD-ROM game transforms
your PC into a gruesome battlefield of psychotic
monsters and ruthless warriors. We're talking
armor-plated, razor-toothed killing machines here.
The Bitmap Brothers
So pick one of six mercenary buddies, stock up on
twenty-five deadly weapons and explore four
fiendish worlds with 16 levels. But keep an eye
peeled for mincemeat-making traps, life-saving
power-ups and assorted keys. It’s Britain’s award-
winning designers, the Bitmap Brothers, at their
bloody best. God save the Queen? God save your ass.
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WarnerActive™
FOR PC AND PC CD-ROM.
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©1995 THE siTMar
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best two
player game on
the PC...a strong
contender for the best
PC action game
of all time.”
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‘A touch of H.G. Wells on acid’
The Chaos Engine was a top down run and gun shooter developed by The Bitmap Brothers that was first released in 1993. Originally developed for the Amiga, by 1995 it had been ported to MSDOS. Gameplay was based around the user selecting two characters to with the second either controlled by the games’ AI or by a second player. The players would then fight through a selection of steampunk-themed levels overrun with the assimilated agents of the Chaos Engine before engaging in a final battle with the Chaos Engine itself.
A sequel, The Chaos Engine 2, was released in 1996.
Taken from: Mondo 2000 - Issue 14 (Spring/Summer 1995)
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