The Chaos Engine Longplay (Amiga CD32) [60 FPS]
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Developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade in 1993
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Mad scientist, Baron Forteseque, has created a machine capable of distorting time and space. Unfortunately, the machine has gained consciousness and has distorted reality, causing wide-spread chaos and destruction.
Enter 6 mercenaries for hire; armed to the teeth, it is up to them to fight their way across multiple levels to destroy the Chaos Engine.
Undoubtedly one of the finest games on the Amiga and also of it's particular generation, I decided to do a longplay of the Amiga CD32 version of the game. It's practically identical to the AGA disk version (the CD32 was equipped with the AGA chipset) apart from an animated introduction with voice-over.
The game features levels with multiple paths, secrets galore, great graphic, sound and playability. The AI for the CPU-controlled player is pretty decent too; it will actively try to collect loot, activate nodes, shoot monsters and avoid danger. The effectiveness of the AI can be upgraded in the in-game shop too, improving it's effectiveness.
A few of the game music tracks have been remade as full CD audio and sound really nice, but the actual level music is the same as the original disk version, which is a real shame. There's nothing wrong with the music, but knowing Richard Joseph, he would have done them justice.
In addition to the music, some of the environmental and ambient level sounds have been digitally recorded and added as tracks to the CD (listen at 6:50 for the bird-song); it's better quality than the sound in the disk version. To be honest though, I'd never have noticed unless I played all the CD tracks separately to find out what they were.
The enhanced AGA colour palette is also up for debate as to whether it's an improvement over the ECS original; the muted and slightly drab colours of the original ECS disk version complemented the overall atmosphere of the game.
All these niggles aside, it's still a brilliant game and is crying out for an HD remake (not 3D though!)
Enjoy!
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The pixel art in this game is absolutely gorgeous.
Damn right it is.
And the sound art as well. Paula Power!
@@toughguyver1376 Music was more a product of the composer than the sound chip, it was kind of basic (4 channel PCM).
@@SerBallisterOf course, but in the 80ies it must have been kind of high tech.
@@toughguyver1376 Yeah it was great for its time, but it's kind of simple as it's sample based. Saying that, therrle were a few people that pushed this hardware, huelsbeck and follin come to mind.
This is definitely the best version of Chaos Engine! The intro is outstanding!
I can't believe how many memories hearing "node activated" brought back!
+syu001 I always thought it looked like it was getting jacked off lol
Exit open! Level complete!
syu001
When I was a kid I loved it. It thought the "node activated" voice sounded so cool, I wanted to find the next one as soon as I could.
@@neglesaks Powerup!!
@@Amethyst_Friend Arm! Special power!
Never realised this was the first time I encountered steam punk as a kid xxxx
Bitmap brothers games always blew me away. Great graphics and sound.
I was about to post something very similar to a Chaos clip from the STE. Such a shame they along with many other UK based software houses simply didn't keep going. Imagine what they could produce on a current gen console. Nothing comes close to the Amiga in terms of sound when compared to other computers or consoles from that era, it outclassed everything until '92. But the last gen SNES games were amazing, they pushed so much out of it. Back to this game, the 1st level music is spot on, right amount of dark atmosphere, tempo and beat to get you into the zone. I put my Amiga away around '94/95 and still hear so much of it's music. 2nd stage of Captain planet, intro to Lotus 2, Zool intro, body blows intro, cannon fodder intro, Speedball 2 intro, Xenon 2 beat dis, Lemmings ost, 'Wiz and Liz, Sim city ost, Project x intro and so many more. I'm so tempted to crack open my Cartoon Classics A500+ and load up one of the supplied games, I have them all boxed and in grade A condition. Man the boxes used to be so well made, not like the SNES boxes that would perish but no where as good as the Sega plastic cases.
one of the few Amiga games I finished. Simple enough ending but I felt satisfied for having completed it and not short changed. Great experience all round and a real gem especially the Amiga version which really shines
Graphic is still better than most 2D games of today.
Dan Malone was one of the best artists in the business.
The ost of this game is a masterpiece.
No fucking achievements, quick payments and help. True gaming experience.
This looked amazing... It was difficult to find such a coherent and solid pixel art style in Amiga games...
One of the Bitmap's finest games. Love it!
One of the all time classics. Always loved powering up your character to the max and then seeing how much damage your weapon did lol.
I had this on the CD32
The CD console version of the Amiga 1200 with its good old AGA chipset. You got to love that music "node activated!"
He was undoubtedly one of the best there was and I think this was one of his best. I'd love to know who's voice they used for the effects like "Special Power!!" and "Players Activated!!" - the voice samples were actually a big highlight of the game for me; they were really dramatic :D
So many fond memories playing this game with my dad. Thanks for the upload, it made interesting viewing :)
i spent many hours on this in my youth
Thanks for posting this, it's great to see it again after quite a few years! I spent soooo many hours playing this game. :-)
The Bitmap studio have been one my favorite one creating amazing Amiga games.
So many high-class games were produced in the UK. Bitmap Brothers were huge, I love(d) their aesthetics.
"Chaos Engine" was the first game I've played on my A500...
Now this, if done properly, would make a great film.
Guillermo Del Toro.. And I'd try and get in it! Trying to get a new version/ sequel made.
boards.4channel.org/vr/thread/7278492
Where is the awesome intro tune!
Was bloody amazing, can't believe it was scrapped!
This game, Blood, The Shadow Warrior, Duke Nukem, Quake, Contra, Splatter House 2 & 3, Castle Vania.
Aaaahh the memories.
Soldiers of fortune I think is the name of the port for SNES.
Memories...
An Amiga Classic State of the Art
This is one of my favorite games. Just the detailed graphics are impressive. The music is very atmospheric. Of which I still own the Amiga 1200 version.
Trés bon jeu , beaucoup de souvenirs de mon amiga 500, probablement la meilleure machine que j'ai possédé.
There is currently a patch that fixes oversaturated colors in the Sega Genesis version of The Chaos Engine to make them look more like the Amiga version.
The patch also fixes the speed of music when the game is running at 60 FPS, from an emulator.
The PAL version of the Sega console retains the original title of The Chaos Engine.
It is in this same version where the patch must be applied, which can be downloaded from the following page:
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2754/
Having the ROM file, the patch can be applied from this page:
www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/
The Sega Genesis version has some unique features, such as the ability to choose between three levels of difficulty and a wider field of view (around 20%), which substantially improves gameplay, by being able to see enemies appear from a greater distance.
I sincerely believe that with the application of this patch, this version now becomes the best option when it comes to enjoying this classic.
Actualmente hay un parche que corrige los colores sobresaturados en la versión de Sega Genesis de The Chaos Engine para que se parezcan más a la versión de Amiga.
El parche también corrige la velocidad de la música cuando el juego se ejecuta a 60 FPS, desde un emulador.
La versión PAL de la consola de Sega conserva el título original de The Chaos Engine.
Es en esta misma versión donde se debe aplicar el parche, que se puede descargar desde la siguiente página:
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2754/
Teniendo el archivo ROM, el parche se puede aplicar desde esta página:
www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/
La versión de Sega Genesis tiene algunas características únicas, como la posibilidad de elegir entre tres niveles de dificultad y un campo de visión más amplio (alrededor del 20%), lo que mejora sustancialmente la jugabilidad, al poder ver aparecer a los enemigos desde una mayor distancia.
Sinceramente creo que con la aplicación de este parche, esta versión se convierte ahora en la mejor opción a la hora de disfrutar de este clásico.
fucking awesome steampunk soundtrack! it goes really well with the steampunk level designs..
damn it's one of my all time favourite games
The narrator's pronunciation of "The Thug" cracks me up every time.
Super sprawa, więcej takich rzeczy!
I remember playing the OCS version to death. I ended up buying a cd drive for my 1200 and it was bundled with this. Didn't click really. Wasn't too keen on Herman Serrano's graphical touch up, although I loved his style on Liberation.
Great walkthrough.
Super underrated and amazing art
Been replaying this today
It is indeed Richard's voice :) he had a very typical voice tone :)
And now he's dead :(
It still puzzles me how people put a thumbs down to videos such as this? What is with that?
I've never heard of this game...
Awesome music...
wow i remember this. Great characters.
the color palette of this version is a bit 'Amstrad'ey: high vibrance and garish.
Great game
CD32 version - the best version.
cd32 version looks awesome. music is fantastic. better game than a lot of the rubbish on ps4 (anyone for Saudi Drift Racing ???). i know it won't happen but imagine an Amiga compilation on PS4. Turrican, Starglider 2, Elite, Chaos I & II, Speedball 2, Lotus Challenge, Top Gear, XJ220, Populous, Pinball Dreams (Nightmare !!!!!!!!). be awesome. I love the Amiga emulator as you can try out different spec machines & stuff but it would be nice to have something for when you don't want to fire up the tower. *Node Activated*
As far as I can see, the SFX are really enhanced on this version, graphically the players have subtle colour enhancements due to the superior colour palette of the CD32, other than that the music is not the standard 4 channel mix of the original Amiga and is mixed propery for speakers/headphones etc. Everything is enhanced but it's very subtle. But I need to own this now haha
One of the best!
Was a great game on the cd32.
47:10 - is beautiful
Super music and sounds
You have to collect the correct bunch of keys at the start of the level; you need to pick up the left-most set because this removes the spike that blocks access to the room :)
Ah, the glory days!
It would be the best thing ever if we ever had the resources to make mods of this game.
Funnily enough, I've first played this game on my Nokia mobile phone xD And it had a completely different (and may I add completely badass) soundtrack than the original.
That's worth checking out.
A legend game...
This art reminds me of a side scroller called gods in which a character wearing a roman helmet of sort throws sword as projectiles. I wonder if there is a connection.
Memorable game.
1:42 Back when games said which language would you like and actually had the correct flag next to it.
Tell me where the flags are wrong nowadays.
the good old times where when enemies die they explode, and the times where I tried to spam keyboard to guess one of the valid passwords, and trying to figure out how the hell at world 3 you have 30 lives.
The only thing they added was ambient tracks. For example, you can hear bird-song in the trees on the World 1 levels. The actual level music is identical to the floppy versions.
Chaos Engine is famous for its dynamic music, which switches to different parts depending on where in the level you are. That isn't going to work too well on CD.
Java-version is the best of all!
And by far, the hardest!
I'm not kidding, even port for Java is existing!
Cultural impact, I'd like to say!
omg i used to love this game.
At the end of World 2 Level 3 you get three exit options; does it matter what exit you choose?
2020 the music is still awesome
I just heard the soundtrack for Bubba n Stix and was just blown away.... OMG - If all the games for the 32 sounded as good WHY OH WHY was it never brought to the states?
Johnnie Reddcloud Because Commodore completely mismanaged their company.
I was talking about the cd32 Albert.... the sound was incredible.plus, many of the games were beautifully orchestrated.
+Johnnie Reddcloud Commodore US were so bankrupt they weren't allowed to sell the CD32.
Worth pointing out that there IS a Chaos Engine remake coming!!! Google for chaosenginegame :D
legendary like many other amiga games!
One of my absolute favourite games of the 16-bit era. If anyone's interested, check out my (hopefully faithful) remake of The Chaos Engine theme tune here: th-cam.com/video/pLCpi-gRsms/w-d-xo.html
How does one get to gates A or B in World 2, level 2?
I enjoyed that on a CD32 too
This should have had redbook audio for every music track and also some animated cut scenes to fill up the 650Mb CD-Rom. At least they could have done that to add some value to owning a CD based games machine.
They did use redbook audio, just not for in-game music. There are a lot more ambient sounds - birds tweeting, steam vents/machinery clanking - that were streamed off the CD as audio 🙂
Any chance of a Virocop long-play?
Would you say this is the best version? Which would you say is the best version and why?
agsozero I do see the SNES version having a higher choice of a colour palette. But are the sprites less detailed? Or are they the same just with more colours?
If you enjoyed this, please check out The Incredible Art of Dan Malone on Facebook, it's a page I set up out of love for Dan's amazing work, Dan himself joined up and has since uploaded some amazing character design art for The Chaos Engine and also the original pencil sketch design for the Speedball II arena.
I actually like the little intro they made for this game (other people in general dislike it), but could Bitmap Brothers have added a more expanded outro/ending instead of just copying the original ending?
This game reminds me of Shadowrun for Genesis.
Party Power! :D
The ending in all version is a joke! All this trouble for a cut scene that lasts literally 5 seconds!
+jacobson084 I would be so disappointed lol BUT back when I played this game i'd probably be like YEAH I BEAT IT haha.
>"True. I think we've been spoiled by modern (post-1995) games."
"Congratulations! You've saved the world and you get a nice outro that'll make you feel good because our game sure as shit didn't make you feel that way!"
"BUT back when I played this game i'd probably be like YEAH I BEAT IT haha."
Exactly. The feel of the final few levels combined with the fight itself was enough to give you a rush which outdid any outro you could possibly get.
"maybe if all the mercenaries got together and celebrated their victory in their local pub, tankards in the air it might have been quite good and more satisfying to some people but its probably better to keep it short and sweet."
Decent idea, but I wonder how much space they had left on those two floppies.... (for the non-CD32 version that is.)
"I know, it's a huge letdown and a real anticlimax."
Have you seen the Xenon 2 ending?
Eu era viciado nesse jogo
Level music would be impossible to play from CD, without crippling it, as it was programmed the way it slightly changes depending on which part of a level you are.
To be honest, I don't this looks that much better than my 500 version.
Yeah - when I posted that comment they hadn't actually revealed it. I'm a bit disappointed about it now :(
Or James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice. ^^
I think the A500 looks better.
Agreed, I don't think the extra colours did any favours.
@@orbitingdecay6797 flashy colours don't go well with steampunk universes I would say...
Holy smokes i've never seen t his
Search out The Incredible Art Of Dan Malone on facebook to see some excellent Chaos Engine graphics and also some awesone concept artwork for this game. It really is a masterpiece! Also, there is a fan-made game being made, search for the Chaos Engine HD Remix on facebook
I could Swear that's Captain Picards voice in this, . . . . . .
And no bad thing either!
Bitmap Brothers ! No, Bitmap Killeeeeeers
Best game ever. Chaos Engine. Brigand is the one.
So the Gentleman was not a playable mercenary in the CD32 version?
+MantiaRyche
He WAS, I see now :-)
Gmaeplay style is a lot like Jurassic Park for Amiga, maybe same company behind it?
Ocean Software did Jurassic Park, but The Chaos Engine was done by The Bitmap Brothers - they just use a similar top-down perspective 🙂
@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Thank you for that! I never knew! Good times! Amiga had great atmosphere with it's games
This was harder than Dark Souls
They need to make bew game of this
1994 amiga 500 :(
Also known as Soldiers of Fotune?
Yes on the SNES
I think that this game plays in the same universe as the "Z" real time strategy game.
Navvie forever!
Ughh somehow I liked the greyish A500 version better, this is too... yackycolorful.
😊