<s>
The	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
is	I-Application
a	O
top-down	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Bitmap	O
Brothers	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Renegade	O
Software	O
in	O
March	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
steampunk	O
Victorian	O
age	O
in	O
which	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
players	O
must	O
battle	O
the	O
hostile	O
creations	O
of	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Chaos	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
across	O
four	O
landscapes	O
and	O
ultimately	O
defeat	O
it	O
and	O
its	O
deranged	O
inventor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
available	O
for	O
AGA	B-Device
Amigas	B-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
versions	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
The	O
Preacher	O
had	O
his	O
clerical	O
collar	O
removed	O
and	O
was	O
renamed	O
The	O
Scientist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
versions	O
of	O
these	O
two	O
ports	O
were	O
retitled	O
Soldiers	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fortune	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baron	O
Fortesque	O
then	O
succeeded	O
in	O
his	O
greatest	O
creation	O
yet	O
:	O
the	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
matter	O
and	O
the	O
very	O
nature	O
of	O
space	O
and	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
lures	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
mercenaries	B-Application
on	O
a	O
potentially-rewarding	O
quest	O
to	O
infiltrate	O
the	O
quarantined	O
Britain	O
,	O
find	O
the	O
root	O
of	O
the	O
problem	O
,	O
and	O
swiftly	O
bring	O
a	O
full	O
stop	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
cellars	O
in	O
the	O
hall	O
of	O
machines	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
characters	O
face	O
the	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
itself	O
in	O
a	O
last	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
introductory	O
sequence	O
is	O
displayed	O
in	O
text	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
on	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
slightly	O
modified	O
version	O
is	O
narrated	O
with	O
a	O
voiceover	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
version	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
some	O
scene-setting	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
choose	O
two	O
mercenaries	B-Application
from	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
six	O
to	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
defeating	O
the	O
mad	O
Baron	O
Fortesque	O
and	O
the	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
one-player	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
controls	O
the	O
second	O
player	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
one	O
never	O
has	O
to	O
fight	O
the	O
chaos	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Brigand	O
and	O
Mercenary	B-Application
are	O
the	O
all-rounded	O
characters	O
and	O
have	O
a	O
mid-range	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mercenary	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
Gatling	O
gun	O
that	O
operates	O
similarly	O
to	O
the	O
Thug	O
's	O
shotgun	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
coder	O
developed	O
the	O
partner	O
AI	B-Application
by	O
observing	O
play-testing	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
then	O
coding	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
according	O
to	O
his	O
observations	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
behaviors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
into	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
's	O
audio	O
memory	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
much	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
,	O
Joseph	O
both	O
used	O
standard	O
compression	O
methods	O
and	O
put	O
all	O
the	O
note	O
data	O
and	O
drivers	O
in	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
main	O
memory	O
,	O
reserving	O
the	O
audio	O
memory	O
for	O
samples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
previewed	O
on	O
the	O
British	O
TV	O
show	O
Gamesmaster	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
screenshots	O
were	O
featured	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
magazines	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
version	O
was	O
reportedly	O
"	O
running	O
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
3000	O
"	O
and	O
featured	O
simultaneous	O
three	O
player	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
gave	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
a	O
6.8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
summarizing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
A	O
decent	O
overhead	O
shooting	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
Technoclash	B-Application
and	O
Gauntlet.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
ranked	O
The	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
68th	O
on	O
their	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
summarizing	O
:	O
"	O
Sort	O
of	O
Jules	O
Vern	O
meets	O
Arnie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
essentially	O
a	O
widescreen	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
AGA	I-Device
version	O
(	O
named	O
AA	O
version	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
intro	O
and	O
music	O
intact	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Abstraction	O
Games	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remastered	O
version	O
adds	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
remote	O
two-player	O
game	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
