Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune

Aka: Chaos Engine
Console: Super Nintendo (SNES)
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): MicroProse Software, Inc.
Publisher(s): Laguna GmbH
Release Date: 1993-01-01
Players: 2
Co-op: No
Type: Action
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Chaos Engine (Soldiers of Fortune in the US) is a run-and-gun overhead shooter. Sixteen levels (in four groups of four) await the players in the game. The basic gameplay is similar to Gauntlet, but in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and other features in the maps. The visuals are in the 'metallic and blue' style Bitmap Brothers appeared to favor.

There are six characters available in the game, each with different strengths and weaknesses, and different starting prices. In two-player mode each player chooses a character and plays co-operatively, but in one-player games the player also chooses a character for the computer to control, with its artificial intelligence allowing it to open doors, pick up power-ups and take on enemies away from the ones occupying the player-controlled character.

Game Player of Soldiers of Fortune on Super Nintendo (SNES)
Controls - How to Play Soldiers of Fortune on Super Nintendo (SNES)

Generally, you can review the controls (keyboard) setting during each game in the screen before it starts. Use the arrow keys and “Z”, “X”, “A”, “S”, “Q”, “E” buttons to play, or customize yourself with your gamepad or keyboard.

KeyboardControls
← → ↑ ↓Directions for LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN
Enter ↵START
ShiftSELECT
ZA
XB
AX
SY
QL
ER