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The Story Behind Soldiers of Fortune

Developers included Steve Cargill, Simon Knight, Dan Malone, Eric Mathews and Mike Montgomery. In one-player mode, the computer artificial intelligence controls the second player, so that one never has to fight the chaos alone. Control of characters cannot be swapped once chosen.

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. For the North American release, the Preacher character was redesigned slightly and renamed as the Scientist because the game's North American publishers felt that a priest killing people was offensive. The Navvie and Thug are the strongest and most expensive of the group.

How Soldiers of Fortune Plays

Vile monsters and destructive automata appeared everywhere, and even prehistoric beasts were resurrected. In one-player mode, the computer artificial intelligence controls the second player, so that one never has to fight the chaos alone. The players must travel through four worlds consisting of four levels each, picking up power-ups, gold and keys to pass through the various puzzles and mazes.

The game retains all gameplay features, the audio and the graphics of the original. The players are provided with a certain amount of money to start the game and must hire the chosen characters at their set prices. At the end of the cellars in the hall of machines, the player characters face the Chaos Engine itself in a last battle.

Why Players Still Load It Up

In one-player mode, the computer artificial intelligence controls the second player, so that one never has to fight the chaos alone. Fortesque then retro engineered many of the futuristic contraptions, creating an entirely different, alternate timeline. Reviewing the computer version, Computer Game Reviews Tasos Kaiafas wrote, "For the price, this a must-buy if you like two-player arcade shooters, especially since another one for the PC may not come along for awhile." In 1995, Total! ranked The Chaos Engine 68th on their Top 100 SNES Games summarizing: "Sort of Jules Vern meets Arnie.

The Navvie and Thug are the strongest and most expensive of the group. For the North American release, the Preacher character was redesigned slightly and renamed as the Scientist because the game's North American publishers felt that a priest killing people was offensive. Control of characters cannot be swapped once chosen.

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