The original Chaos Engine was an incredible game released in 1993, and developed by the very famous Bitmap Brothers. It was a well known title that at its core, was for the Amiga in which one or two players battled in a top down shooter genre against the evil creations of the titular Chaos Engine. With four landscapes to traverse and weapons to use it was an extremely popular game on any system. But today's news is very interesting for fans of the game, as Saberman has shown off some brand new footage of Shanti77's Chaos Inspiration called TRAX for the Atari XL/XE!
Although it's still very early days and we are unsure if this is going to be turned into a full game at any point soon. The developer has noted regarding developments, that it features different enemies to defeat, items to pick up, keys to collect, decent sound effects, 3 new levels, improved AI, a new cannon, and all of this developed with an engine that can display up to 8 software sprites in 25 fps. So yes certainly one that all Atari XL/XE owners should keep an eye out for when it gets an eventual public release!
Credits:
- Code: Shanti
- Music: Dhor, Makary
- GFX: Odyn1ec
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ReplyDeleteThis looks rather excellent!
ReplyDeleteVery nice and such a game is still missing on the C64
ReplyDeleteI see the game speed has also been adjusted according to the age of the player base ;) Just kidding! Awesome work!
ReplyDeleteAhhh! Finally a version of Chaos Engine with 100% smooth scrolling! Other than the Amiga/ST originals or the Genesis or the SNES. Only Atari 8bit makes it possible! Very well done, also the music is ace!
ReplyDeleteThat looks very interesting, I'm curious, when and where can i download it?
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome!
ReplyDeleteMasterful use of 4 colors in the background! The extra colors of the sprites and score ribbon deliver a colorful result.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive. The homebrew community continues to put out impressive work. A really fun gem.
ReplyDeleteJust WOW!!
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