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Instruction booklet · December 1993

Soldiers of Fortune

ShooterAdventureArcade1–2 playersPre-ESRB

The story

Soldiers of Fortune (Chaos Engine in the EU) is a run-and-gun overhead shooter. Sixteen levels (in four groups of four) await the players in the game. The basic gameplay is in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and other features in the maps. The visuals are in a 'metallic and blue' style.

Specifications

Released
December 1993
Developer
Bitmap Brothers
Publisher
Spectrum HoloByte
Players
2
Genre
Shooter · Adventure · Arcade
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
The Chaos Engine
Themes
Action · Fantasy · Science fiction · Historical
View
Bird view / Isometric
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

6.8
EGM · one reviewer
Players
64/100 (10 ratings)
CGR
78/84/83
GamesMaster
90%
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Week of December 3, 1993
Dec. 7

Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 29.

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