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Dr. Chaos

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Also known as
Doctor Chaos Dr. Chaos: Jigoku no Tobira

Explore a mansion overrun by mutants, using weapons to fight through platforming sections and solve first-person maze puzzles.

Dr. Chaos was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1987. The NES version was released in North America in 1988 by FCI.


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Released
1988
Original release
1987
Perspective
1st-person, Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
50.61 KB
Rating
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About Dr. Chaos

Dr. Chaos is a platform game set within a scientist's mansion that has been breached by other dimensions. The player controls Michael, who must locate his missing brother by navigating the corrupted estate.

Gameplay alternates between two distinct modes. One involves side scrolling combat against mutant creatures using an arsenal that includes a knife, pistol, machine pistol, and grenades. The other mode presents first person maze exploration inside the mansion's rooms, where searching furniture and walls reveals portals.

Progress requires entering these dimensional holes, which return the player to platforming stages. Each of these stages concludes with a boss encounter, and defeating one yields a component of a device called the Warpgate. Retrieving each piece necessitates a return journey back through the level to the central mansion to find the next portal, making the overall structure challenging.

Dr. Chaos Screenshots

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Title Screen
Entering the Mansion
The first person view is used inside the individual rooms
The crazy doctor leaves gernades lying around his house
Hitting the wall here has revealed a secret passage down to the basement. Fragile drywall.
A big scary monster has chased me out of 1st-person mode and into the hallway
Believe it or not, this (now opened) window is the access to the first warpzone
This alternate world is filled with vegetation
Flying Fish
This boss creature guards a piece of the warp device